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Find a good club and some good riders, find some routes and go and do them.
I did a few of sportives in my first year of cycling they were fun but I found it odd to be paying to ride roads I could do any day of the year. At least in Europe the roads are closed for the cyclists.
Perhaps I am spoiled but I have the option to go for long club runs with a lovely bunch of guys. There is no dick swinging on the training rides even though many of them are very strong racers in their own right and do compete.
I just struggle to justify paying to ride roads I am allowed to ride on, with just the offer of a stale roll, a banana and an energy drink at the feedstops. I can do better with the food in my jersey and stopping en route to refill at service stations or pubs.
Forgive my cynicism, I have just slotted into being a happy content club rider.