I have my first fixed bike arriving in a couple of weeks, so I have a fixed audax question.
I'm looking at fixed wheel challenge, but I will be doing most of my audax's on the geared bikes. I can see some people are listed with 2 points on the fixed challenge, but they have more than 15 points in total.
I'm presuming 2 points are fixed, and 13 are geared?
That's probably the case yes, in a similar way, I recorded 68 points last year - 18 on fixed and 50 on gears
Also - could those 2 fixed points be 2x100km? I see fixed points are assigned from 100km (for 1 point).
Yes, that's possible. Could also have been 1x100km with 2 AAA points as these get added to your FWC points total.
I'm planning to use fixed as an excuse to do some of the excellent 100km rides to squeeze in more riding without necessitating complicated family calendar wrangling at 200km(+). I'm also doing 24+ points on geared (for 2nd RRtY). So it would be a happy bonus to collect a fixed challenge mention together with some lovely new rides.
Have I understood this correctly?
Sounds okay, the only thing to add is that to get your points recorded as part of the fixed wheel challenge you do need to purchase the FWC brevet card and, where possible, get it stamped at the end of the event.
Enjoy the fixed wheel experience, maybe post a picture of your new bike in the 'velo fixie' thread.