Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: Manotea on 15 May, 2018, 01:31:03 pm
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Heads Up Londoners, it's almost time for the 8th edition of ...
(https://goo.gl/T3mYzn) (http://ditchlingdevil.paudax.com)
The Ditchling Devil is supported by voluntary groups and cycling clubs who support the controls at Highbrook Village Hall (nr Ardingley), Upper Beeding (nr Steyning) and Chiddingfold (nr Haslemere) , providing the home-made refreshments included in the entry fee, and as this is an Audax we are talking real food: bacon rolls, pasta and lashings of tea and cake! Event veterans will know what to expect!
Click on the event flyer above for entry details... and enjoy this video diary from Matthew Ives
(https://goo.gl/oSEnk4) (https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nwzu7HraqMM?autoplay=1)
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Cake was awesome last time I did it. I had like 4 helpings of 4 different cakes! 8) ;D
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I thought all the stops were excellent last year. A group of riders from my club seems to be forming. Hopefully they will see the light and take up more audaxes afterwards.
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Entered! We did the first two editions of this fine ride, so looking forward to seeing how it has grown in the half decade since then :)
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Entered! We did the first two editions of this fine ride, so looking forward to seeing how it has grown in the half decade since then :)
Snap. So looking forward to seeing you both.
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Signed up now too.
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Shaping up to be another great event with around 400 on the road...but where are all the AUKs? They cannot all be in Wales!
3/4 of entries are from non-AUKs and about half of all entries are from riders who have not previously ridden one of the events I organise.
With my Arts Administrator hat on, this is called 'building a new audience' :)
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Shaping up to be another great event with around 400 on the road...but where are all the AUKs? They cannot all be in Wales!
I've lost track of the numbers, but there are indeed a shitload of us riding the TINAT welsh events that weekend. (well, entered, anyway!).
Not really the same audience of course;
welsh mountains (involving a non-trivial commute from London), mainly 300-600k rides, gravel and strong hints about self-sufficiency
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a day out in Surrey/Sussex from the doorstep of London.
If you're getting 400+, I'd say things have worked out pretty well for you and Blacksheep :)
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Weather looks cool and shite too! Hopefully it’ll do a complete flip in the next 7 days.
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Entered. Heard a lot about the controls. Really looking forward to it! I've not done Ditchling Beacon for ages either, so that'll be nice.
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So the hanger snapped off my bike! I can't find a 2mm drill bit right now so I'll probably be on the winter bike for Sunday which is possibly a good thing as it's fully mudguarded.
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So the hanger snapped off my bike! I can't find a 2mm drill bit right now so I'll probably be on the winter bike for Sunday which is possibly a good thing as it's fully mudguarded.
Where are you looking for forecasts? All the sites I use say warm, dry and probably sunny.
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So the hanger snapped off my bike! I can't find a 2mm drill bit right now so I'll probably be on the winter bike for Sunday which is possibly a good thing as it's fully mudguarded.
Where are you looking for forecasts? All the sites I use say warm, dry and probably sunny.
Accuweather says thunderstorms or two. They also said that about today!
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We are very much constrained on the total number of riders we can accomodate and the event is rapidly filling up.
Expect entries to close either tomorrow (Wednesday) or Thursday at the latest.
As for the weather, cautious optimism seems in order (anything more than that risks instant retribution....)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/9alojcb3jhbstmb/Weather.png?raw=1)
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We're in... so does that make it at least two tandems? Have greatly enjoyed this ride before and even got round it surprisingly quickly for people that don't do hills. We are hoping to finish the ride this year with functional steering. Last year it was getting increasingly difficult to negotiate any 90 degree bends as the ride progressed (later diagnosed as a cracked steerer tube) but by the time it was really bad we had got to the "we could push it to the finish and be in time" stage and so weren't going to give up our two hard won points.
Will be taking what someone described one year as a full "stationery set" in order to hand out pens and pencils for the infos!
@Adamski - might see you on the road from East London..
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@Adamski - might see you on the road from East London..
Will you be going via Greenwich if (should that be if?) the foot tunnel lifts are working? If so PM me and we can arrange to meet at Island Gardens
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Entries closed... Supplies ordered... next up is to get Stickering.
Hope there's something good on TV tonight, this might take a while...
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/dj2fs42hzbky31b/Cards.jpg?raw=1)
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I've done this last year and did quite enjoy the route, cassette and chain cleaned, now looking forward to riding this tomorrow!
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Where are you looking for forecasts? All the sites I use say warm, dry and probably sunny.
Accuweather says thunderstorms or two. They also said that about today!
Which reminds me why I stopped using Accuweather for UK forecasts ;D
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Thunderclouds looming menacingly over Ditching Beacon today...
