Belgian Audax rides for 2018

[chocjohn9]

Following on from Ivo's Dutch list, below is the Belgian Audax calander from now until late 2018.

Things to note -
* Saturday, zaterdag, samedi
* Tervuren(I run these!), Ternat and Alderlecht are very close to Brussels - dead easy to get to with the Eurostar.
* 23/06 is Brussels - Paris - Brussels. A wonderful 600kms ride.
* 06/09 is BOB, Borders of Belgium. Another little gem, at 1000kms. 

zaterdag   4-11-2017   Herentals   200 km
zaterdag   2-12-2017   Wachtebeke   200 km
zaterdag   6-1-2018   Oudenburg   200 km
samedi   3-2-2018   La Louvière   200 km
zaterdag   3-3-2018   Tervuren   200 km
samedi   10-3-2018   Duo: Anderlecht & Tournai   200 km
samedi   17-3-2018   Villance   200 km
zaterdag   24-3-2018   Oostende   200 km
vrijdag   30-3-2018   Herentals   Flèche belge
samedi   7-4-2018   Tournai   200 km
samedi   14-4-2018   La Louvière   200 km
samedi   21-4-2018   Anderlecht   300 km
vendredi   27-4-2018   Villance   400 km
zaterdag   28-4-2018   Sint-Truiden   200 km
dinsdag   1-5-2018   Oostende   300 km
samedi   5-5-2018   La Louvière   300 km
donderdag   10-5-2018   Oosteeklo   200 km
vendredi   11-5-2018   Anderlecht    400 km
samedi   12-5-2018   Tournai   300 km
zaterdag   19-5-2018   Bellem   300 km
maandag   21-5-2018   Vlamertinge   200 km
zaterdag   26-5-2018   Oostende   400 km
samedi   2-6-2018   Anderlecht   600 km
zaterdag   9-6-2018   Lier   200 km
zaterdag   9-6-2018   Oostende   600 km
zaterdag   16-6-2018   Schellebelle   400 km
zaterdag   23-6-2018   Groot-Bijgaarden   600 km
zaterdag   30-6-2018   Lier   300 km
woensdag   4-7-2018   Herentals   1200 km
zaterdag   14-7-2018   Tervuren   200 km
zaterdag   21-7-2018   Oostende   200 km
mercredi   25-7-2018   Anderlecht   1200 km
zaterdag   4-8-2018   Deerlijk   200 km
woensdag   15-8-2017   Oostende   200 km
zaterdag   18-8-2018   Herentals   300 km
zaterdag   25-8-2018   Herentals   400 km
zaterdag   1-9-2018   Lichtervelde   200 km
donderdag   6-9-2018   Wachtebeke   1000 km
samedi   15-9-2018   Auvelais   200 km
zaterdag   22-9-2018   Ternat   200 km         
samedi   6-10-2018   Anderlecht   200 km
zaterdag   13-10-2018   Assebroek   200 km

[Aunt Maud]

I can happily vouch for Tournai, they have a fridge full of wonderful beer at the finish.

[quixoticgeek]

Just when I was plotting a wish list of which of the Dutch Audaxes, you make this offering...

Temptation...

J

PS Ok, go on then, who's going to be the first one to offer up a list of Audax rides in Nordrhein-Westfalen or Rhineland-Palatinate...

[chocjohn9]

Forgot to mention, for the 200,300 and 400kms rides, it's just a question of turning up on the day. €5/6/7.
There's a form to fill in and the organisers bring these along.
For more info, visit -
www.randonneurs.be

[bianchi boy01]

Is there any further information on the 1200km ride? It is about the right time of tear for me.

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[mattc]

Is there any further information on the 1200km ride? It is about the right time of tear for me.

I'm guessing it's this one:
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=34801.msg999377#msg999377 (2011 report)

there are also YACF ride reports from 2013[when I rode it] in there.

And this one by Els in 2014.
http://bikesandbees.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-hch-1200.html

Not sure if it has run since 2015?

[mmmmartin]

Borders of Belgium thread:
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=95531.0

Also Arrivée had an article about the 600k from Ostend that one or two riders on the BoB said had encouraged them to enter the BoB (despite it being written by me).

In general, I have found Belgian audax to be very welcoming. No language problems, friendly riders and the cafes you go to to get the stamp in the card are very understanding of the needs of audaxers. Also, it's easy to get to from south-east England.

[D.A.L.E.]

Hopefully will make the Borders of Belgium ride again. It's looking like there will be a decent showing from the UK lot.

[Salvatore]

Is there any further information on the 1200km ride? It is about the right time of tear for me.

I'm guessing it's this one:
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=34801.msg999377#msg999377 (2011 report)

there are also YACF ride reports from 2013[when I rode it] in there.

And this one by Els in 2014.
http://bikesandbees.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-hch-1200.html

Not sure if it has run since 2015?

Guy Roefs told me at LEL that next year may be the last time it is run.

