US marketers are missing the boat--er, bike - Page 6 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

07-20-2004, 05:53 PM

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 01:34:12 -0700, "Raoul Duke"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>"Rick Onanian" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
>> I'll bet more people ride bicycles than play baseball or hockey.
>
>I'm sure you're right. But I'll bet less people ride bicycles than *WATCH*
>baseball or hockey. Being a sportsfan in the US means watching, not
>participating. Sad.

Exactly my point, counter to the message which I quoted. That
message claimed that bicycling will not get media coverage for lack
of fan participation, citing auto racing as an example, as just
about everybody drives cars.

I suspect bicycling is not a particularly fun sport to watch, and
that's why people don't watch. I don't know; I don't watch any
sports. I participate in bicycling, and if I'm watching tv, it's
Family Guy or The Simpsons or some such cartoon. I watch movies on
dvd occasionally, too.
--
Rick Onanian

07-25-2004, 11:39 AM

I wrote:
....
> I want to see (and buy) yellow t-shirts, and LIVE STRONG bands, and
> collect-UPC codes-get-free-things on packs of cereal and pop. I want
> to see Lance on product packaging ...I want an LA action figure, and a car >pennant, and bike decorations.

Bring it on!

--Karen M.
in a LIVESTRONG band, from yesterday's bike tour

07-25-2004, 11:39 AM

I wrote:
....
> I want to see (and buy) yellow t-shirts, and LIVE STRONG bands, and
> collect-UPC codes-get-free-things on packs of cereal and pop. I want
> to see Lance on product packaging ...I want an LA action figure, and a car >pennant, and bike decorations.

Bring it on!

--Karen M.
in a LIVESTRONG band, from yesterday's bike tour

07-25-2004, 11:39 AM

I wrote:
....
> I want to see (and buy) yellow t-shirts, and LIVE STRONG bands, and
> collect-UPC codes-get-free-things on packs of cereal and pop. I want
> to see Lance on product packaging ...I want an LA action figure, and a car >pennant, and bike decorations.

Bring it on!

--Karen M.
in a LIVESTRONG band, from yesterday's bike tour

07-25-2004, 11:39 AM

I wrote:
....
> I want to see (and buy) yellow t-shirts, and LIVE STRONG bands, and
> collect-UPC codes-get-free-things on packs of cereal and pop. I want
> to see Lance on product packaging ...I want an LA action figure, and a car >pennant, and bike decorations.

Bring it on!

--Karen M.
in a LIVESTRONG band, from yesterday's bike tour

07-25-2004, 11:39 AM

I wrote:
....
> I want to see (and buy) yellow t-shirts, and LIVE STRONG bands, and
> collect-UPC codes-get-free-things on packs of cereal and pop. I want
> to see Lance on product packaging ...I want an LA action figure, and a car >pennant, and bike decorations.

Bring it on!

--Karen M.
in a LIVESTRONG band, from yesterday's bike tour