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/0qvvskel2hlurh1/IMAG0080.jpg?raw=1)
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Infos in place; a bloody hard Meridian Hills perm also ticked off;
the Ditchling one is next to the huge "Keep Calm and take your litter home" the Dyke one wrapped around the usual bridleway post overlooking the Weald (which according to legend the Devil tried to dig a dyke to the sea and flood and drown all its God Fearing people, but he was foiled when a woman lit a light and the Devil ran away thinking it was the sun rising)
see you all at Checkpoint Highbrook; PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR NUMBER and get in the correct queue (as last year the card check will be a short distance before the control to free up space at the food stop)
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Fantastic day's cycling in perfect weather (for me at least - don't mind the heat!). Superb hospitality and food at the controls. It's easy to see why this event keeps growing and people come back year after year. Thanks to all the volunteers and organisers!
The traditional steel-frame / route sheet on bar bag / mudguards fitted in spite of clear forecast audaxers were well and truly outnumbered by club cyclists on bling machines, many with tri bars and deep-section carbon wheels.
I don't do as many audaxes as I used to, but events like this are always going to entice me out and, along with Audax Club Hackney, things are looking up for us Londoners ;D
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Super day out! I am actually quite beaten now by the heat!! Glad I trusted the weather and didn’t carry any stupid rain clothes.
I also hope Sen from India got round ok. As hard I tried, I couldn’t get the route synced from her iPhone to Wahoo Bolt.
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Another cracking
audax eating tour. I had the pleasure of the bhoot tandem to the start of the ride and then rode with the Thing tandem until their naughty Wahoo decided it didn't fancy heading up Ditchling Beacon and started taking them northwards. After that I had a fantastic solo ride (I've clearly spent too long riding fixed) over the Beacon, into Brighton (who put all those wind turbines in the sea?), over the Devil's Dyke and back to London. I arrived at Chiddingfold control at 14h05, which my brevet card tells me exactly the same time as last year. Thanks to Paul and all the helpers. This is a great event. Hopefully most of the 400 riders who set off this morning finished.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1615319750
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My memories:
1.The two dogs eating lots of doughnuts at the start!
2. Some people left early and we overtook them shortly after?!
3. Incredible cake selection!!
4. This year I came back at 15:33, last year I was back at 16:59 - a nice improvement!
Thanks for a great ride!
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What a great day out! Judging by the photos upthread by the time our lot got to the Chiddingfold control most of the cakes had been scoffed (but there was still plenty to eat). The weather was utterly ridiculous. Thanks to Paul and everyone for organising.
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My memories:
1.The two dogs eating lots of doughnuts at the start!
2. Some people left early and we overtook them shortly after?!
3. Incredible cake selection!!
4. This year I came back at 15:33, last year I was back at 16:59 - a nice improvement!
Thanks for a great ride!
I felt the owner could have at least had a collar that fitted the dog as the white one kept slipping loose from it!
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The results are up on the AUK website & there's 333 (provisional) finishers, with AUK members being in the minority.
http://www.aukweb.net/results/archive/2018/listevent/?Ride=18-888
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The results are up on the AUK website & there's 333 (provisional) finishers, with AUK members being in the minority.
http://www.aukweb.net/results/archive/2018/listevent/?Ride=18-888
I see 101 members and 377 non members
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Not sure what you're looking at, I see 77 members and 256 non-members.
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Not sure what you're looking at, I see 77 members and 256 non-members.
That's very odd, I followed the link, the opening the same page again from my internet history I see the 333 figure.
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Hello sports fans :)
I took a couple of attempts to upload the results... pending any last minutes appeals the dust has settled on 406 starters (including helper rides) and 333 finishers.
Of the starters, 81 (20%) were AUKs and 325 (80%) were CTC and Temporary members, with 77 and 256 completing respectively.
The DNF rate for AUks was 5% compared with 21% for others, some of whom found themselves wanting whilst others succombed to the delights of down-town Brighton or found themselves riding past their home on the approach to London after having previously ridden up to the start, all to be expected.
This is much in line with previous years. The AUK entry was a little lower than usual but it was a very busy weekend this year; besides the inaugural TINAT there were regional events in Elstead, Maidenhead and East Anglia.
Nominally the LDD would run on 2nd June next year but that clashes with the WCW600+200, so its in the calendar for Sunday 30 June. (Originally the event ran in July - it moved to early June when we failed to persuade the IOC to reschedule the opening of the 2012 Olympics...)
It's a real pleasure to be involved with this event, as everybody - riders, controllers and the local community groups providing the catering - has a good time. For the riders there is a great route and great controls, all blessed with - for the nth year in a row - great weather, and whilst it's a lot of work, the community volunteers also have fun. Their feedback is universal; "the riders are all so well behaved and appreciative", and that goes a long, long way. Overall, a great day enjoyed by all.
Time now to start focusing on The London Orbital Audax (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=107348.0)
(https://goo.gl/rptX5h) (http://londonorbital.paudax.com)