Not sure if anyone else has seen this

road.cc/content/news/100195-british-cycl...ing-system-sportives

Going by the table, I make this year's route to be a grade 2. Not completely flat, but hardly the L'etape .



Tony.

Some interesting comments

is it suggesting that climbing 3500m in 30km (a steady 10% / 1 in 10) is three times harder than climbing 3500m in 10km (a totally mental constant 1 in 3) or am I just too sleep deprived / Aussie wicket crazy to make sense of it?

Hi there,, just what happended to "turning up" and riding an event ...i find this type of article a complete waste of space...is now cycling for the "mandy pandys lead me by the hand brigade" ..the mind boggles. Geoff,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Simon.R wrote:

is it suggesting that climbing 3500m in 30km (a steady 10% / 1 in 10) is three times harder than climbing 3500m in 10km (a totally mental constant 1 in 3) or am I just too sleep deprived / Aussie wicket crazy to make sense of it?

You're right, but get some sleep mate .

Hi there,, just what happended to "turning up" and riding an event ...i find this type of article a complete waste of space...is now cycling for the "mandy pandys lead me by the hand brigade" ..the mind boggles. Geoff,,,,,,,,,,,,,

It's not my cup of tea either Geoff, but they're getting ever more popular.
Reading between the lines, I think the subtext is that British Cycling will get round to some kind of standardisation/code of conduct (if they haven't already of course) for sportives which hopefully will stop people getting ripped off. You've only got to look at the amount of entrants and the entry fee to see some shady types might look at these and think it's ripe for the taking.


Tony.

geoffrey wrote:

Hi there,, just what happended to "turning up" and riding an event ...i find this type of article a complete waste of space...is now cycling for the "mandy pandys lead me by the hand brigade" ..the mind boggles. Geoff,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Hi there is the next step... St Neots Sportivo classed as type C. if you are below type C standard, "Cycling could seriously affect your health".enter at your own discretion,, the club will not be responsible for any health issues whilst you RIDE your bicycle in this event.. all D E F G riders "stay away.we recommend all cyclists to know their limitations if in doubt take up crown green bowls or table tennis. ah ah Geoff...............

Or they could ride the shorter route .


Tony.

Table tennis can be risky

Not if its a CAT C short ride..the D E F riders will be asked to ride around the market square,avoiding Zero's if possible ah ah G

geoffrey wrote:

Not if its a CAT C short ride..the D E F riders will be asked to ride around the market square,avoiding Zero's if possible ah ah G

Japanese fighter pilots now!