Monday, November 23, 2009

Truesport purposely taking Bikereg.com related things out of their website?

I found this curious. I have noticed that Truesport.com has not been listing Bikereg.com next to the names of their sponsored riders on the results. I now have proof that they are going out of their way to make sure there is no mention of Bikereg anywhere on their website. (both bikereg.com and truesport.com are race registration websites). I have friends who ride for Bikereg.com and am personally shocked that truesport would do this. Check this out.

The Elite Masters race also saw an exciting finish as Mike McShane (Calistoga Racing Team), Don Galligher (DRT Consulting) and Fred Rose kept things tight the entire race. Gallagher again did some good work on the front and looked like he might be able to challenge McShane with a sprint, something he couldn't do yesterday. With a couple laps to go, as they reached the top of the steps in a Galligher – McShane – Rose order, Rose decided to attack. He cut to the inside as he dropped his bike to the pavement preparing to mount and gave McShane a friendly push into the bushes. That surely instilled a little extra motivation in McShane, who doesn’t take kindly to being pushed around as he is almost always the smallest guy out there. As they came into the final barriers with McShane leading, it appeared to be over with Galligher and Rose left to battle for 2nd. Galligher slid out and hit the turf leaving the 2nd place spot and Indiana State Championship to Rose.
http://www.truesport.com/rzone/racereports/report.asp?recid=1401

This is the writeup on Truesport.com. Notice how there is no sponsor name next to Fred Rose's name.

Now here is the same writeup (the original) from CXmagazine.

The Elite Masters race also saw an exciting finish as Mike McShane (Calistoga Racing Team), Don Galligher (DRT Consulting) and Fred Rose (BikeReg.com) kept things tight the entire race. Gallagher again did some good work on the front and looked like he might be able to challenge McShane with a sprint, something he couldn’t do yesterday. With a couple laps to go, as they reached the top of the steps in a Galligher – McShane – Rose order, Rose decided to attack. He cut to the inside as he dropped his bike to the pavement preparing to mount and gave McShane a friendly push into the bushes. That surely instilled a little extra motivation in McShane, who doesn’t take kindly to being pushed around as he is almost always the smallest guy out there. As they came into the final barriers with McShane leading, it appeared to be over with Galligher and Rose left to battle for 2nd. Galligher slid out and hit the turf leaving the 2nd place spot and Indiana State Championship to Rose.

http://cxmagazine.com/tight-finishes-zipp-ovcx-brookside-cup-indiana-state-championship#more-7429

Notice bikereg.com next to Fred's name. This means that they went out of their way to edit the writeup. I am shocked and consider this quite petty. None of us are doing this because it makes us rich. However, we are all lucky enough to have sponsors who are gracious enough to help us out however they can. All they ask in return is a little bit of face time for their company or product. I find this just weird. Everyone deserves equal treatment and it is totally unnecessary to remove a sponsor because they may or not be a rival company.

Also, if you notice there are no pictures of Fred in the sequence of photos. I am sure Truesport sponsored athletes would feel the same way if Bikereg removed their sponsor from the results or race description.

Why can't we all just get along. Life is too short to be petty especially when we are all going to races and giving our all for the respect of our peers and a sense of achievement.

2 comments:

Leibo said...

They were doing the same thing to Knapp, then he called them out and they fixed it. Funny stuff.

adamrodkey said...

Weak.