throwback
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I thoroughly enjoyed all the races I went to and will probably do them all again next year. I just think that a bit more could have been done to make it hang together as a series and you're right, as an absolute minimum, that means more accurate and timely series results.I am not one of the organizers just a competitor but I do know that the sponsorship issue was a huge problem. With many of the clubs having sponsorship deals with bike shops, equip manufactures, food suppliers and bike brands,
it was really hard to settle on a series sponsor. There were quite a few offers from companies offering more money but most of them were rejected.
Here is a hypothetical example. Meridia offers 20000 for the series and one of the clubs is sponsored by Giant so they then veto the sponsorship deal.
If you are a local bike shop that supports/ runs your local club, would you want tech support at the event from another shop?
For the series to have a major sponsor that all the clubs would be happy with, they would need to be out side the bike industry
I thought the series was fantastic let focus on that , however for next year improvements in result updates are a must.
maybe you could put yourself up as the series cord for next year. It is easy to get on here and complain, one year running the series may change your view. It is a great series and it needs a good "co ord" give it a go.
I'm also not suggesting it's easy, in fact to do it well I'm sure it would be complicated and time consuming. It's a big commitment and nobody should take it on unless they can make that commitment. I couldn't. Perhaps it's too much to be done on goodwill alone?