Should be a nice little run 
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Anyone else riding the cx sportive on Sunday?
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Posted 11 months ago #
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No but it looks ace!
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where?
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I am doing the 100km route. I am taking the mtb this time, the only cx bike I have is a ss and I found it a bit spinny on the last one of these.
The route looks good, I think there is more off road than the last one. Plus a nice hill at the start to warm up on.
Weather should be good too.
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surfer- details here: http://www.cyclosport.org/23-Jun-2011/news/100km-super-cx-sportive-this-weekend.html
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I thought that was a very good route, obviously helped by the fantastic weather. The course seemed to suit mtb and cx bikes equally, I am not sure which was best? I was pleased with my decision to take the mtb, I think the SS CX bike would have been hard work - tough on the climbs and mega spinney on the roads. Having fatter tyres was a bonus on some of the descents.
The signage generally seemed to be very good, although a few signs had disappeared around the course, the GPS helped on these bits. I still managed one wrong turn.
The little party happening on the Ridgeway was a surprise, I thought I was hallucinating as I rode through the crowds!
I got around the long route in just over 5 hours, it would have been a bit faster but I put a big cut into my tubeless rear tyre about halfway around, it almost sealed but in the end it needed an inner tube fitting.
A good day out.
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