First Century sportive for antisocial cyclist

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I have never ridden a Sportive after being put off long a go reading a write up on one with the opening paragraph described 3,000 riders setting off :ohmy: , obviously one of the more popular offerings but seriously not my cup of tea so I ride Audax and even then I hang about for a couple of minutes to let everyone get away at the start ,you could probably do the same at a Sportive I imagine but you will probably find the feed stations might not have a lot left .

http://www.aukweb.net/ for more info on Audax.

Paul
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I have never ridden a Sportive after being put off long a go reading a write up on one with the opening paragraph described 3,000 riders setting off :ohmy: , obviously one of the more popular offerings but seriously not my cup of tea so I ride Audax and even then I hang about for a couple of minutes to let everyone get away at the start ,you could probably do the same at a Sportive I imagine but you will probably find the feed stations might not have a lot left .
I did a sportive where I got to one feed station nearly 30 minutes before the cut off time and they were already cutting down the direction arrows and packing away the food. When I pointed out that they were supposed to be there for another half an hour, the guy turned round and snapped "Don't you think I have better things to do than hang about all afternoon for unfit stragglers?" ... Given that I had paid about £25 for the facilities that he was dismantling, I was not impressed! I told the organiser at the finish and he promised to look into it.
 
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