Originally Posted by
Rowan
I appreciate your point of view, but if this event does evolve into a full sportive with sponsor and large army of helpers, we are starting to talk about municipal and police approvals and road closures, if not just intersection control. Then the notion of riders picking their own courses between checkpoints becomes impractical.
Yes sorry, you are quite right, I didn't make myself clear. I made the assumption that at some point during its evolution process it would need to move from "picking their own course" to a fully designated route.