# Is Road Racing dead? How can we ressurect/build cycling as a niche sport? **URL:** \ **Category:** Racing\ **Created:** [January 14, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/is-road-racing-dead-how-can-we-ressurect-build-cycling-as-a-niche-sport/9795 "2019-01-14T15:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![Captain\_Doughnutman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/captain_doughnutman/32/7694_2.png) [@Captain\_Doughnutman](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Captain_Doughnutman)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/is-road-racing-dead-how-can-we-ressurect-build-cycling-as-a-niche-sport/9795/40 "2019-01-14T23:26:46Z")
Soooo many agreeables in this thread! Like most things in life, I doubt there is one single cause of RR decline…it’s just a bunch of factors – some recent, some long time coming – which have created kind of a perfect storm. Look at the huge boom RR had when L@nce was “winning”…what’s different between now and then? And, maybe we just have to accept the fact that perhaps RR’s time has come and gone…like arena football. > [@STP](#): > > We do need more racers but it is much more important to have more race organizers. Totally this! But I’ll add my two cents: BETTER race organizers! Complete third rate BS organizers were the main reason I quit racing in the first place. In the 25 years I’ve been around bikes and races, I’ve heard exactly ONE organizer say the same thing – R.O. have to step up their game big time. It’s kind of like a ‘build it and they will come’ deal. Organize an awesome race, and pull it off awesomely, and you’ll get the riders to support it. However, and I’ll readily admit, organizing a race is a LOT of work that not many people have the time or inclination to take on. So…??? Just as a reference, scroll through this thread, [So tell us about your A Race for 2019](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/so-tell-us-about-your-a-race-for-2019/4686). Out of ~170 posts, you’ll find less than a dozen traditional road race events, and I think most of those are regional/national (i.e. they _have_ to be run). Even personally, after 2020 I can see myself not doing any hyper-competitive RR and just doing uber-fun epic events. --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/is-road-racing-dead-how-can-we-ressurect-build-cycling-as-a-niche-sport/9795)._