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I'm thinking about entering the last few wiggle cx sportives: how have they been so far ? Worth the entry price ? Or should look at a map, draw a route myself and spend the entry price on new bike parts?
We did one wiggle event on the chilterns and it was a bit meh, poor route and puncturetastic but did the Peak Pioneer and that was great. Suppose it depend,s if you live in the sportive area, we live in London so wouldn't bother with a Surrey hills one but to get a decent route far away from home they serve a good purpose
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I've enjoyed them, but I like long distance off-road CX stuff.
Have encountered some rather odd signage in the past (or lack thereof, so followed a couple of other tyre tracks) the feed stops I've only used in emergencies, which really is the point of them. I only normally fill my bottle up, rarely take any gels or bars because I tend to carry my own stuff. The Wiggle events have been well supported, with a good few rides turning up. The early season ones tend to be faster because the CXers are just coming out of the winter CX season, the summer and autumn less paced more relaxed (IME)
Worth it? Teeny bit pricey, but yes I think the Wiggle ones are fine.
The other more serious events (Lakeland Monster/Dirty Reviver) are excellent epics, well worth the fee and TBH cheap at half the price.