arendoog Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Still way cheaper than my old hobby golf.Halfway house meal and balls already more than race entry,that's not even the green fees
LeTurbo Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Hell, racing is cheaper than stopping at all the coffee shops on a lazy Sunday ride. Not that coffee-flavour GU is quite like a good flat white. M L 1
M L Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Hell, racing is cheaper than stopping at all the coffee shops on a lazy Sunday ride. Not that coffee-flavour GU is quite like a good flat white.Vanilla bean gu comes damn close!
M L Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 We are being taken for a ride with these prices !
LeTurbo Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 Vanilla bean gu comes damn close! I'll have to try it, Wheelerdealer - I might have some among the 20 or so sachets still hanging about from last year's race season! (Now I feel like a coffee-flavoured Steri-Stumpie, or have they withdrawn those from the market already? Who in hell calls a product steri-Stumpie anyway? It should have failed dismally by every marketers calculations.)
slowpoke Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Just a general thought in terms of the cost of entries... Medical tent at start/finishAmbulance/s on the routePetrol for the sweep vehiclesWater tablesPrinting of race numbersFood and compensation (if applicable) to foot marshalsMotorbike marshalsFees to CSAFees to traffic department/sMedal at finishVenue hire There are one or two others that I know I've forgotten to mention, but the above does add up. Now to put on an event, cover all the above costs and have something left for the chosen charity does, unfortunately, add up to the fees we pay. This does does mean that we can't all afford to race every weekend (some of us are down to max 4 events a year). Such is life. Frosty 1
JGR Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Slight difference 200 million to make the movie 30 million to make the cinema, 5 million to build the restaurant 4 million to grow the food you eat, you are getting ripped a new one. Thats the bottom line, events are mainly sponsored as well so people are pocketing nice amounts for hardly any effort.Yes and no. No difference to me - the person spending the money so cost of sales is irrelevant. Of course all that took more to make but the profits are also propertionatly bigger .... just making the point that would cant do much more with 'race entry' money (for entertainment)
Max Headroom Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Greyt Escape 1 Day entry fee R 550 - WTF ! Carmichael and Eddy Gordo 2
Max Headroom Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Greyt Escape 1 Day entry fee R 550 - WTF !Their previous event also for R550 - had only 41 entries (as far as I can see)And they don't think the high entry fee is the reason !? Carmichael 1
Carmichael Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Busy browsing for accomodation for the weekend there and and and... Jip R 550 is steep... Max Headroom 1
mecheng89 Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 I believe there is no one more qualified to tell you about racing fees than Frosty.Â
mecheng89 Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Busy browsing for accomodation for the weekend there and and and... Jip R 550 is steep... R1100 for RTTS 2021. R900 for Midvaal 100. Now that is pricey. JulienR, Long Wheel Base and Carmichael 3
Mojoman Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 What makes me laugh with some of these race fees is the amount of work that gets done on the trail...ie just about none.We have several races in this area...year after year....same organisers...same boring routes...The trails/routes never get any attention (great trail up at a local hotel that is now pretty much going to ruin, hotel not bothered either after paying around R5k a kilometre! Lol) and it seems the race organiusers do as little as possible for the best possible return... Headshot 1
Eddy Gordo Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 What makes me laugh with some of these race fees is the amount of work that gets done on the trail...ie just about none. We have several races in this area...year after year....same organisers...same boring routes...The trails/routes never get any attention (great trail up at a local hotel that is now pretty much going to ruin, hotel not bothered either after paying around R5k a kilometre! Lol) and it seems the race organiusers do as little as possible for the best possible return...     This is the ideal way to "fundraise" for trail maintenance especially for trails who dont have the huge financial backings like some do. Pity it is not seen as this kind of opportunity and promoted as such. maybe then the events will be better supported.
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