North west sportive?

[brokenflipflop]

That sounds great. Which one should I choose though ? Will there be any stumps like me taking on the 60 miler or is that just for fast proper riders ?

 

[billy1561]

I am tempted to give it a go although i'm certainly pushing it. May even do the Lancashire loop the week earlier too

 

[Parrot of Doom]

I'm quite new to road biking and I'd like to do a proper ride, by that I mean a sportive. Can you suggest one that I might be able to do. I've only been biking for 6 weeks but I've done 30 mile rides 3 times a week but I am quite rubbish, 44 years old and I look a complete prat in my gear so it would be nice if I'm not the only one who looks like this. Any suggestions please. thanks

If you can do 30 miles you can do 60 miles, trust me. And you don't look like a prat, nobody thinks that, so stop worrying about it!

 

[brokenflipflop]

Thanks for that POD. I think I'll take on the 60 then but if I hear any sniggering and go the whole way in my group of one and finish 2 hours after everyone else has gone home you might find a bargain bike on Ebay sometime soon