Steph,
I am doing the 80km Freeway Bike Hike after doing the southern 30km Hike last year without any safety issues even though I had no group riding experience at the time.

I have signed up for the ‘intermediate’ speed group and may ride with a couple of guys from work who are competent group riders but not from SPR.

I’ll be riding Main 3 on Saturday if you want to swap contact details.

Cheers,
Scott (black Trek flatbar)