gasant112 Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 The best of the best only servive....again but what after Pro...what do they do? Am I right in saying that age 31- 34 would be considered as Retirement age ? What we need in SA is a proper development program for cycling and the support of our Country. I have heard that some Countries has a huge budget for this sort of things..I still believe we have a huge amount of tallent in this country..they just need the Proper support..Since I started I have introduces so much people to this sport ...it is growing at a very fast pace...
TitusTi Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 It is indeed but without spectatorship it will continue to wallow in the mud and be left out in the cold in lieu of the big 3.
Mudsimus Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Every pro that retires either opens a bike or coffee shop and if they are lucky they get to work for their sponsor or become a bike rep.
gasant112 Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 Which is sad....I come from a Swimming back ground...There is so much happening regarding Development of this sport ..they basically have people hunting and looking for fresh talent and you have those ones who is purely responsible for Development...So much are being done regarding this ...... I have not seen much action though re: what I am talking about..prob.. because I am fairly new to the sport.. What do you pro's feel
dirtrider Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 I got a pro roadie friend (yes I do have friends) and the poor oke really battles financially and then he works himself into the ground everyday for the love of the sport ! But wait thats not all , then you get your @#sswipe big shots sniffing treegum and whatever else spoiling it for our "small time " pro's .
gasant112 Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 Any normal working man or women would say the same thing pay me a decent wage and I will work my ass off...so I would figure pay the cyclist decent salary and the sponsors would be garenteed better results...the math is so easy...More Money !
AuctionLamb Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Development is a joke....goverment see development as licking @ss to people who did not have an oppertunity to do cycling for example. You cannot force some to do the sport. They just want the free coke, t-shirt and pie, then they bugger off and never see them. They must come out of free will to do the sport. Hold a development at a venue and who pitch up to be helped/developed will grow. I know of people who tried DEVELOPMENT.....drive to the people asked them very nicely to participate, give them bikes. Nothing came from this development and being said we do not try hard enough. You can bring a horse to the water but cannot make it drink. The word development makes me sick.... If I look for example at Garth Thomas....he got some talent but he still had to make an effort to get somewhere.
TitusTi Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Any normal working man or women would say the same thing pay me a decent wage and I will work my ass off...so I would figure pay the cyclist decent salary and the sponsors would be garenteed better results...the math is so easy... More Money ! Well no not really, because a salary also needs to be market related. The market in this country is low, so what the few guys getting bucks are getting is reasonable in relation to the market. Why would the sponsors (employers) pay more when they don't need to? If a "pro" rider steps down there are many that will fight for that same badly paid position, quite strange really.
gasant112 Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 One very important factor and I personally feel has a huge amount of weighting to the childs sucess in the sport is the support the parent gives and who makes a effort..
gasant112 Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 TT ...AGREE ...I have heard the same argument going on at my current Job Sorry we could not pay you more because you are in line with the Market...Its a blady hard sport....bro
TitusTi Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Yip employers are the same everywhere, they don't pay you what you're worth they pay you as little as they can get away with. Unless you can find a better employer that is.
pastapouch Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Ya, like my collegue, now that he's leaving the company, they wanna give like a R3-5k counter offer, and he told them to stuff it...
Hype Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Ya' date=' like my collegue, now that he's leaving the company, they wanna give like a R3-5k counter offer, and he told them to stuff it...[/quote'] So cervelo doesthat mean that since you're staying at your job that either; a) You were paid 3-5k more than your colleague ? b) Nobody wants you.
pastapouch Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 its between those 2 - actually I'm going for an interview next week.... so ya, hopefully the company loose 3 staff in Jan/Feb...
Hype Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 Hopefully ? You must love that place ! Hope your boss isn't checking out this thread.
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