And RUSA also consulted with AUK concerning how we run DIYs - and then backed away from the concept.
This is what I'm working to (2017); so riding another event on the day when you've done the helper's ride is against guidelines
6.2.4 ...
• This concession is available only to the organiser and those who have given substantive help in preparing or running the ride which may include route checking, ...
• You (or a helper) cannot ride an event as a Helpers Ride, and then ride another event (calendar or permanent) on the day of the event as this is not an option that would be available to a normal entrant.
• ...
• It may be possible to edit the date for BR and BP events only from the event date to the date the helpers’ ride was actually ridden. Contact the Recorder for more details.
I see - well I sit corrected Martin - that's very interesting.
Though I could cite several instances of where it has been done, including a local Organiser who annually runs three concurrent events and rides one on the day** having route-checked the other two and put them down as Helper rides. I think one instance (the 2x400 cited earlier) even had a bearing on a Championship outcome - but that would have pre-dated this Regulation tweak I think (possibly even prompted it).
That last bullet point is totally unnecessary - it's just a misconception of how the system works - a date edit on a BRM would be contained within AUK and not be passed on to ACP.
Just the same as if a BRM is ECE'd, it is the event distance
minus the ECE that is passed on to ACP (for example for PBP qually), while the event distance
plus the ECE is used internally (for things like SR lists).
In both cases it's the same thing - the Distance (or Date) is a property of the Event (for ACP) or of the Ride (for AUK).
** personally I think an Organiser riding in his own event is also highly questionable - unless he has an army of helpers. But of course it's commonly done.