I would like to start entering bike events but my bike is a tourer. I did do the London to Cambridge on a hybrid with a huge basket on the front about 10 years ago but it all seems a bit more competitive these days. Do I need a road bike to enter events? I am fairly fit and cycle all the time - although living in Cambridge I don't do a lot of hills!
Yes you need a road bike, at least £5k carbon fibre with unobtanium drive train, you definitely need a helmet, lots of gels, a subscription to Cycling Plus, Rapha and Assos everything, power meter, 10 point training plan, gels, protein shakes, CO2 inflators, a spare helmet, gels, energy bars, an inability to fix anything on your bike, energy drink- the more expensive the better, gels, a spare spare helmet, a carbon fibre she-wee, a job in sales with a BMW, really really expensive shades with a minimum of 23 different interchangeable lenses, toilet paper in case you need to krapp on a New Forest village green, gels, strava enabled i-something, an ability to bragg, spare gels, tools with Lezyne stamped on them, a lack of imagination or free will, no friends. Oh, and some gels, more money than sense (sportive a only).
Schitt I nearly forgot to say, don't forget to wear an expensive and mostly useless helmet.
Alternatively .... Just enjoy riding what you have.
