I recall when the SF/LA AIDS ride split from Pallotta Team Works. The major issue was about the overhead and actual percentage of dollars raised making it to t

I recall when the SF/LA AIDS ride split from Pallotta Team Works. The major issue was about the overhead and actual percentage of dollars raised making it to the assorted charities. Pallotta had gorgeous brochures, but you could tell all that glitz brought about overhead. That said, the first year of the "independent" ride for the SF Aids Foundation/LA Gay and Lesbian Center overlapped with the (I believe) last Pallotta ride and had it's issues. It also took a number of years for the numbers to recover to where they were before dropping Pallotta. Putting on multi-day events with a couple of thousand people participating takes a lot of effort. I think SFAF and LAGLC are better off now for putting on the ride themselves.