MTB Race Entry Fees....

[GLuvsMtb]

On 10/17/2022 at 11:24 AM, Headshot said:

So, I heard this weekend that the U 2022 never happened and that only a few people entered. At R9500 pp for 2.5 days it was as elitist as they come, but I still find it surprising because I think there are still enough punters out there with deep pockets.

I think the real reason it was under subscribed is because the trails are too proper and require bike handling skills that other events like the W2W simply do not require. Thoughts?

I suppose there are many factors. I never really thought to do Joberg2C, but now that it’s done and replaced with go2berg I am actually considering it. So basically joberg2c without Sani2C. ?From what I gather Joberg2C never really got traction, so I am at least not the only one who never really considered it. 6 days opposed to 9 days makes way more sense in my diary and I’ve done 3 Sani2C’s, so not really fussed about doing that again. 

I don’t think pricing was the main driver for the limited uptake in joberg2c as it seemingly offered very good value for money. It was also not overly technical or tough by all accounts, and had amazing trails on the route. Maybe it was as simple as 9 days are too many days for mass uptake in a mtb race that is not the Epic (8 days if you count the prologue).