Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Ride shortages: maybe it's time...

Much of the ballyhooed "LD subsdizing the endurance riders" is no more 
accurate than endurance riders subsdizing LD riders. It is a matter of 
economy of scale. The more riders you have to cover the fixed cost the 
better off you are. Actually there is not a lot of difference in the 
cost per rider of an LD ride and an endurance ride.

I can only think of one SE ride without an LD and that is because of 
camping space. I'm not sure I see the problem here.

Truman

A. Perez wrote:

> ... to reconsider the rule that says LD rises can only take 
> place at events with 'real' rides (50 -100+ miles) (I know the 
> orginal topic was about multi-days, it just raised a pet peeve 
> of mine). The intent of this rule was, I assume, to make sure 
> LD rides at other locations did not draw down attendence at the 
> longer rides, and in effect, guaarnteeing that the "Real 
> Endurance" riders continue to be subsidized by the LD riders.
>  But the longer rides are more expensive to put on, have fewer
> venues available (more miles of trails needed), more work to 
> manage... etc. So there are fewer held.
>  Call them clinics, don't give awards, don't points, don't 
> miles, don't serve meals etc, I don't care, but give me more 
> opportunities, closer to home, to do training rides!  I'll bet 
> more people would 'catch the bug' if LD rides were available 
> more places, more often, and overall enroillment in Endurance 
> would INCREASE (and the longer rides would have fewer of the 
> ignorant idiots on untrained horses that every one here loves 
> to hate!).
>  I realize this doesn't address the issue of multi-day rides, 
> though indirectly it might, if increasing the number of 
> endurance riders would increase demand and visibility, drawing 
> sponors...
>
> A
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