Highland Fling - 2010
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top_oz_bloke
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Damn, time to go helmet shopping.
technically 110km. 10% extra free!
top_oz_bloke
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GST component?
Pizzaz
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Its not just the $180... the sting is the personal injury insurance as another $20... bit rich for those that have MTBA membership... I'd like to understand precisely the advantage to me as a competitor what the benefit of the private insurance is as compared to MTBAs cover.
Based on an experience a friend had last year when injured (knocked unconscious for more than 10 mins, was attended to by volunteers and then told to ride
the 20km to the next checkpoint) they'd want to step it up a bit.This makes it a $200 race. Think the 110 when I first entered it a few years ago was about $110...
At least AROC have included your insurance as part of their entry fees (as they're not covered by MTBA either).
Having just gone through the life / income insurance protection drama... the sting is that most life and income protection insurance will _not_ cover you if you have an injury while participating in a race so you'd want to make sure that whatever insurance that the promoter is providing is decent!
top_oz_bloke
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One of my mates is trying to enter but can't get through the process of creating an account - No sign of the activation email so that he can sign in and enter.
Worked fine for me this morning (about 5 min wait) prior to the entries opening.
Anyone else having this issue or are we just unlucky?
Worked fine for me this morning (about 5 min wait) prior to the entries opening.
Anyone else having this issue or are we just unlucky?
alchemist
Manly Warringah MTB Club
MTBA Cover doesn't cover you at all while racing in an non-MTBA sanctioned event.
Did the AROC insurance include personal injury? Or was it just the third party/public liability insurance?
iscarrr
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Yeah right, they're going to walk around asking 1000+ (or whatever huge amount it is) people to take their helmets off and look for the sticker?
Anyway rego'd for 100k again.
alchemist
Manly Warringah MTB Club
They don't have to, only have to check Top_oz_bloke's because he has admitted he doesn't have a helmet that complies with the regulations for road use.
Jackstack
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Geeeez... you could get a heater at the 24WSC for that!!!!
top_oz_bloke
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I dunno how this works, never done anything like this before, so for all I know they might scrutineer every helmet in the place.
Considering entry, travel, food and accomodation will probably cost around $1k all up then I would be fairly unhappy to be turned around at the start line. In this context, a couple of hundred on a suitable helmet doesn't seem like a big deal to me.
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alchemist
Manly Warringah MTB Club
and two chairs! but only if you get the $450 marquee first...Geeeez... you could get a heater at the 24WSC for that!!!!
How much is entry to that?
DaGonz
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Heh... it was $160 last year. So yes, the price has gone up by 12.5%. I think it has been pretty similar over the last few years though. It's $40 more than the Angry Doctor 100km race you entered.
*shrug* I guess you get to pick which races bring value to you
Cheers
Spoonie
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Yep, just entered myself, now trying to register for a friend who's away from his computer, he can activate the email from his Blackberry but nothing has gone through, quite frustrating.
I'm in the 100 again, first year in SuperMasters!
top_oz_bloke
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Stick with it, he eventually received it after an hour or so.
Do the Half Fling and save $80. Do the Full Fling and save $50.