Events organised by YACF members

[John M]

Hi,

I am organising 3 AUDAX rides in 2009. They all start from Dalmeny near the forth road Bridge to the North side of Edinburgh.

22nd    March       100km    Twa Wee Coonties
24th   May   200km   Kingdom of Fife
20th    Sept    160km    3 Gens explorer

How can we get more out on the AUDAX rides?
Can somebody start a new thread???
Could do with some better signage, flying banners etc to give starts more of an image.

Have a relaxing crimble.

John M

[PeterM]

Does it still go up Butser Hill?

Yes, that's the Harvesting Lane bit.

[Ivo]

How can we get more out on the AUDAX rides?
Can somebody start a new thread???
Could do with some better signage, flying banners etc to give starts more of an image.

Why don't you start an organiser's thread yourself?

[Polar Bear]

Heart of the Shires 100 and 200 from Walton in Leicestershire on 6 June.

Routes are being tweaked again this year to improve cafe stops

That'll be Walton near Kimcote, Bruntingthorpe, N and S Kilworth etc. will it?

Do you know of any 'credit card' accommodation nearby please?

[simonp]

My event is now in the calendar:

09-413

[mattc]

Provisionally:
Barbury Bash 110/210km     Sun June 7th

Well, this is now officially happening. It only just scraped into the calendar, so although entries are trickling in I suspect it may have escaped the notice of many, so here's a quick plug:

DPCC present, after a 2 year sabbatical,

Barbury Bash 100 & 200 km Audaxes
Sunday June 7th 2009, from Milton nr Abingdon

Two scenic rides to the iron-age fort of Barbury Castle.

Enjoy views of Wiltshire and the Vale of the White Horse over tea-n-cake. Both routes then return to base via green lanes through the Berkshire Downs.

The 200 adds a diversion along the roman Chute Causeway, a romp into the Chilterns, and a quick stop at a traditional Wessex rainforest.

To enter, please use the regular AUK forms. Enquiries : email audax_at_didcotphoenix.co.uk

(Late entries / EOL by arrangement - PM me!)

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200     07 Jun    Milton, Abingdon       Barbury Bash
08:00     Sun     BR  210km  £5  R T P L 1/6  15-30kph
      Didcot Phoenix CC          

110     07 Jun    Milton, Abingdon       Barbury Bash
09:00     Sun     BP  £5  R T P L 1/6  15-30kph
09-494
09-493

[eck]

Kirriemuir Audax Weekend 6-7 June
Sat 6: Snow Roads 300k (AA4.75). Mearns Meander 160k
Sun 7: Dunning Done In 200k, A Potter for Tea 100k
http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=18873.0

[phil d]

Well, this is now officially happening. It only just scraped into the calendar, so although entries are trickling in I suspect it may have escaped the notice of many, so here's a quick plug:

DPCC present, after a 2 year sabbatical,

Barbury Bash 100 & 200 km Audaxes
Sunday June 7th 2009, from Milton nr Abingdon

Two scenic rides to the iron-age fort of Barbury Castle.

Those interested in such things may wish to know that the highest speed I have ever achieved on a bike was on this event a few years back.  It is a dead-end road up to Barbury Castle, and if you get there amongst the earlier riders there is virtually no traffic around.  The descent is steep, straight (with excellent visibility of upcoming traffic) and when I did it had a fantastic surface.

Not quite 3 figures of kph, but very close indeed.

[mikewigley]

Those interested in such things may wish to know that the highest speed I have ever achieved on a bike was on this event a few years back ...  Not quite 3 figures of kph, but very close indeed.

And in SPD sandals too?

[rogerzilla]

It's popular with Swindonians as a place to picnic/walk/dog/burn stolen cars.

[phil d]

Those interested in such things may wish to know that the highest speed I have ever achieved on a bike was on this event a few years back ...  Not quite 3 figures of kph, but very close indeed.

And in SPD sandals too?

Of course!

[postie]

new event 200km from denmead,oct 18th hopfully some new roads.

[Grandad]

Fairies Five - a quick reminder that it's a month earlier this year, on 28th June.

Same 5 rides from Bethersden, near Ashford in Kent (one rider did once go to the Middlesex Ashford)
 
Flattest Possible 300k
Half Flat 200k
Fairly Flat 150k
Flat 100k
Easy Peasy 50k

[The Bairn]

Well the Ballachulish weekend has now come and gone but the Edinburgh based "Nippy Sweetie" is on 14th November. 

Not to mention a planned BRM 400k from Edinburgh (or maybe Dalmeny) on 8 May 2010.

[iddu]

No routesheet in the history of all things ever has been even close to Peter Turnbull-proof. 

Vide Ivo - I'd send Mel & Peter out with GPS trackers, and org an event on the random results

Edit: sometime org of "Old Rds & Drove Rds" 200.

[scottlington]

Hopefully organising a new 200 (plus 100 and 50) to take place in July 2009.  Starting in Redhill, Surrey.

 

A local ride at last!!