>>1447386Aside from those two and Giant, who do you think the brands with the largest marketshare are?
>>1447352It's not just the aggression, it's how many are out there, especially on roads that used to be empty. Eventually people get neurotic over it and say fuckit and head to the dirt. And yeah, the road racing scene has simply died. This article and its comments go into some reasons
https://cyclingtips.com/2018/09/us-road-racing-is-in-a-downward-spiral-what-comes-next/But I think the primary one is that it's just not fun. The basic bitch crit should be a fun lulzy time like a CX race where there's like a dozen people who give a shit and 100 who are just there to get muddy and drink beer. but instead it's full of doped up old tryhards and people causing wrecks and shit. I kinda wonder how a tournament style event would work out. 1v1 races around a short course.
