South Downs Sportive 19 Oct

Hi All,

I've foolishly entered the 100 mile course on this. Is anyone else doing it.

Cheers,

Ian

Did this event yesterday. It was well organised - typical Wiggle sportive stuff. The 100 mile route had definitely been designed by a sadist. I particularly enjoyed hitting Harting Hill after 63 miles, Teglease Down after 77 miles and Harvesting Lane after 82 miles.....not! Finished the course in 6:44 by my Garmin, which was an average rolling speed of 15.1mph. Being a bit of an old, fat git, I was reasonably happy with that.

Knackered,

Ian

I did the intermediate distance of that event as my first ever sportive and, as you say, it's quite a tough route!
Whilst the wiggle events are well organised, I steer clear of them these days as they are so popular you get roads full of cyclists which seems to make some car drivers do extra-stupid moves. Smaller sportives don't seem to have as extreme an effect on the morons!

I know what you mean Tim. I did a Wiggle Sportive in the New Forest a couple of summers ago and there were loads of people on it. In comparison, I thought there seemed to be relatively few people in the one last weekend. I suppose the summer ones are more popular than autumn / winter.

I did encounter a couple of morons on four wheels on Sunday but then again, I usually encounter plenty of them when I'm out riding on my own.

Cheers,

Ian