High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.
For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans.
I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? The only good thing is that it finally seems to have people actually thinking about their usage. Bill C
High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.
For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans.
I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling?
High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.
For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans.
I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? The only good thing is that it finally seems to have people actually thinking about their usage. Bill C
it appears that way this year.
i know i'm being more choosy with the races I travel too. no more driving 2.5 hours to a ind. park crit to race for 50 or 60 min.
the race has to be good enough to justify the fuel cost.
High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET
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SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.
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For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans.
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I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? The only good thing is that it finally seems to have people actually thinking about their usage. Bill C
it appears that way this year.
i know i'm being more choosy with the races I travel too. no more driving 2.5 hours to a ind. park crit to race for 50 or 60 min.
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That's kinda what I thought would be happening. It's been a crowded calendar here in New England for years. It'll be interesting to see just which races continue to do well. I'll be really interested to hear how the stuff down in Pa. shakes out too. Doesn't seem to be the time to be skimping on customer service and rider satisfaction. Bill C
SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.
For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour ‹ but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans.
Think about being in a band that's playing small clubs that only charge $5 or $10 to get in. You might not make enough to pay for gas to the next gig, let alone eat. This is going to make blagging floor space from your fans even more prevalent than it already is. Bands better hope they do a lot of merch - CDs and shirts can help.
-- tanx, Howard
The bloody pubs are bloody dull The bloody clubs are bloody full Of bloody girls and bloody guys With bloody murder in their eyes
That's kinda what I thought would be happening. It's been a crowded calendar here in New England for years. It'll be interesting to see just which races continue to do well. I'll be really interested to hear how the stuff down in Pa. shakes out too. Doesn't seem to be the time to be skimping on customer service and rider satisfaction.
Seemed like a pretty good turnout for the Giro d'Jersey that just finished up today. Quite a few cars from MD and the various New England states. Nice race, quite fun to do a three day event for a change and as a bonus my longest travel time was about 20 minutes. Sweet!!
With guys running $2000++ wheelsets and $10,000 TT bikes I don't think the master fattie fields will suffer all that much.
That's kinda what I thought would be happening. It's been a crowded calendar here in New England for years. It'll be interesting to see just which races continue to do well. I'll be really interested to hear how the stuff down in Pa. shakes out too. Doesn't seem to be the time to be skimping on customer service and rider satisfaction.
Seemed like a pretty good turnout for the Giro d'Jersey that just finished up today. Quite a few cars from MD and the various New England states. Nice race, quite fun to do a three day event for a change and as a bonus my longest travel time was about 20 minutes.
Three stages for the travel means less impact of gas prices than for a similar drive to a one-day race.
http://tinyurl.com/5roqus SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.
Quoted message said:
For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour ‹ but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans.
Think about being in a band that's playing small clubs that only charge $5 or $10 to get in. You might not make enough to pay for gas to the next gig, let alone eat. This is going to make blagging floor space from your fans even more prevalent than it already is. Bands better hope they do a lot of merch - CDs and shirts canhelp.
-- tanx, Howard
The bloody pubs are bloody dull The bloody clubs are bloody full Of bloody girls and bloody guys With bloody murder in their eyes
remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?
Yeah it's brutal. my partner's kids are doing it now. One in Philly, and one in NYC. Working at HomeCheapo and an independent coffehouse respectively. Strangely enough HomeCheapo is actually being supportive and allowing him a really flexible schedule to do his music. No need to say the coffeehouse is supportive. Bill C
High fuel prices put brakes on indie band tours By JASON DEAREN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 22, 12:22 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO - Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours.
For months, the 23-year-old singer-guitarist had been budgeting money and booking show dates for Something Fierce's third tour — but skyrocketing gas prices have put the brakes on those plans.
I know that this has been an issue with Officials, and has been looked at by USAC, but are less racers traveling? The only good thing is that it finally seems to have people actually thinking about their usage.
It depends upon how similar bike racing is to wearing Assos gear, or maybe what fraction of old fat racers wear Assos.
