Disappointing

Please be advised of the cancellation of the following DBC Events:

Cateye Road Race - March 10th
Boulder Roubaix Road Race - March 24th

DBC Events has made the decision to cancel these events due to a recent in-flux of emails that have been hostile in nature. The goal of DBC Events was to host grassroot cycling races that are fun and accessible to as many as possible within reason. Certainly, promoting the races is not for fiscal gain nor is it for recognition, as neither are forthcoming in this business. That is understood by most race promoters. But what is not understood nor accepted is the attack by cyclists and members of the cycling industry because of changes and choices made by the promoter.

In the past few days, DBC Events has received a series of emails regarding the lack of Women's categories in the two road races noted above. Not one of these emails asked why there was a change nor did they ask what could be done to change the situation. Instead, this is the tone:

What are you telling the cycling public by not having a women's race for
either Boulder Roubaix or the Cateye Road Race?

Your 'gender neutral' policy really destroys everything we are working towards.

Hope your races go down the tubes as I sure will spread the word on how unfair DBCevent is to women racers. I will definatly pass your flyer along to all the womens bike clubs in our area so they are sure to see who does NOT supports women riders

By providing a gender neutral start, DBC Events felt that it was providing a great venue for everyone to get out there and essentially, train for the upcoming season. Many female champions, such as Katie Compton have stated that to achieve her goals as a cyclist she raced with the men. This helped her become as strong as she is and achieve the level of success in a competitive environment. As noted in the most recent issue of Velo News:

She finished an amazing eighth place in the elite men's field at the 2006 Colorado State Cyclo-cross championships.

"That was the hardest race I did all year, hands down," Compton says. "Women are more content to be comfortable with their spot in a race, men race you for the 20th spot, in and out of every corner."

Compton says competing with the men gave her the strength to wallop the women's field at the national championships in Providence, Rhode Island. She plans to compete predominantly in elite men's 'cross races for 2007 training.


It is not the responsibility of DBC Events to pave the road for women cyclists. It is the responsiblity of the women and that goal is not going to be achieved by personal attack and threatening emails. The goal is going to be achieved by increasing the number of women racers that participate. DBC Events hopes that they do come out and race at every opportunity presented to them as well as increasing their numbers.

We have consistently demonstrated our devotion to the cycling community. And our support has been "gender neutral" - we have provided opportunities that did not exist to cyclists - regardless of sex, race, religion or age. We advocated for everyone.

So, now, we have decided that instead of putting our energies into venues to get others on bikes, we are going to focus on riding our own bikes. We wish you the best of luck in the 2007 season.

Chris Grealish and DBC Events