Not really liking the original post. I am 8 months into my first RRTY attempt and I really had to make a big effort to get through Jan to March dealing with illness, weather, mechanicals etc.
Having an "equivalent" award which does not require winter riding seems a bit of a cop out.
I think consideration could be given to making the Brevet 2000 a season based award rather than all time. This would allow riders to do the bulk of their riding in the warmer months.
I would also support a RTY 12 x 100 award. Some posters have said that this would be difficult to administer but I would think that the bulk of this could be automated? Interested to understand more about the issues with admin relating to this.