If you adjusted the start time, you might get a lot more travelling by train.
I’d love more people to be able to get to my event by train but the start/finish venue wouldn’t be able to accommodate a later finish.
Also, late finishers would miss the last train home.
What many riders don’t seem to appreciate is that organisers put a lot of thought into things like setting the start time - there are usually good reasons why events don’t start earlier or later, and they aren’t chosen to suit an individual’s convenience but the needs of the event as a whole.
Also it’s not my fault that Southeastern Trains are a shower of shits. In the not so distant past, they used to run earlier and later trains on weekends but the fuckers decided to stop that - probably because it wasn’t profitable enough, I expect. It’s a fucking nightmare for me personally, as I’d much rather be able to take the train to events than drive.
Anyway, one of the reasons I put my event on is that I live in an area that’s currently under-served by the AUK calendar, and local riders are my primary target market.
I do also offer riders the option of camping over at the venue the night before or after the ride.