Originally Posted by
jadocs
Thats my point. If it doesn’t it should.
From a cyclists perspective, sure. From a charity's perspective... nope.
They'll allow you to self fund, but what they really want is someone with the time and energy to go
recruit donations, and keeping the literal entry fee barrier to entry low helps that opportunity stay inclusive of those who may have that the knack and a great network, but few personal funds. It's not really like someone's going to be comfortable asking for five bucks towards their basic entry fee on top of the donation... If you self fund it all looks like one pot of money, but doing it the "right" way there's a strict line (at least in one direction) between the cyclist's own contribution, and the funds they've raised from others.