2011-04-17 Kent Velo Girls' sportive

lol thanks Spesh, was hoping to get the mrs into club cycling...not put her off for life! lol i was hopin she wouldnt read about lots of hills...

im sure she might do the shorter route next year.
The club are, I think, going to be running some 'get (back) into cycling' sessions aimed at women this summer. I'll post when I find out more. I think the aim is to encourage people into cycling generally, with a hope some might be interested in club cycling. Other than that, the club has rides most days, with an easy intermediate on Saturday mornings from Hilden Golf Club (next to Hilden station just outside Tonbridge), and a beginners on Monday (if your other half isn't working then). I think that the beginners is the only ride which is supposed to accept flat bar bikes. The members are of all types and are very friendly and sociable.

The hills on the sportive matched the distance: the 20 miler was quite gentle (and shared only a little of its route with the other two routes); the 40 miles had three main uphills (with some nice long downs between); and the 62 mile/100k route, which was the 40 miles + a loop, was a bit lumpy on the loop - but if you follow the links in the first post you should (I think) be able to view a profile of the routes.

I cant remember were men allowed to do this if they wore pink?
Yup, that's the one. Even the marshalls wore pink* ;-)

*I didn't look as good in it as that model :-(