I can’t like this post enough. The people putting on these races are usually trying their best and the reward is often a bunch of complaining from monday morning race directors. Good and bad decisions are made when putting on a race, but it’s all with good intent in my experience. And yeah, amateur bike racing events aren’t exactly the gold standard for event coordination and professionalism, but there is also little $ in it for the organizers. Nobody is getting rich off running amateur cycling events. Providing suggestions on how to make a race better is one thing, but most of it is just unconstructive complaining by folks who feel overly entitled by their race entry fee. Just my opinion, but I think people would be well served to spend some time volunteering at some races and/or get involved with putting one on.
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