Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: BlackSheep on 24 December, 2019, 02:26:45 pm
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A new event for June 2020. As it says on the tin, a mix of drovers route and off-road tracks.
In total nine off-road sections of varying surfaces, all are public rights of way and account for approx 25km of total distance.
Each off-road can be by-passed, but will incur extra distance.
A rolling route, One good climb about halfway around.
Full details http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/20-201/
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Sadly i'll be on my way to St. Just for a trip back up country that day.
"A rolling route, One good climb about halfway around." When Mark says this bring rope and crampons!! :P :P
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Really like the look of this one :thumbsup:
So many good events in 2020 I am in danger of attempting a dual RRTY!
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Huzzah - I finally found the original thread, and updating for 2022.
https://audax.uk/event-details?eventId=9398
I am really looking forward to this one. Byways make a long ride really interesting - and 25km of them feels like a goldilocks distance for a 200km. I can't wait to cycle across the Chepstow bridge - that will be a first for me.
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See you there Mr Trundle.
(I'm bringing my commuter beater - looks terrible, but survived Pat Hurts similar event so I should be fine! )
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Looks like it's going to be a wet weekend
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See you there Matt :thumbsup:
I believe it is impossible to ride in Wales without SOME rain Steve ;D Although I'm hoping we don't get flash floods from the predicted storm clouds!
I'm staying at the wetherspoons tonight as I could not face a 4am start from London. MUST NOT DRINK TOO MUCH BEER THE NIGHT BEFORE...
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I can confirm it was indeed a wee bit damp...
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That was a fantastic audax - just my type of route. Beautiful Welsh Border lanes with lots of off-road sections to make things interesting.
Piccies and stuff here: https://www.strava.com/activities/7330751706 (https://www.strava.com/activities/7330751706)
Wales delivered rain. But not to be outdone, England dropped MUCH more in the evening. The highlight of the drenching was a transit van honking and giving me a thumbs up! Must be an audaxer!
Some of the off-road bits were more like a tough-mudder obstacle course. In fact there was a real sting in the tail with the last 9km taking one hour. Why? Well, consider exhibit A. We had pushed our bikes through shin deep mud and struck out across a field. But this was no ordinary field - it had mud made of superglue. Within three wheel revolutions everything stopped turning. Off I pop and push. One revolution and I'm stuck. Hmm. Let's push harder? Huff-Puff-Heave-groan. Look behind me - and there is a 20 yard deep tramline - caused by pushing my locked wheels. Step back and survey the bike. I can't see where the mud stops and my wheels or mudguards begin! Pick up the bike and walk! My two colleagues had faired slightly better - they had no mudguards, but still ground to a halt as their stays and forks finally succumbed to claggy-mud-cake too.
But it didn't matter - this is exactly what I love. Spending a couple of hours slivering on mud, learning how to let the bike move and be smooooth. Not always successfully I would hasten to add.
So in summary - a fine day out with good company, bikes with wide tyres and the bonhomie of a shared endeavour warming our wet, shivering bodies in Wetherspoons as we recalled the more comical aspects of the ride.
PS. Mark is evil ;D Those last 9km were mean (but great fun really...)