Can you do a sportive on a touring bike?

[Stonechat]

A touring bike, when I bought was was more or less a road bike with the right gears and rack. I still have the old Claud Butler, used to put the panniers on it, never camped but used to take the bike round the country

 

[smutchin]

I'm guessing the bloke that cycled into the back of me was trying to emulate club riding without the experience (or wasn't paying attention).

Nah, just riding like a winker.

An experienced club rider would know better than to follow a stranger's wheel too closely.