Author Topic: Audax Dreams for the New Season  (Read 51335 times)

mattc

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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #25 on: 17 November, 2017, 07:09:09 pm »
I'm entered for another BCM 600 and my name is on the list for an Italian 1400 (the Alpi4000). I may ride from the finish of that ride to Madrid for the MGM 1200.

Would the Scottish 1000 be a good warm up ride?
It's likely to be a little chillier.
Has never ridden RAAM
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telstarbox

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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #26 on: 17 November, 2017, 08:12:06 pm »
Hoping to do my first 300 - Oasts and Coasts.

Debating whether to attempt it on my Decathlon hybrid (which got me through a 200 just fine) or upgrade/get used to a road bike before April.
2019 🏅 R1000 and B1000

Wycombewheeler

  • PBP-2019 LEL-2022
Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #27 on: 17 November, 2017, 09:02:40 pm »
Looking to get randoneur 5000. Also looking to get country 3 of 4 for my ISR

Eddington  127miles, 170km

Wycombewheeler

  • PBP-2019 LEL-2022
Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #28 on: 17 November, 2017, 09:07:47 pm »
A Super Randonnee 600 is a must

Ditto
Any thoughts on which? The haute provence has my attention. Not for this year though.

Eddington  127miles, 170km

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #29 on: 17 November, 2017, 09:13:07 pm »
That looks like a fairly early Bickerton, without any of the later stiffening braces. Hopefully you are a lightweight, 'sympathetic' rider. A number of ambitious Bickerton rides have been completed by such folk. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daisy-Journey-Across-America-Bicycle/dp/0710007094
http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-lady-christian-bowman-aircraft-factory-worker-and-author-1-2591349

Wow! I thought I was pushing my luck riding as far as I plan to!

The hub on mine is stamped 1981, which to my mind makes it quite late - I've never been able to find a date for when the brace was introduced.

rob

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #30 on: 17 November, 2017, 09:17:53 pm »
SR and the ACME 1000.

Had to abandon plans for the Highlands 1000 as it didn't fit with TT dates.   Bit annoying, but one more year of racing and then I can get back to more audax.

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #31 on: 17 November, 2017, 10:11:59 pm »
The hub on mine is stamped 1981, which to my mind makes it quite late - I've never been able to find a date for when the brace was introduced.

The Bickerton was eventually manufactured in Oz when it stopped in the UK around 1990. The handlebar brace and extra frame brace (in steel) were certainly on the Aussie bikes.
Wheel meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #32 on: 17 November, 2017, 10:21:28 pm »
A Super Randonnee 600 is a must

Ditto
Any thoughts on which? The haute provence has my attention. Not for this year though.

I think for enjoyment, I need a route with long steady climbs and descents (rather than short, sharp ones) to keep the average speed up a bit.
Wheel meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

Oaky

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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #33 on: 17 November, 2017, 10:24:36 pm »
I'm dreaming of getting back into good enough shape to complete the ACME Grand 1000km at the end of June.
You are in a maze of twisty flat droves, all alike.

85.4 miles from Marsh Gibbon

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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #34 on: 17 November, 2017, 10:28:00 pm »
Do audaxers dream of electric bikes?

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #35 on: 17 November, 2017, 11:04:24 pm »
Super Randonnee 600 in the Dolomites. I have the brevet card and was going ride it this September, but was too knackered after LEL.
A long ride for early as possible PBP 2019 registration.
TINAT and similar style rides.
Double or maybe triple RRtY.


Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #36 on: 18 November, 2017, 12:00:43 am »
56 points would get me the Brevet 25k but that's very much at the dreaming stage at the moment
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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #37 on: 18 November, 2017, 12:32:25 am »
Plans - My first SR with the Kingston Wheelers series and another RRTY.

Dreams - Getting faster so I can get some decent sleep on the longer rides.

frillipippi

  • from Italy
Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #38 on: 18 November, 2017, 07:12:06 am »
A Super Randonnee 600 is a must

Ditto
Any thoughts on which? The haute provence has my attention. Not for this year though.

I think for enjoyment, I need a route with long steady climbs and descents (rather than short, sharp ones) to keep the average speed up a bit.

This one: https://randonneuredintorni.wordpress.com/super-randonnee-delle-dolomiti/ has long climbs, not so sharp, smooth road surface (at least compared to Italian general situation), impressive scenery. I'd recommend to try and plan to climb Gardena Pass on a Summer Wednesday, when hopefully motorized traffic is at its lowest, because Sella Pass is closed to motorized vehicles: this makes also Gardena Pass less attractive for motorized tourists on those days as they can't close the loop around Gruppo Sella.

GrahamG

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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #39 on: 18 November, 2017, 07:13:47 pm »
Just keeping riding enough to do a 200, and hopefully something longer, in spite of a baby due in the new year.

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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #40 on: 18 November, 2017, 08:20:12 pm »
Go more places.  Money has been tight the last couple of years so most I've done have been local or DIYs.  When I started Audaxing I'd nearly always make a weekend of it, it'd be nice to get back to that.  Oh yeah, not fall off, this year wasn't so good for that. 

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #41 on: 19 November, 2017, 12:39:14 am »
Plans:

Get my mojo back! If I do then:

Along with some 200's and a couple of 300's
Complete a 400 - don't whimp out again on London-Wales-London
Do a 600 - One in the calendar

citoyen

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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #42 on: 19 November, 2017, 09:17:25 am »
My main target for 2018 is the Scottish 1k. Also doing the rides I need to build up to that. At current level of fitness, I’m unlikely to complete it.
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #43 on: 19 November, 2017, 09:28:44 am »
To stop failing at everything

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #44 on: 19 November, 2017, 09:43:34 am »
Plans:

Get my mojo back!

This.

Then if that works out, I would like a calendar based SR, with a few perms thrown in

Pingu

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Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #45 on: 19 November, 2017, 06:28:08 pm »

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #46 on: 19 November, 2017, 07:37:53 pm »
What big or little Audax dreams does anyone have for this new season? :thumbsup:

Actually start an event!  Which I haven't managed to do since 2009 with bonus points for actually finishing an event, which I haven't done since (IIRC) 2007.

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #47 on: 19 November, 2017, 07:53:58 pm »
I have a dream: to encourage more cyclists in Team MK to do an Audax, so we might actually fill the six rider total box!

I have another dream: to get 100 points for the 10,000 cloth badge.

I don't know which dream is more achievable.
Bikes are for riding, not cleaning!

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #48 on: 19 November, 2017, 08:04:44 pm »
To enjoy myself with just a soupçon of challenge (much the same as previous years, in fact).

Re: Audax Dreams for the New Season
« Reply #49 on: 20 November, 2017, 05:59:15 pm »
RRtY, SR series & possibly one of the 1000km events, I'm thinking Borders of Belgium but maybe the Highlands one or Maastrict 1000