Quote Originally Posted by circlegirl View Post
The only way to grow women's cycling is for women to support all women in the sport not just focus on the only thousand or so (literally) who race.
ummmmm while I'll admit that racing is not the biggest women's sport around I'd beg to differ on the "only a thousand or so" bit.... we have 80 -90 women just on our team in any given year. That's one team in one city. Yes, we are all amateurs and most of us probably are not going to be the subject of magazine articles, but since when has that been the point... because in any case, do you actually think that 99% of the guys who read Sports Illustrated (or any of a myriad sports magazines) even participate in any sport, much less do it professionally? Of course not, so who's to say there wouldn't be a large enough audience to support a magazine that reports on a women's sport just as thoroughly as others do for the guys. It's not like there's more than a thousand or so pro football players, baseball stars, etc, yet there are plenty of fans. Why not give people the opportunity to become fans of women's bicycle racing, by giving them the opportunity to actually follow it? I for one am interested in the high caliber women (and have actually been in races with some of them.... due to the way fields are sometimes combined it is possible even for us nobodies....) If I want to read about touring or get reviews of sports drinks I don't necessarily need a magazine all about women...