Sportives - are they out of control?

[VamP]

i just said it was horses for courses, im not here to help you understand.

It's a game of two halves.

 

[jowwy]

It's a game of two halves.

yup so is football and rugby

 

[Dusty Bin]

Personally, I don't care if sportive riders 'think' they are racing or not. I also don't care who rides them. I've ridden a few myself when there's been nothing else on - as do a lot of other 'racing' cyclists. Nothing wrong with it.

My only issue is with the organisation of them - and the impact that may or may not have on the general public and the racing calendar. And the cost..

 

[User6179]

not all sportive riders are overweight MAMILS hip priest. the same as not all cyclists are pavement hopping, red light jumpers and idiots of the road.

Most are MAMILS jowwy

 

[Rob3rt]

That went bonkers pretty rapid!

 

[jowwy]

Can I have second dibs if he doesn't want them?

im not selling them

 

[Hip Priest]

I've apologised to jowwy and resolved to stop making childish remarks on t'internet.

 

[Rob3rt]

I've apologised to jowwy and resolved to stop making childish remarks on t'internet.

LMFAO!

 

[michaelcycle]

stop making childish remarks on t'internet.

Isn't that the whole point of the internet?

 

[Hip Priest]

Isn't that the whole point of the internet?

I couldn't possibly comment.

 

[User6179]

Isn't that the whole point of the internet?

The whole point of tinternet is to show how petty we all are

 

[michaelcycle]

The whole point of tinternet is to show how petty we all are

It's obviously working.

And cat gifs. Always cat gifs...

As for sportives I guess they are like any mass participation event. It's as much as simply being part of something rather than anything else, a grand day out. They do seem to suffer from a lack of clear identity though.

 

[jowwy]

the point of this thread was to debate sportives - not berate, chastise or sully the equipment purchase of others for their own self worth.

 

[User6179]

the point of this thread was to debate sportives - not berate, chastise or sully the equipment purchase of others for their own self worth.

Jealousy is a strong emotion

 

[lukesdad]

Sounds rather like a lot of sour grapes to me, a minority chastising a majority for enjoying themselves. The minority seeming to be mainly BC license holders, how very predictable .