Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

While an LD doesn't cost 1/2 of the 50 - it doesn't cost the same either 
because the vet cost which can be significant is less. Personally when I 
budgeted rides I estimated the base cost based per rider on a number of 
riders in all distances (I probably used 60 to 70). That took care of 
the camping, food, etc that all would get equally. Then based on the 
number I expected in each distance - I would estimate the vet cost. The 
50's require vets all day, the LD's don't for example. Living in FL 
horse country I had access to lot of local vets that would love work 
half a day and it was a good way from them to learn the sport.

From my memory the LD's cost about 75% to 80% of what the 50's cost. I 
think most of the rides in the SE now tend to be at about that rate. I 
think that's pretty fair.

Truman

Joe Long wrote:
> Yes, when you go to a ride many of the management costs are the same 
> no matter which distance you ride. Some are different (those in the 
> shorter rides see the vets less often and take less of their time). 
> But a 50-mile rider gets to ride more miles, and more hours, than a 
> 25-mile rider. Why should both of them pay the same? Just like at the 
> ball game or the theater, those who "get" more should pay more, even 
> though the costs to the promoter may be the same.
>
> I've been saddened to see the costs of LD rides rising to equal the 
> longer distances at many rides. Along with the non-member fees, I 
> believe that by doing this we are "eating our seed corn." Anything 
> that we do that discourages new riders from trying our sport, and 
> discourages them from coming back for a second or third try, can lead 
> to losing people who might have become avid endurance riders for years 
> to come -- and along with that losing their future entry fees and 
> membership dues.
>
> Penny-wise and pound foolish.


--

“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a 
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=