Maybe we just weren't elitist enough for the ride?
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almost certainly cheaper via GP though pill for pill
In a rare outbreak of earnestness....
Sportives take a lot of crap on the forum. They're not my cup of tea, but that isn't to say that they don't have a place or fulfil a need. There's nowt wrong with a well-organised, inclusive sportive that generates a bit of motivation and supports its riders.
There'll always be people who want to turn any activity into their own private club and the only response is to flip a mental finger and get on with your own thing. Attitude isn't related to ability - some of the nicest, most supportive cyclists I know are also the most talented.
Sportives take a lot of crap on the forum. They're not my cup of tea, but that isn't to say that they don't have a place or fulfil a need. There's nowt wrong with a well-organised, inclusive sportive that generates a bit of motivation and supports its riders.
There'll always be people who want to turn any activity into their own private club and the only response is to flip a mental finger and get on with your own thing. Attitude isn't related to ability - some of the nicest, most supportive cyclists I know are also the most talented.
If you could just slip that into a jiffibag and drive it over....
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
No, I don't want my laptop stolen TYVM!
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
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- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
You say the sweetest things....
Skol and Bollo sitting in a tree........and Bollo telling Skol that it's complicated.You say the sweetest things....
Tin Pot
Guru
So what?
So what?
So what?
So what?
So what?
Hurry up then.
What sportif? The broom wagon had passed you...You left noting.
Cronorider
Well-Known Member
What's the matter with lycra?
Illaveago
Guru
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- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I came across an organised cycle ride whilst driving South last year. There was a lead car with headlights on with a group of cyclists following on behind which gradually thinned out. As I passed the main group of riders I came across small groups followed by a car at the rear of so I thought. I continued on my way passing other cyclists who were unable to keep up and left to fend for themselves.
I did not like seeing that "Survival of the Fittest" attitude in action and would not wish to join in such an event.
I did not like seeing that "Survival of the Fittest" attitude in action and would not wish to join in such an event.
Ajax Bay
Guru
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- East Devon
Oh, the poor dears! How can they have managed without a car ahead of them with headlights on and a car behind them? Fending for themselves. Rugged. Bold. Enjoying their ride, I hope.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
The "lycra clad cockwomble and £2k + bikes and branded attire" quotient will be low on an audax. And there is always a range of speeds. The minimum speed required to get round and appear on the list of finishers (which by the way does not include time and is ordered alphabetically by surname) is 15kph. There is no 'broom wagon' no support and there are no signs (except at the start/finish gateway). Everyone on the ride starts together, at the advertised time. The organiser may say a few words (last minute info or whatever) and then say 'well you may as well go then' and riders roll away.
There's one near you in a fortnight, in memory of Richard Ellis, a friendly and capable audax rider. The East Anglia calendar is here - entries from one and all welcome. Also I think you'd find the ACME crowd pretty welcoming (Audax Club Mid Essex).
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It makes your cock look like a womble, as far as I can tell from the OP.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I think the results are split into AUK members first and lepers last.
Not my memory of it but maybe we were in the car park when the start was out on the road or something.
That's just two small differences, though. Audax is probably still well worth a go if you'd like something more organised than a social group ride but more relaxed than most sportives.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Uncle Bulge Area?
