Which Sportives are you hoping to ride this summer?

I had signed up for the London Revolution last year which got delayed to this year. I signed up for the Ultra - whole 155 mile loop in one day. It was due to take place in May but has got shifted back to end of September. With feed stops I reckon 155 miles would take me 12 hours, without any punctures/mechanicals. On the rescheduled date there is 12 hours daylight... That's cutting it too fine for me, so I've cancelled.

I have signed up for the Davina McCall/McMillan East Sussex sportive and the Cobham-Petworth Spring Onion, 68 and 65 miles respectively, but that's it so far.

I'm down for the Dragon Ride at my longest ever Sportive distance of 200km.  Getting nervous  about  being able to get the miles in between now and then. 

Hmmm.... stuck indoors staring at a storm, I'm now looking at Chase the Sun South....

Like IanEdward, i've also put in for the Oban Sportive. Not brave enough to do the hill climb the day before so just the 87 miles for me. 

Half expecting it to be cancelled as its the day before the lockdown all finishes so role on September. 

Also doing the Great North Bike Ride, not difficult to do, 60+ miles down the east coast finishing in Tynemouth where i live. 

I'm hoping to have a place at the Dirty Reiver in September (no entries currently being accepted, but it looks like not all entrants will transfer their place from last year, so there's 'a good chance' per the organisers).

Looking forward to doing the Dunwich Dynamo, though at present there's no return transport planned, so it might be the double with riding back!

That's if a planned but I suspect unlikely to eventuate work event the Monday after doesn't spoil the whole thing...

I'd like to do a few rides in Scotland. I have a friend on Strava who keeps posting pictures of fells and lochs, which has made me feel ennvious pootling around London's parks and nearest Kent.  

Otherwise, I only usually do the Norfolk 100 here in the UK, but try to do a couple of BENELUX sportives (though Flanders terrifies me). 

Oban Sportive entered for mid-May but not optimistic. The organisers have been very open about their September contingency plan. 

Saturday is just an afternoon hill climb event up a closed road to the Cruachan reservoir, but to get my money's worth out of the weekend away I'll probably do a wee ride in the morning around the Cowal Peninsula.

Next day is the Sportive proper, basically a glorified loop of Loch Awe featuring some beuatiful roads and punchy wee climbs although the surfaces are pretty poor in places.

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I'd much rather not be surrounded by cyclists whom I don't know the capabilities of... ...and plan cafe stops in beautiful country villages rather than get handfuls of sugary gels and cakes from a gazebo... ...and it doesn't cost an entry fee to get said gels and have some luminous yellow arrows to follow, and some tatty 'medal' that will just sit in a drawer reminding me that I did it.

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each to their own

Indeed, some of us actually enjoy the company of other cyclists and get a kick from riding with hundreds of other people on the same road, not having to carry loads of extra food and water because somebody is thoughtfully laying it on for you every 30-40km, and also having some sort of after-party to return to. I even quite like the free Oban Sportive buff and bottle I got last year 

I'm just looking forward to being able to do longer rides and / or tours again. I've only ever bothered with a very few closed road sportives in the past, and with the PRLS having been permanently canned, that doesn't leave many options on that front. Given the amount of people who have seemingly increasingly not been taking a jot of notice about the lockdown laws / regs where I am, in the last few days / weeks,  I fully expect another big spike in numbers at about the middle of May, as far too many people don't seem to understand how the vaccines work, and against which versions / variants, and that ( in my opinion ) will risk derailing any planned 'return to normal' in June. So for the time being, I'll just stick to making mileage by doing circuits of about 10 miles, around my local area, as I think planning anything concrete this year will be a wasted effort.

I've got delayed Etape Loch Ness and Tour of Cambrideshire some time this year. And might do the local ones near me (Mad March Hare whenever they are redoing it). Not much else though. 

Planning on doing Southampton - https://www.sporterium.co.uk/

Tour de Forth
Helensburgh
Tour of the Borders

I've loads of scenic routes plotted around Perth and Loch Tummel area, so as long as we can meet up with at least one other, I won't miss the sportives too much.

None. I just plan routes and ride them, be it alone or with mates. Hundreds from home, some 'away days' where we load up the van and drive 50-100 miles away to ride different routes.

I'd much rather not be surrounded by cyclists whom I don't know the capabilities of, especially going up/ down iconic climbs/ descents and plan cafe stops in beautiful country villages rather than get handfuls of sugary gels and cakes from a gazebo.

Oh, and it doesn't cost an entry fee to get said gels and have some luminous yellow arrows to follow, and some tatty 'medal' that will just sit in a drawer reminding me that I did it.

But each to their own.