People making a living in the cycling business

I'm going to pick up on a piece of the Joey D thread.
I made the argument that he needed to step up and defend himself in public if
he wanted to minimize the damage to his coaching business. There was a reponse
of the standard type that you can't make it in this business.
My take on that is pretty much the opposite. Most of you know I'm Northampton
Cycling Club, that's Myerson, Roszko, Bilodeau, Frey, Verheul, Matt White
etc...
Quite a few of these people are making a living in the sport. I have no idea
how much they are making, and don't care, but they are doing what they want to
and love to, and making it work while giving back to the sport in a big way.
There are other people here who are working on being able to because they love
it.
What they all seem to have in common is intelligence, education, patience,
planning, love of the sport, and the will to work their ass off to be able to
do what they want.
I do not judge success by money. My old man can't even count his money, I
haven't spoken to him in 15 years because he's scumbag who'd rob his father,
and did. I have been getting by for about 1.5 years now in my own business. I'm
not getting rich, but, I can make time to work the races I want to, be there to
help out friends when they need it, volunteer time where I want, spend tons of
time with my kids, and generally live the way I want. To me that's worth a
whole lot more than money, and that's what I mean when I say that the people I
know are doing well in the cycling business.
Bill C

"TritonRider" wrote in message
...
Quite a few of these people are making a living in the sport. I have no
idea
how much they are making, and don't care, but they are doing what they
want to
and love to, and making it work while giving back to the sport in a big
way.
There are other people here who are working on being able to because they
love
it.

What they all seem to have in common is intelligence, education, patience,
planning, love of the sport, and the will to work their ass off to be able
to
do what they want.

As long as they don't turn around and scream that I ought to support them
I'm glad that they can live their lives with such happiness as they can
find. I'm all for doing what you want to do as long as you then don't
proclaim the "right" to a socialist government so that you are supported in
your old age by those who felt a little more responsibility towards the rest
of us and worked at jobs that they didn't care for so that they'd be
independent when it counted.

From: "Tom Kunich"

As long as they don't turn around and scream that I ought to support them
I'm glad that they can live their lives with such happiness as they can
find. I'm all for doing what you want to do as long as you then don't
proclaim the "right" to a socialist government snipped

Tom they are all pretty far left as far as I can tell, but are also part of
the heart of the American economy as small businesses. They work their asses
off and are doing the best they can, BUT they put their money where their mouth
is on social items too.
What ****es me off is that Mass is so far left, but we are last, or damn near
it in per capita charitable contributions. The NCC people put their money, time
and effort on the line and I respect that a lot even though we disagree
politically.
Bill C

Tom Kunich wrote:


I'm all for doing what you want to do as long as you then don't
proclaim the "right" to a socialist government...



Socialist governance is about getting (coercing) *someone else* to do what you
want.



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