why are there no choices on the survey to say that you don't think aquabike is a good idea. it seems like most people who do aquabike are either hurt or not fast in traditional triathlon. why should a sport that has basically nobody who is healthy and fast have a world championship?

Why is there then Aquathlon WC's? Or duathlon WC's? What is a "traditional Triathlon"?

you are aware of the prefix of TRIathlon? note that the DUathlon WCs are not slapped onto the triathlon WCs so why is a 2-sport race called aquabike tacked onto it? duathlon is a completely separate sport (and successful one) that isn't just piggybacking onto triathlons.

"traditional triathlon" would be none other than swimming, biking and running but there are plenty of other variations, including the original triathlon that had canoeing instead of swimming.

Just keep digging that hole. Is para triathlon a different sport? They often 'tack' that into the same events. Your argument has no legs to stand on.

of course it's a different sport. remind me again which TWO sports para triathlon involves. why not just tack on some track and swimming races onto the WC in chicago this year. that way people who no longer can run (or who never could) can do the swimming races and feel good about themselves and people who can't swim (or bike) can do the track races and feel good about themselves. who cares that it's the triathlon world championships and that next to nobody will be competing in these stand alone events as it's all about making people feel like they accomplished something.

You don't care about aquabike but plenty of others do. I am exhibit A for why there are aquabikes. I can run. I don't like to. I can't be competitive when running is involved and it's not worth further injury with having to train and race to run. That 1:31 aquabike which means nothing to you was a 1:30/100yd swim and 22.6mph bike. That's not slacking. The bike would have been 11th overall on the day.

It's a survey. It's voluntary. If you're going to be negative, why bother filling out the survey? Their goal is to figure out if there is enough interest, not if there is enough disinterest.

Your assumption that I am looking for "easy self-validation" is also incorrect. Why am I not allowed to have aspirations? Should I just sit on the couch for the rest of my life because I'm injured in one discipline? Your argument stems from ignorance.

If you say you don't care, then actually don't care and step out of the discussion.

yawn. who spouts off race times and bike speeds with no context? is 22.6mph supposed to impress everyone on here?

yes, the point of the survey, as you correctly pointed out, is to see if there is enough interest. it might fly right right over your head but you cannot properly do that if you only ask for input from people who are interested. there just might be a tad of self selection bias going on there. just a tad.

yes, you are exhibit A for why there are aquabikes as you seem to think that your only options in life are (1) to sit on the couch or (2) to push for some joke of a sport that caters to people who can't compete in the main sport. if you dig a little deeper, you just might find that there are some other options in life for you. good luck in "racing" aquabike races against the few other noncompetitive triathletes who deign to "compete" in this highly competitive sport. i hope getting a little ribbon for placing in these races makes you feel better.