shane.-@comcast.net
Last year did not have a compressed schedule like years past, at least for the series that Randy and Mike put on. Still there was a significate drop in riders for the MTB series the first week in June. I did a simple anlysis from the numbers last year and the year before that Candi supplied. Races that had the greatest turn out had these things in common in order of biggest factor:
were in April and May,
were apart of the high school series,
were apart of the Oregon MTB series,
were on Sunday.
Races in April and May had nearly double the racers and in some case almost triple. Races that were in the high school series had 40 to 50 riders more. Races that not apart of the Oregon MTB series lost 1/4 to 1/2 of their attendance from years that they were in the series. Races that were on Sunday had more people that races on Saturday.
I don't think that the schedule is skewed by any other factor than sheer demand.
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From: Randy Dreiling <ragg-@yahoo.com>
Great question...one thing is that JR's stop racing
and they can be 15%-30% of the turn out at some Mt
Bike races.
Other then that I would love to know the answer.
Randy
--- RCJoh-@attglobal.net wrote:
What I'd really like to know about this attendance
drop-off phenomenon
is if it is causative or symptomatic?
In other words - is the cause of the attendance drop
off because people
simply don't want to race after that date?
Or is the drop off a symptom of the highly
compressed schedule inducing
burn-out, and therefore, lack of attendance?
I'm not meaning to be argumentative, just that
clearly understanding the
situation requires an accurate diagnosis.
Rick
Randy Dreiling wrote:
Number of racers at Mt Bike races drop by a HUGE
amount after May or June every year. Been
promoting
10 years and you can see the drop.
Thanks
Randy
--- RCJoh-@attglobal.net wrote:
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Sounds good as long as we don't wind up with yet
more races stackedfrom late February through May.
Remember the tread from a few months ago
discussing
why is the racecalender so heavily weighted to the
earliest part of the season andgoes through the
doldrums just when the weather is at it's nicest?
Rick
brice-@hotmail.com wrote:
Another vote for more Saturday races.Evan Plews
wrote:
How about some Saturday races for a change.
Doesn't
anyone go to church on Sunday anymore? Bunch of
heathens anyway :)Actually that brings up a good
point. Are cyclists generally religious or
not???Kori
Kunz wrote:
In an attempt to decide which races to focus on
(since I would really like to do all of them but
know
that's not a sustainable approach) I'm wondering
what
kinds of MTB series are out there this year, and
which one offers the best prize money. Yep, I'm
not
looking for any more trophies on my mantel, just
going
straight for the mercenary incentive. Of course
I'll
also be weighing the amount of single track in
proportion to the distance to drive (and
conflicting
road races), but the dollars will be a very
influential factor. Mike? Randy? Petr? What
are
you serving up this year? Looking forward to it.
Cheers, Kori
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