Originally Posted by
Machka
Lack of insurance.
Having to raise money in order to attend.
That is a big one for me.
I'm just not at all interested in an event that would require me to go around soliciting sponsorship.
A bike-a-thon may be fine for a kid, but doesn't seem appropriate for the over 50 crowd.
Location is also important.
I do a lot of doorstep riding. It hardly makes sense to ride 100 miles to do a century.,
There is one annual century+ ride. It used to have start places in 4 cities. Portland, Oregon, Salem, Oregon, and Monroe, Oregon, and met up in the middle at Amity, Oregon. They've since dropped all but the furthest start place. Perhaps more the change to ignore the local riders makes it much less attractive to me.