Are they having a laugh ?

[Venod]

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.

Of course costs go up, but price escalation of some of the events is nothing to do with inflation, other similar events have not seen the excessive price rises.

 

[400bhp]

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".

This about sums it up.

I have a mate who will happily go on these things, he's a clever so and so but can't seem to see the wood for the trees when it comes to stuff like this.

I'll let him grovel up the local hills and go on these stupid things, pretending he's riding a bike.

 

[snorri]

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its getting like running, London Marathon, The Great North Run, these were events that normal club runners enjoyed until they became too expensive.

If these popular events had remained cheap to enter, then "everyone" would have been entering and with huge numbers involved there would have been little pleasure for anyone. There has to be a form of selection and price is the easiest way.
Start up an event yourself from scratch, and if you get the formula right you might never have to work again

 

[Venod]

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If these popular events had remained cheap to enter, then "everyone" would have been entering and with huge numbers involved there would have been little pleasure for anyone. There has to be a form of selection and price is the easiest way.
Start up an event yourself from scratch, and if you get the formula right you might never have to work again

They have a limit on numbers & even at inflated prices people are turned away.

 

[400bhp]

It's different to the running events though isn't it?.

I can run 10km, 26 miles or whatever on my tod or with a small group, but the "fun" is the mass participation and (the key difference) being cheered on by the crowd.

I must be missing something?

 

[screenman]

Of course people cannot start an event themselves, that costs time, money, expertise etc. it is lot easier to just moan and groan about things as that takes very little effort.

Having organised events for about 20 years up until 8 years ago when I got fed up with the moaning do nothing whingers I know a little of what is involved.

Without knowing the costs involved we have no idea of the profit margins involved and lets face it there is risk there.,

 

[screenman]

They have a limit on numbers & even at inflated prices people are turned away.

Do you know why number are limited, I do and I am not saying.

 

[jayonabike]

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 didn't, I used my garmin. The thing is they hold these events on public roads and if I happen to be cycling the same route as a sportive on the same day at the same time, so what? I don't need a timing chip (my garmin does that) I take my own food or stop at a shop/cafe , so what's the problem.

 

[screenman]

I didn't, I used my garmin. The thing is they hold these events on public roads and if I happen to be cycling the same route as a sportive on the same day at the same time, so what? I don't need a timing chip (my garmin does that) I take my own food or stop at a shop/cafe , so what's the problem.

Etiquette, or lack of it in your case. I would never knowingly ride on a route where an event was going on be it a road race, a TT or a Sportive. It is just one of the unwritten rules of cycling I was bought up with.

 

[snorri]

Just turn up and ride it with everyone else. O.k you won't get your 'free gel/banana/stale slice of cake or a timing chip but who cares., I even downloaded the route from their website!

Who cares you ask.
Those who don't want to be labelled as freeloading cheapskates.

 

[400bhp]

Etiquette, or lack of it in your case. I would never knowingly ride on a route where an event was going on be it a road race, a TT or a Sportive. It is just one of the unwritten rules of cycling I was bought up with.

There's a vast difference between a sportive and the others. A chasm in fact.

 

[potsy]

Public roads means anyone can ride them whatever event is on, if you want closed roads then that's a different matter.

 

[jayonabike]

Who cares you ask.
Those who don't want to be labelled as freeloading cheapskates.

Freeloading on who. They're public roads.

 

[400bhp]

Freeloading on who. They're public roads.

Aye, those pesky cars should be made to pay an "entrance fee" too

 

[jayonabike]

Etiquette, or lack of it in your case. I would never knowingly ride on a route where an event was going on be it a road race, a TT or a Sportive. It is just one of the unwritten rules of cycling I was bought up with.

Sportives aren't a race, if I new a road race or tt was on I wouldn't ride there as I don't race and wouldn't want to get tangled up in it. Sportives are completely different.