Praise for SBT GRVL organizers, but Routt County Sheriff says event size 'not feasible' https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/praise-for-sbt-grvl-organizers-but-routt-county-sheriff-says-event-size-not-feasible/
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Praise for SBT GRVL organizers, but Routt County Sheriff says event size 'not feasible' https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/praise-for-sbt-grvl-organizers-but-routt-county-sheriff-says-event-size-not-feasible/
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Bunch of nimbys. Steamboat does just fine.
On the one hand, I totally get the frustration of that many people suddenly descending on a rural area. On the other hand, some of these arguments are absolute nonsense.
The thing that really gets me, though, is how rider misbehavior and motorist misbehavior are presented as equivalent.
Like you’ve got cyclists littering, and one guy peeing in public. Annoying and gross, yes, but not dangerous or going to have any long-term impact.
Then you’ve got a guy in a five-ton truck trying to run people off the road, and someone in an ATV doing the same. Either of these has the potential to seriously injure or _kill_ riders.
What is the obsession this country and its media has with presenting EVERYTHING like there are two _equally valid_ sides to any argument? Or this idea that if both sides do _something_ bad, they’re equivalent, even if one side’s bad things are significantly worse than the other’s.
I don’t really care how big SBT GRVL is or what the locals decide to do, but I’d love to see people stop with the above bullshit, and stop with weird anti-cyclist arguments like “turning our gravel roads that we all enjoy into this wild event that is just fast and furious.” I’m sorry, the other 364 days of the year is everybody driving along those roads at 10 mph, gazing blissfully at the scenery? No, they’re ripping up and down them in giant trucks doing 50.
Hmm. Moving the race to June eh?
SBT GRVL won’t last. Cyclists should vote with their wallets and explore other amazing races in Colorado where the locals are more welcoming.
Not a popular opinion.
Contrast this with locals in Emporia that generally love unbound despite the disruptions. It brings in a steady string of cyclists year round in addition to unbound and other minor races. Steamboat doesn’t deserve cyclists money.
Which one of you dropped a deuce on the route?
One thing that makes Steamboat a lot different than Emporia is that they have a lot of athletic events going on through the year. So the community isn’t just happy to have every event be massive.
Honestly the organizers have not been good citizens by allowing their event to get too big. I understand why they want it to be, but for the broader community of gravel riders who visit there just to ride on other days of the year, the event is probably a net negative by developing a hostile relationship between locals and visitors.
85% of that article was very positive. If they keep it at 3000 for a few years and always the same dates then people will adjust to the event.
Honestly fuck steamboat springs and these nimbys. Oh boo hoo riders are racing on their precious gravel roads a couple days a year. Get a life boomers. The sheriff probably could care less but since he’s an elected official he has to at least make it look like he’s trying to do something.
The bigger concern for me is that they somehow didn’t find and prosecute the attempted vehicular manslaughter/homicide going on.