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Let's not forget the big draw. You get way less kudos on the socials if you go do a big epic ride but there is no brand name to associate yourself with, even if just going for the ride on your own is actually a lot harder.
Could be a convergence here of:
- Very rural area, very expensive to get porta-potties
- Very large event, need way more than porta-potties than a smaller one
- Very long (hours) so even more expense
- Lots of the land is private, harder to find a place to put the rest stations
- Race wants to make as much money as possible
- The race has already pissed off all the land owners that might have been willing to have rest stations on their land if it had been handled better from the beginning.
3000 is WAY too big for me. Not going to be something I ever worry about. It takes a lot of motivation to do something that has 500 people in it. Great rides do not require a crowd for me, they're often better alone. The 500 rider events I've done that are all day like this have managed to handle all this stuff well. I don't think I ever had to worry about finding a toilet at all or even wait in a long line.
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