Unbound—-has it become the biggest one day race in the world?

Hmmm I'm not sure if you are just being argumentative just for the sake of arguing, but I'll take the bait, But Stetina has been out of the WT for 4 years, King 8 years, they are no more World Tour riders then A-ROD is a Current Major league baseball player. the Foo fighters are also doing a world tour, that dosent make them pro bike racers.
 
IMO if regular folks, WT riders, former pros, whomever want to go to Emporia and do Unbound that is cool. The important thing is not how big it is or who shows up, rather if the event has personal significance. Personally, I think it would have been cooler to be OG and do the event when the field was 150 joes & janes who rode for free and just rode for the sake of having fun. Seems to me more fun to find the next cool grassroots event vs walking through a mud hole for two+ hours and trashing your bike because the Lifetime organizers make questionable decisions.
 
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onetracker said:
IMO if regular folks, WT riders, former pros, whomever want to go to Emporia and do Unbound that is cool. The important thing is not how big it is or who shows up, rather if the event has personal significance. Personally, I think it would have been cooler to be OG and do the event when the field was 150 joes & janes who rode for free and just rode for the sake of having fun. Seems to me more fun to find the next cool grassroots event vs walking through a mud hole for two+ hours and trashing your bike because the Lifetime organizers make questionable decisions.
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I agree to an extent. Not sure why but great events like Bearscat and the Erie 80 seem to come and go. Maybe a bigger social media push to attract enough racers to keep them going?
 
Dave Taylor said:
I agree to an extent. Not sure why but great events like Bearscat and the Erie 80 seem to come and go. Maybe a bigger social media push to attract enough racers to keep them going?
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For most people a race is a bucket list thing I feel. Once that event is checked off they’ll move on to whatever’s next. Same on the road side. Everyone has to do GFNY once to say they did it, then it’s onto next one. I went out to Kansas to see what the hubbub was about and the event itself actually sucks, there’s so many people in that little town that you can’t do anything. And if you’re a regular schmuck you’re riding 10-wide for 200-miles. It’s like the 5-Boro Bike Tour of Gravel.
 
Nelson is currently 20 miles behind the lead group of 3 and riding in the top 10 with 200k to go…

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Dave Taylor said:
I agree to an extent. Not sure why but great events like Bearscat and the Erie 80 seem to come and go. Maybe a bigger social media push to attract enough racers to keep them going?
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Actually the up the attendance and to draw more people, promoters need to offer larger pay outs. Look at what the majority of these pro racers do. They go for the money. More payout more pros more people
 
Steve Vai said:
For most people a race is a bucket list thing I feel. Once that event is checked off they’ll move on to whatever’s next. Same on the road side. Everyone has to do GFNY once to say they did it, then it’s onto next one. I went out to Kansas to see what the hubbub was about and the event itself actually sucks, there’s so many people in that little town that you can’t do anything. And if you’re a regular schmuck you’re riding 10-wide for 200-miles. It’s like the 5-Boro Bike Tour of Gravel.
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And you did the year(s) they killed everyone nezr the start with that muddy section
 
At worst Unbound becomes Leadville pre-lifetime, still attracts hundreds of people every year, you gotta qualify, etc

Also doesn’t Unbound have zero payout? Impressive to generate that buzz as well as the entry fee and give publicity as your ROI
 
Looks like Lachlan and Chad Haga may take the win on a break. Keegan dropped from chase group to 3rd group. 2.5min gap under 10 miles to go.
 
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