Should finisher's medals be ditched to help the environment?

tommyraleigh · 2018-12-03T16:00:37+00:00

Just happened across this on facebook.... https://www.facebook.com/iconiccycling/photos/a.1515380715383296/2160670027521025/?type=3&theater Basically the company that organises the Bike Oxford Bath and Chester sportives are not giving out medals any more to cut waste and instead offering a free photo. Seems like a pretty good idea to me but appears quite a few of the poential entrants aren't happy! Are these people being precious or should you expect the medal for the price of some of these sportive type events? Was going to enter Bike Oxford and just wanted some opinions before offering my support to them by entering! I do believe they're doing it with the right intentions, trust people here to offer a better counter-argument than some of the knuckle-draggers commenting on their fb page if there is one :)

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December 3, 2018 at 4:00 pm #29179

tommyraleigh

Just happened across this on facebook…. https://www.facebook.com/iconiccycling/photos/a.1515380715383296/2160670027521025/?type=3&theater

Basically the company that organises the Bike Oxford Bath and Chester sportives are not giving out medals any more to cut waste and instead offering a free photo. Seems like a pretty good idea to me but appears quite a few of the poential entrants aren’t happy! Are these people being precious or should you expect the medal for the price of some of these sportive type events? Was going to enter Bike Oxford and just wanted some opinions before offering my support to them by entering! I do believe they’re doing it with the right intentions, trust people here to offer a better counter-argument than some of the knuckle-draggers commenting on their fb page if there is one 🙂
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December 3, 2018 at 4:20 pm #932285
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hawkinspeter

cactuscat wrote:
Ha Ha Haaaaaaa!

“No more bike Oxford for me, having a medal at the end of a race is The best feeling in the world”

You need to get out more

To be fair, it’s the lure of medals that is making that person get out more.

I can’t say that I’m motivated by medals, but I don’t buy that scrapping the medals is going to make any difference to the state of the environment. Sounds more like a cost-cutting exercise to me.

What they could do is get the entrants to declare beforehand whether they want a medal or a photo.

December 3, 2018 at 4:06 pm #932283
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cactuscat

Ha Ha Haaaaaaa!

Ha Ha Haaaaaaa!

“No more bike Oxford for me, having a medal at the end of a race is The best feeling in the world”

You need to get out more
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Should finisher’s medals be ditched to help the environment?