LongDonkey Posted June 11, 2014 Share re The hijacked Munga issues: If you Joe Average with $10k just lying around in your mattress, then its just a social ride for 1000km. Makes no sense to me. 20 Elites competing really ...and everyone else is just there for the pretty girls and ice lolly at the end.The 4th to 10th team all just get an entry to next year, so no real prize money at all after first 3 teams. Edited June 11, 2014 by TooTall? Smurfy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfy Posted June 11, 2014 Share We paid R1000 for the Transkaroo 240km race. Excluding transport and accomodation. Its getting very costly, thats why we only do 4-5 races a year compaired to about 10 the previous years. The standard of goddie bags has also dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brogue Posted June 11, 2014 Share OP, are you informing us about a race and the entry fees, raving about the affordability of the event or ranting about the high cost of this (and possibly other) events? Pick any one of the above, or all. Who knows what goes on in Silver's head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLuvsMtb Posted June 11, 2014 Share  Pick any one of the above, or all. Who knows what goes on in Silver's head!Perhaps its Peanutbutter in disguise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted June 11, 2014 Share Race entry - R 110Championchip - R120Â Hmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brogue Posted June 11, 2014 Share Everyone else is just there for the pretty girls and ice lolly at the end. Â FlandersZA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxter Posted June 12, 2014 Share and everyone else is just there for the pretty girls and ice lolly at the end. No one said anything about pretty girls and ice lollies, Entry Paid!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieterg Posted June 12, 2014 Share Not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBer Posted June 12, 2014 Share Look at this R 110,00 TO ENTER https://secure.onreg...ep1.php?id=2266This is quite cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted July 7, 2022 Share This thread from 2014 .... Looking at the ride2nowhere.... 2750 for 2 days of MTB.... No man... Just no Wannabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred van Vlaanderen Posted July 7, 2022 Share Supply and demand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted July 7, 2022 Share 20 minutes ago, Fred van Vlaanderen said: Supply and demand Maybe there is demand at that price point but not from me. I'll take a weekend in Prince Albert or Grayton with breakfast included. Â M L, white tiger, Prince Albert Cycles and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted July 7, 2022 Share ....Here we go again Fred van Vlaanderen, ACE Cycles, Danger Dassie and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block Posted July 7, 2022 Share I was also complaining about high entry costs untill I got involved in the planning of a potential multi stage MTB event. Once you take everything from entry system, registration, accomodation, trails, food, Marshall's, water points, medals etc etc into account, the true cost of presenting such an event is huge. If you don't have existing permanent facilities available and existing trails in place there is nothing in it for the organisers.Go do your sums and see for yourself  Hairy, Frosty, white tiger and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmarc Posted July 7, 2022 Share 5 minutes ago, Block said: I was also complaining about high entry costs untill I got involved in the planning of a potential multi stage MTB event. Once you take everything from entry system, registration, accomodation, trails, food, Marshall's, water points, medals etc etc into account, the true cost of presenting such an event is huge. If you don't have existing permanent facilities available and existing trails in place there is nothing in it for the organisers.Go do your sums and see for yourself  But then you get the events with huge Anchor Sponsers and the entry fee is still just stupid We had a number of meetings to be the Anchor Sponser for J2C a few years back - Our company has a huge marketing budget, so they not scared to throw money at marketing campaigns focused in their industry - When we got to money it made our eyes water what they were demanding. Probably why the J2C has come to an end BigDL, BrentCGP, ChUkKy and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted July 7, 2022 Share 34 minutes ago, Block said: I was also complaining about high entry costs untill I got involved in the planning of a potential multi stage MTB event. Once you take everything from entry system, registration, accomodation, trails, food, Marshall's, water points, medals etc etc into account, the true cost of presenting such an event is huge. If you don't have existing permanent facilities available and existing trails in place there is nothing in it for the organisers.Go do your sums and see for yourself   Nice selection well priced DAY events available.  Different price range for stage races, even before accomodation costs.  Looking at the number of entries this seems to be a HUGE gamble for the organisers at the moment ..... when an event has a cap of 300 riders, but only 200 enter .....  Reading various ride reports, most rides are under subscribed.   It must suck to be an event organiser now .... Fred van Vlaanderen, ACE Cycles, Danger Dassie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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