chevo1412 said:Did anyone ride the Be Active stage of this years Tour Downunder? How was it? I'm hoping to ride it next year. 1800+ riders on the road at once would be a good experience - I think
chevo1412 said:Did anyone ride the Be Active stage of this years Tour Downunder? How was it? I'm hoping to ride it next year. 1800+ riders on the road at once would be a good experience - I think
Spider1977 said:If you are a veteren rider (ie 35+ this year) why not consider coming to Tasmania for a great long weekend of racing and camaraderie.
See http://www.harvestcycle.com.au/
luke1972 said:$95.00 for a "fun ride", I did it but would probably not do it again. I paid my entry fee and got my jersey, only to find that half the field wore last years jersey (ie did not pay), 10% wore other jerseys (ie did not pay) and countless others gave a false name and took someones entry (read jersey, ie did not pay).
Food consisted of bananas, fruit cake and teddy bear biscuits, they ran out of powerade at the feed stations and water at the finish. There is only so many banana's I can handle. A chicken salad roll was hardly good value to finish the ride with either.
The level of support was heaps better last year (they had a fruit juice sponsor,baked potato etc at the finish), so unless it improves a lot I would give this event a miss next year.
On the plus it was a great atmosphere. I would implore the organisers to check ID next year though. I know of people who went to collect their jersey only to find that "John Smith had already registered"
chevo1412 said:That sounds great too Spider - another event to consider. Has it been held before? - pardon my ignorance if so
chevo1412 said:Gee all that sounds a bit suss. Have you contacted the organisers? If so, did they respond? It will only take a few bad experiences for the word to get around and that will be the end of it. I think the idea is pretty good but I agree the organisation needs to slick and fair to everyone. I might wait now and maybe go to Tasmania instead and see if next years Adelaide ride improves.
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