- insurance. The orgs make sure that any rider has a liability insurance. ...
- food. as others have pointed out, you'll struggle to find food in the remote areas up north....
- atmosphere at the controls. I think it really changes the atmosphere if volunteers have to actively look out for non-registered riders who may sneek into the controls. ...
All in all, I have to say I find this plan pretty selfish. Many riders who did not get a place are volunteering this year and get a guaranteed place for 2021. I would recommend doing the same. Or go and ride a different event, or the route at a different time. Riding the same route on the same days as LEL is just disrespectful and against the spirit of Audax, as far as I'm concerned.
Hello Mr Redfalo,
to your topic:
Insurance: Very German way of thinking! A insurance didn't save my life when I am in need, it just pay you some money afterwards. I have an health insurance which pays hospital costs, so this is all I need.
Food: I got a long list of stores all over the way. Thanks to the nice person who mad this for me!!!!
Atomosphere: I DONT want do visit the checkpoints, I want to do this selfsustained. I dont want to get something for which I dont have paid!
I dont want to steal food or a bed, that someone others needs. I want to get the amtosphere on the route with many nice riders. It is a free country and free roads, why it is an disrespect when I ride on the same road?
And I am very annoyed how to try to subscribe for LEL:
The way with downbraking servers, sitting in the evening, in the night and in the morning in the front of the computer and getting nothing is a shame for the second biggest long distance event in Europe.
There are only a few places for non british people. And it seems that persons got some who wrote Script-Programs which type all data 100times faster than a human.
There were people who get a starting slot with the help of ten people who all try to enter the data on ten different computers.
Your are looking 4 years forward four such an event and your just kicked out by a not working computer and DNS-attacks.
My ride shows that some people dont want to be stopped by a big computer-problem.To my Opinion at PBP they made the better system: The more you ride an audax the earlier you can subscribe.
And all in all there are some selfish things:
Done: PBP2011, LEL2013, BOB2014!
I had my starting slot for PBP 2015, but I cant ride it because of knee problems 2 month before, which didnt stop.
I had an knee surgery in early 2016! Everything went well, but I took some time to recover. So I had to skip BOB.
But I rode 11000km that year, LEL in mind the whole year.
I broke my ankle in early january 2017. Surgery again, all well, doctor gave OK for LEL . But I was late in the year. I have 200, 300 and 400km audax but im lacking of the 600km.
So most official BRM with > 1000km are impossible.
Weatherforcast shows up some rainy days. Happy to meet all the bikers in their rainjackets!