Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle 2015 - entry transfers closed - do not request entries

jon1981 wrote: »

Didn't see much litter last year, however I did set off about 30-45 mins before the crowd, maybe that's why.

The bottom of Molls Gap was littered with them.

Pity that, plenty of places to discard rubbish... jersey pockets, cycle bags...bins!!

aquinn wrote: »

Arrgh 'Sorry, an internal error had occured. Please reload the page.'

They did advertise 1pm as the time they came on sale, if they sell out before 1pm there'll be murder, perhaps they have paused the sale.

jon1981 wrote: »

They did advertise 1pm as the time they came on sale, if they sell out before 1pm there'll be murder, perhaps they have paused the sale.

I'm hoping it's something like that, but doubtful.....

LadyLabyrinth wrote: »

Well the website was up and some people already have tickets ... but I have been trying for 20 mins now and cant get in. Have had 'this web site is not available' when I get to the booking page, and a dreaded 'there are no time slots available for tickets'.

sigh. Hoping it just crashed.

I got tickets by chance when i checked at 11am, but i'm hoping they won't f**k it up for people that are checking at 1pm like they advertised.

apparently only 750 were reserved for charity

http://www.vchw.com/ring-of-kerry-charity-cycle/

All charities were allocated 750 places for cyclist this year. We are pleased to announce that we have filled this allocation. If you filled a form, submitted it and as yet have not received a confirmation email from the ROK committee, please email your details to Brendan O Connor brenvalhosp@gmail.com . All charities are full at this stage so only option is to apply on line when it opens - http://www.ringofkerrycycle.ie/. The expected date is the 7th April but may be sooner so check this from 1st April.

oh wait, is that 750 per each of the 9 charities?? that's 6.5k !

mossym wrote: »

not all the climbs/descents are closed to traffic on the day of the ROK. the descent into caherdaniel for example is not.

Yeah some, not all

Id imagine so with some of the descents on the route

The roads weren't closed to traffic when I did it three years ago, still had to avoid coaches on the way down from Moll's Gap! Has this changed in more recent years? Personally, I don't see the attraction at all. Too many people on the roads, most of whom have no idea how to cycle with others around them. I got crashed into, luckily enough I only ended up with a broken spoke and didn't fall off. You can do it any other day of the year in far less hazardous conditions. Also, I know it's a charity event but €85 is a ridiculous entry fee!

touts wrote: »

I registered with a charity over a week ago (when they all dropped their asking prices down to face value) and the cyclist number I got back in an e-mail from Eventmaster was well over 6000. If they went in sequence of registration that would support the idea of 750 per charity totaling 6750 tickets leaving 2750 for general sale.

right, mine was 8046 at 11am this morning, there'll be fk all left by 1pm so.

what was the price before they dropped to asking price?

jon1981 wrote: »

right, mine was 8046 at 11am this morning, there'll be fk all left by 1pm so.

what was the price before they dropped to asking price?

€200..... I kid you not. One asked our club for that.

"Bookings are temporary unavailable, please try again later"

rtmie wrote: »

So they published that they would open at 1pm (still according to website), and then opened early if I am reading correctly?

Sweet, how to harvest the goodwill crop, not.

Never trust a Kerryman:D

ive been trying since 11.30 and nothing....not looking good
tbh if they said it would be open at 1pm and they opened early then i dont know if i even want to part of it..charity or otherwise :mad: