Well... quite.
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Well... quite.
nickyboy
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I don't see what the issue is with sportives and their pricing.
So some company offers a product at a price you think is too high but they manage to sell it all to others who think the price is OK. What's the big deal?
Posters on CC are not representative of the wider cycling public; plenty of folk out there that consider £99 for a supported one-off special ride a perfectly reasonable price
So some company offers a product at a price you think is too high but they manage to sell it all to others who think the price is OK. What's the big deal?
Posters on CC are not representative of the wider cycling public; plenty of folk out there that consider £99 for a supported one-off special ride a perfectly reasonable price
Spot on post, well worth more that just a like.
nickyboy said
" Posters on CC are not representative of the wider cycling public; plenty of folk out there that consider £99 for a supported one-off special ride a perfectly reasonable price"
I would agree if you don't think its expensive then enter, but I can't think of anyone I know who would, its getting like running, London Marathon, The Great North Run, these were events that normal club runners enjoyed until they became too expensive.
" Posters on CC are not representative of the wider cycling public; plenty of folk out there that consider £99 for a supported one-off special ride a perfectly reasonable price"
I would agree if you don't think its expensive then enter, but I can't think of anyone I know who would, its getting like running, London Marathon, The Great North Run, these were events that normal club runners enjoyed until they became too expensive.
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oldroadman
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Rule of the market - you have a product, if it's something people want enough, they will pay for it. Whether anyone who will not buy thinks it's too expensive/poor value is of no consequence at all. If the product is an event and fills up, then that's a result for the promoters. If you think spaortives are dear, don't go close to corporate events, having been involved with a few be assured £99 is nothing to the people who ride top end bikes worth £4,000+. Remember, "cycling is the new golf".
As for riding round a sportive route for free, fine. I hope you didn't follow all the arrows and signs they worked to put up and take down, because that wouldn't be really fair, would it?
As for riding round a sportive route for free, fine. I hope you didn't follow all the arrows and signs they worked to put up and take down, because that wouldn't be really fair, would it?
I know of a lot of guys and gals who will enter.
As for the North Run, fantastic event now that it is not just advertised for club runners. Getting people off of their backsides and outside doing a bit of exercise. Perfect.
oldroadman
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It wasn't just advertised for club runners it was for everybody at a reasonable entry price, its now for the for the people who can afford the inflated entry fee, which is not everybody.
It might not be everybody but it is a lot of people, and you cannot say it is not succesful. There are plenty of cheaper to enter events going on all the time, you are just picking one of the showcase one's.
I can remember when chips were 6pence a bag.
Working off some of the Newcastle Brown and pies....
Maybe, but if it works and raises some money for extremely good cause then that can only be good.
the cinema used to be cheap for evryone to go to aswell, but as with everything in life, costs go up due to inflation and other outside factors. People who want to ride it, will pay whatever the cost. In the same way as people still pay to go to the cinema.
totallyfixed
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From 25p to £1 per mile to ride your bike, incredible.
potsy
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I take it you and dr_pink won't be riding this one?
totallyfixed
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I take it you and dr_pink won't be riding this one?
