Are Cycling Events Ripping Us Off? | GCN Show Ep. 472

Clock00:00, Tuesday 25th January 2022

How much would you pay to follow some arrows down a public gravel track? On this week's GCN Show, we ask why entry fees to cycling events often seem extortionately high. Are they worth the price tag? Where does your money go? How hard can it really be to organise a bike race?
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00:00 - Intro
01:31 - Are Events Too Expensive?
11:01 - GCN Inspiration
13:35 - Cycling Shorts
17:12 - Hack/Bodge
22:54 - Comment of the Week
28:03 - Coming Up

Documentaries with Subtitles:
1 1903
2 NORSEMAN: THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST TRIATHLON
3 PENNY FARTHING
4 24HRS
5 THE HOUR OF POWER - CYCLING’S ULTIMATE TEST
6 CHILE: THE LONGEST DESCENT
7 CHILE: THE LONGEST DESCENT
8 PATAGONIA: A RIDE INTO THE WILD
9 COLOMBIA: AN ANDES ADVENTURE
10 COLOMBIA: 24HRS IN MEDELLIN
11 COLOMBIA: ROAD TO PEACE
12 ON THE ROAD WITH JOSH IBBETT: RWANDA
13 WILL YOUR NEXT BIKE BE 3D PRINTED?
14 CYCLING HEARTLANDS - YORKSHIRE
15 COLNAGO: THE ART OF BICYCLE DESIGN

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