Ride the Rhino crazy prices

[Capcha]

Tread had a very good article on stage races and what costs are involved for organisers, there is a lot more than meets the eye.

 

Bottom line is these guys are running a business and are entitled to make a profit, they are not there to put on a charity event for the riders, they run a business just like any other.

 

My view: If you feel it is to expensive then don't enter.

Agreed

[BMXER]

Living in kzn we have a lot of races, I tend to stick to the one day events. Despite having the finance to enter the stage races and been fairly competative, I feel the cash is far better spent on a weekend away with the family.

[udxcob]

I had the same problem with the Grape escape jumping from R800 to R2500 from year 1 to year 2, lots of riders boycotted the event. It would be interesting to see what the entries were like this year.

[Tankman]

it's for charity.

 

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  Our purpose is to become presenters of premier MTB events in the country;
  
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  The events will market the Western Cape and the West Coast and attract the interest local, national and international competitors;
  
• 
  Our events are small, niche and exclusive (you’ll never have to queue);
  
• 
  We want to provide mountain bikers the adventure and opportunity to experience the various routes around remnants of the remaining Renosterveld (only 4% left in the Western Cape);
  
• 
  Our events are there to raise money;
  
• 
  Entrants, spectators and the general viewing public must perceive the bigger aim of our events: Conservation and Social Upliftment;
  
• The main beneficiary is the Renosterveld, followed by the improvement of the lives of communities along the route.
  

 

Charity? That's a very loose term

 

All I read was

 

 

[*] Marketing

 

 

[*] Marketing

 

 

[*] Marketing

 

 

[*] Social upliftment (that's when the kids from the villages stand next to the trail and wave at the passing by riders while asking for chocolates right?)

 

 

[*] Conservation - Renosterveld

 

Where is the charity?