Entrants who paid to enter the washed-out Mont 24 Hour bike race will be given entry into a rescheduled competition in October, refunds, or transferred to other events, organisers say.
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The assurance follows concerns raised by some riders who said they had to fight organisers for a refund following the cancellation of the event earlier this month.
The 2014 Mont 24 Hour Race, billed as the country's largest mountain bike race, was scheduled to take place on April 5 and 6 at East Kowen Forest.
But heavy rainfall made the campgrounds and trails unsafe, forcing organisers to call off the race.
Self Propelled Enterprises, the company behind the race, described the cancellation as a ''great disappointment'' and one of the ''toughest decisions we have ever had to make''.
The 24-hour bike race was on Friday rescheduled to October 25 and 26, something the company said would prove a costly exercise.
But some entrants said there were scheduling clashes with other races around the country, and approached the organisers for a refund.
There are three mountain bike races on at the same time; the Cape to Cape MTB race in Western Australia, the Bright 24-hour mountain bike race in Victoria, and the Husky 100 MTB Marathon in Jervis Bay.
One rider, who asked not to be named, said he was initially denied his money back for Mont 24, before eventually being promised a refund after raising issues of consumer law.
He claimed other entrants' attempts to get a refund had been flatly rejected.
On Monday organisers assured that those who could not make the rescheduled race could either get a refund or have their entry transferred to a future event, while teams could sell their entries.
''The reaction to our announcement to reschedule has been overwhelmingly positive and while it is costly to reschedule an event of this scale, we are pleased to have found a solution that will make the majority of entrants happy,'' the company said in a statement.
''We look forward to welcoming participants in the Mont 24 Hour Race in late October.''
The company's website states that a race waiver for the 2014 event had required riders acknowledge there would be no refunds if the event was cancelled after February 12, including due to weather events. Christopher Knaus
