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It was...
...awful. I managed to get a conversation out of ONE rider, out of hundreds that I rode alongside throughout the day. Lots of wankers in racing mode. Just call it a fucking race, cos it basically is, timing chips etc etc. People are jizzing themselves about the food stops, but they basically had Energy Drinks, shit crisps, haribo and pork pies. Where's the real food? Where's the veggie stuff? Oh yeah, they had bananas, which weren't ripe.
The course was OK, but the countryside was pretty uninspiring, and all looked the same after about mile 3. The highlight of the event for me was leaving at the end.
turnpedal-
Ouch. All hype vanished in one go! Sorry to hear
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Loved it. :)
I've had fun on sportives before, I've had miserable audaxes that everyone else raves about. Guess it depends on what you expect, what happens and for me, my own fucked up mental state given what I'm trying to do with the ride at the time.
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Cheer up mate, it wasn't that bad.
Pretty sure they only don't call it a race for insurance reasons. By all accounts the baked potatoes at stop 3 were good but we only stopped there for a couple of minutes so...
I agree the river crossing was all a bit hyped up. I hate having cold feet but fuck it just blast through, it was relatively sunny after all.
For me the problem was the lack of variety in the terrain and the fact there was just so much climbing.
(Still not sure why you're going on about that guy with the OpenUp)
giofox
hippy
SteadyCam
@gabes
He loved it...