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Ride London 100

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  • March 5, 2019 at 12:46 pm #29417
    bigrob020660

    Having done the Ride London 100 event for a National charity the last 2 years i decided to enter the ballot this year and do it for a more local charity with a personal connection.

    A few weeks ago i received the notice that i had been unsuceessful and ever since i have been bombarded by emails offering me large charity places.

    Clearly there are too many reserved large charity places as with only 4 months until the event they are struggling to fill their places.

    I am not against the big National charitys and have supported them on many occasions but how do the smaller local charities get riders in this event.

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  • March 5, 2019 at 4:13 pm #936883
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    Nick T

    I would never have the gall

    I would never have the gall to ask everyone I know to donate in order for me to do something I want to do anyway. 100 mile bike ride you say? Don’t you do that most weeks anyway? Oh this one’s supposed to be different, is it?

     

    March 5, 2019 at 2:45 pm #936881
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    srchar

    The truly ludicrous thing

    The truly ludicrous thing about this situation is that the charities end up having to run “Sale” events to offload their unfilled places as the event approaches.  I’ve done the Etape and Ride London for £99 with no fundraising commitment, both booked with one of the mega-charities, close to the event.

    Local charities can be supported while enjoying a nice bike ride by entering one of the smaller sportives. There are tons of them.

    March 5, 2019 at 2:41 pm #936879
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    cougie

    That does sound like it’s

    That does sound like it’s taking the pee.  Just do the jump in the UK and save everyone £1800 or something. 

     

    I notice the payment date for Ride London was extended this year too – so maybe they’re struggling to get the money in for the balloted places.  I know a few couples where they’ve both applied and the wives have got in thru the ballot and the husbands not.  So they’ve both pulled out. 

    March 5, 2019 at 2:02 pm #936877
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    alansmurphy

    It’s quite annoying, and you

    It’s quite annoying, and you get some brilliant con artists taking self-entitled liberties.

     

    Facebook request from a (now former) friend to support her charity sacrifice for the homeless. Ahhh that’s sweet, she’s a nice girl with her own 3 bedroom home, £30k a year job, wanting to ut something back. Read ‘her story’ and it’s a bungee jump or skydive or something at the Grand Canyon – every penny she raises over £2,000 goes direct to the charity and she’s putting the first £200 in herself. Brilliant so we get to pay £1,800 towards your holiday and if loads of people contribute then a homeless person may get a blanket. F**k right off!

    March 5, 2019 at 1:31 pm #936875
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    pruaga

    There is a ballot for smaller

    There is a ballot for smaller charities to apply for places separately from the individual ballot.  The charities that get charity ballot places can then ‘sell’ them on to individuals in exchange for fundraising commitments.  This is why they tend require a people to raise a minimum amount so they don’t end up making a loss on the place(s) they buy.

    The big charities can get so many places because they are prepared to pay a lot for them in sponsorship deals with the organisers.  They have the larger budgets to invest in fundraising so can invest more upfront, smaller charities likely won’t have a lot of capital.  This is why the minimum fundraising committments tend to be higher for the larger charities.

    Ultimately a charity is run as a business aiming to make a return on an investment.  It’s just what they do with their ‘profit’ that makes them different.

     

    March 5, 2019 at 1:13 pm #936873
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    Sniffer

    Not sure about Ride London,

    Not sure about Ride London, but I know at some events the charities pay the organisers for places.

    With 4 months to go they are really just into selling season for the charity places.  Gets the newer riders who say’ I fancy x event, Oh it is sold out, but there is a charit place’.

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