Charity cycling events

[dickm]

The local Bloodwise group (blood cancer support) is considering running some sort of off-road cycling event to raise funds and I've been "volunteered" to see what it might entail. There seem to be quite a lot of cyclists on here, so wondered if anyone has done this sort of thing and had any hints/tips/awful warnings? We've got lots of potential off-road sites here, ranging from old railway lines to some seriously 'ard stuff at Pitfichie.
Any thoughts or comments greatly welcomed.

 

[Jmcp]

Hi Dickm,

The cycle club I belong to had an aborted attempt at running a mountain bike race a few years ago and I remember one of the expenses that we had not fully considered at the time was that typically when running a road event, we have a maximum field of 80 riders so we only had race numbers up to 80 but, for the MTB race, it was anticipated that we would need well over a hundred so we got quotes for a new set of numbers to be created and the cost was frightening, can't remember the exact costs as it was quite a few years ago but i do remember that it caused quite a stir and was ultimately one of the reasons why we abandoned the idea as the overall costs of running the event became prohibitive.

Cheers, John

 

[Jacob]

I've done them but never organised one. Perhaps join your local CTC, and look at Audax UK. They are both keen on encouraging cycling. Your local authority might help too.

 

[Racers]

Hi Dickm,

The cycle club I belong to had an aborted attempt at running a mountain bike race a few years ago and I remember one of the expenses that we had not fully considered at the time was that typically when running a road event, we have a maximum field of 80 riders so we only had race numbers up to 80 but, for the MTB race, it was anticipated that we would need well over a hundred so we got quotes for a new set of numbers to be created and the cost was frightening, can't remember the exact costs as it was quite a few years ago but i do remember that it caused quite a stir and was ultimately one of the reasons why we abandoned the idea as the overall costs of running the event became prohibitive.

Cheers, John

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