[Ivo]

I just received my work schedule for the last week of november, saturday off so I'll start in Wachtebeke.

[citoyen]

Whereas my work schedule means being in Wachtebeke on 6/9 could be problematic. 

[quixoticgeek]

Where does one sign up for any of these events?

Thanks

J

[Smeth]

Where does one sign up for any of these events?

Thanks

J

https://bordersofbelgium2016en.weebly.com/

Here for borders. Google will find more.

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[Rohnny]

This is the Belgian Randonneurs website:
https://www.webklik.nl/user_files/2009_12/85505/BRM%202018/Kalender_2018.pdf

The beauty of Belgian BRM's is that you don't have to sign up for ride up to 1000k. You just show up at the start.
The entry fees are: 200k: 5 euro - 300k: 6 euro - 400k: 7 euro - 600k: 8 euro - 1000k: 10 euro.
If there are extra options you have the choice to sign up for those options, but if you don't want to, you don't have to.
Of course that means you get a routesheet at the start with the controls and a brevet card you have to fill out yourself. A GPS track is also available via the website.
Pretty simple.

[mmmmartin]

I'd just like to add something that Rohnny might not realise: cycling an audax in Belgium is like coming home. In the UK cyclists are an oppressed minority. In Belgium everyone is a cyclist, their dad was a racer, their nan cycles to the shops, their neighbour rides audaxes, they are, every one of them, part of the cycling world. They do not pass you in a 20 ton lorry with two inches to spare. They expect to see cyclists. There are cycle paths. When you go into a cafe they will expect to stamp your brevet. They'll ask for your water bottles to fill and ask if you want ice in the bottles. Riding an audax over there isn't like riding an audax in the UK. It's a different world.
And there isn't much of a language problem either. Many people speak English. I could go on. Suffice it to say The Present Mrs Mmmmartin and I looked at moving to Flanders. 

[tornandfrayed]

i must say I'm tempted by the 200km from Ostend in July.

Take the tent and have a long weekend on the Belgian coast with a bike ride thrown in sounds like my kind of fun. I just have to convince the other half that she'd be up to a 200km (probably flattish) ride.

[mattc]

I'd just like to add something that Rohnny might not realise: cycling an audax in Belgium is like coming home. In the UK cyclists are an oppressed minority. In Belgium everyone is a cyclist, their dad was a racer, their nan cycles to the shops, their neighbour rides audaxes, they are, every one of them, part of the cycling world. They do not pass you in a 20 ton lorry with two inches to spare. They expect to see cyclists. There are cycle paths. When you go into a cafe they will expect to stamp your brevet. They'll ask for your water bottles to fill and ask if you want ice in the bottles. Riding an audax over there isn't like riding an audax in the UK. It's a different world.
And there isn't much of a language problem either. Many people speak English. I could go on.

But they can't make decent tea for love nor money.

[quixoticgeek]

I'd just like to add something that Rohnny might not realise: cycling an audax in Belgium is like coming home. In the UK cyclists are an oppressed minority. In Belgium everyone is a cyclist, their dad was a racer, their nan cycles to the shops, their neighbour rides audaxes, they are, every one of them, part of the cycling world. They do not pass you in a 20 ton lorry with two inches to spare. They expect to see cyclists. There are cycle paths. When you go into a cafe they will expect to stamp your brevet. They'll ask for your water bottles to fill and ask if you want ice in the bottles. Riding an audax over there isn't like riding an audax in the UK. It's a different world.
And there isn't much of a language problem either. Many people speak English. I could go on. Suffice it to say The Present Mrs Mmmmartin and I looked at moving to Flanders.

My experience of cycling in the Ardenne's does not match this. Ascending Signal de Botrange from both sides, I've experienced multiple close passes by a variety of vehicles including HGV's, Buses, cars, etc...

J

[Rod Marton]

My experience of cycling in the Ardenne's does not match this. Ascending Signal de Botrange from both sides, I've experienced multiple close passes by a variety of vehicles including HGV's, Buses, cars, etc...

J

That's Wallonia. Flanders is the cycling paradise.

[mmmmartin]

i must say I'm tempted by the 200km from Ostend in July.

I wrote in Arrivée about the 600 from Ostend.
https://issuu.com/audax-uk/docs/arr133_lr
is the link.
(And that picture on the back cover of old fat bloke sporting a Carradice, a PBP gilet, and socks with sandals? That's me.)

[Zed43]

My experience of cycling in the Ardenne's does not match this. Ascending Signal de Botrange from both sides, I've experienced multiple close passes by a variety of vehicles including HGV's, Buses, cars, etc...

That's Wallonia. Flanders is the cycling paradise.

Must be the language 

[Ivo]

Chocjohn's ride zaterdag   3-3-2018   Tervuren   200 km has been cancelled due to snowy roads and a weather warning. Living only a few km from the turnaround point I can fully agree with this decision.