DJR Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 I think the first step is getting the 35000 people that enter to actually rock up on the day. Then think about two days.That is something that has always intrigued me...the literally thousands of people that enter, pay their money and then not show up at the start on A-day! Who the hell are they? Impossible that all can be sick! Hell, I once rode it with a broken arm in a plaster cast and it turned out to be one of my more memorable ones! I had hot girls ooh and aah over my cast and light hearted offers from their boyfriends to break my other arm too! HTFU people! GaryvdM 1
jimmycool Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 entry fee should be on a sliding scale, you pay R500 and then you get a credit afterwards based on your time. Quicker you go the bigger the rebate. dont pitch on the day, get charged another R500 Careful now. That could be construed as a fat tax and our larger cycling brethren.
Shebeen Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 That is something that has always intrigued me...the literally thousands of people that enter, pay their money and then not show up at the start on A-day! Who the hell are they? Impossible that all can be sick! Hell, I once rode it with a broken arm in a plaster cast and it turned out to be one of my more memorable ones! I had hot girls ooh and aah over my cast and light hearted offers from their boyfriends to break my other arm too! HTFU people!It happens in things with high demand and low prices. entries open in september and are gone quickly. that's 6 months before the event. Now some people will just get an entry to guarantee that they're in. only a bit later do they actually start planning to see if they can actually make it. some will go for it, others will just write the cost off. you get the other type of person who is laaaaank keen to do it, but for some or other unforseen late reason can't. maybe they can substitute, but then there's more cost involved for the fee there, so why bother. or it happens too close to the event to substitute. then of course you also get the fence sitters who enter and then decide on the day, naaaaaah. used to see this a lot at the knysna half marathon - but they've bumped that entry up a little.
Pure Savage Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 That is something that has always intrigued me...the literally thousands of people that enter, pay their money and then not show up at the start on A-day! Who the hell are they? Impossible that all can be sick! Hell, I once rode it with a broken arm in a plaster cast and it turned out to be one of my more memorable ones! I had hot girls ooh and aah over my cast and light hearted offers from their boyfriends to break my other arm too! HTFU people!I guarantee it was corporate entries that bought it for clients etc. Pay up front for 500 entries, only 400 rock up as someone else paid. I think without them this year will be the most starters. EVER DJR 1
Bianchisti Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) I think the first step is getting the 35000 people that enter to actually rock up on the day. Then think about two days.I think the first step is getting the 35000 people that enter to actually rock up on the day. Then think about two days.We didn't do too badly this year no? 32k finishers. Most in any of the Tours I've done. Edited August 7, 2015 by Bianchisti
Pure Savage Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 We didn't do too badly this year no? 32k finishers. Most in any of the Tours I've done. 8000 people did not rock up. 20%
Pure Savage Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 8000 people did not rock up. 20% - using the entry figures provided this year of 40 000 *
Bianchisti Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 - using the entry figures provided this year of 40 000 *Therein is the confusion. I believe last year was 35k cap including international. I might be wrong though.
Harryn Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 *I guess leg models also have to shave their legs, so I apologize to the leg models amongst us.Point of order, Madam Speaker : Whores also need to shave their legs for professional ....ahem ... Engagements. Why is no apology tendered the whores among us? Bianchisti 1
Pure Savage Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Point of order, Madam Speaker : Whores also need to shave their legs for professional ....ahem ... Engagements. Why is no apology tendered the whores among us?Honorable comrade, whores are still amateurs, prostitutes on the other hand are also excused. raptor-22, Bianchisti and Harryn 3
Bianchisti Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Honorable comrade, whores are still amateurs, prostitutes on the other hand are also excused.LMAO. Was *** praat maar net geld, you would've been in a position to buy the entire Hub entries to the Tour next year.
CAAD4 Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 I'm ok with coughing up R 470 to ride, even with the R 15K it will cost me and my wife to for the week down there. I just feel they could have put in some more thought into this. Surely some sort of preference should be given to more "serious" cyclists than to the "fun" riders. Perhaps also penalise people who entered and didn't show the previous year- they should be at the back of the queue. I know at the end of a day there will never be a system that will pleases everybody and like the adage goes;" If you can't change something, then change the way you feel about it"Woa, Woa, wag n bietjie. Stop die lorrie. What don't you unnerstand about the Aurgust being the Funride World Champs???
GreatGusto Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Hmm. So if it's going to be a lottery, then my chances of success will increase if enter myself, and then my mom, my dad, my wife and my three kids (who don't ride)in the lottery. I'll have 7 chances of getting an entry instead of 1. All I do is a substitution to get the entry on my name, and pay a FEE for the privileged. So the CTCT can expect a massive increase in the number of ballot entries, ultimately the same number of race-day riders, and a ton of extra cash for substitutions. It's amazing what kind of behaviour results from wayward incentives. Another unexpected result could be a huge increase in rogue riders who just can't be arsed to go through the schlep that entering has become.
The_black_stig Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) It's amazing what kind of behavior results from wayward incentives. There's just too many persistent moaners and whiners in the CTCT social media accounts that don't keep quiet until those people get something that "might" help them to get a race-entry... (and the race-organizers are too weak & yield to those "people") Many of us that do the Argus multiple times (or those who wants to partake the event very badly) would had the event entry-date drilled into their head and get the entry on the queuing systems on the day that the entries opened, first come first serves. everyone will wait for their turn & one will get the race-entry but for those who didn't get the race-entries & moans and whines to the organizers last year, some "might" have their reasons; but many (if not most) of those okes acts in African-time and cries fowl when things are not in their favors Edited August 7, 2015 by The_black_stig
RIDER X Posted August 8, 2015 Posted August 8, 2015 We didn't do too badly this year no? 32k finishers. Most in any of the Tours I've done.We only had 32k riders because the route was only 47km if it was 109km less would have rocked up@ PureSavage are you part of the CTCT?
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