Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: innesh on 27 November, 2008, 07:13:43 pm
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.... of audaxes ridden?
I was sifting through a pile of old brevets looking for a particular card when I suddenly realised - there's an awful lot of cards here :-\
So I counted them up - over 120. Does this put me in the 'Get a Life' bracket? AUK has awards for most things, but not this. To make things worse, probably more than two thirds will have been Permanents. My other anorak is a parka ;D
So what's your number?
(This is for fun only, kids)
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Fifteen.
I only count rides of 1000km or longer
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Fifteen.
I only count rides of 1000km or longer
One.
However that one puts my name in some Parisian audax book forever. No need to do any more.
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Please don't make me go and count them all :o I'm not sure that I could find them all, never mind count them.
I can't even remember how many events of 1000km or longer I've ridden, but there were about 10 in 2000 alone.
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Not as many as them.
H
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27
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76
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Only four of John S's counting events.
And another 205.
(This is for fun only, kids)
Fun?
Who said anything about fun? ;D
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17 I think (+ 1 DNF).
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Fifteen.
I only count rides of 1000km or longer
on that basis, only 6.
Counting all - I dunno. Few hundred, I guess.
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12 - i'm an audax baby.
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67
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42, 3 of which meet JS's criteria.
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134
1 Spooner
0 DNF
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8
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9 of Mr Spooner's style, 200+ total, about half done in the UK.
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I just checked my draw. I can find 11 cards. Although it may in reality be slightly more than that.
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76
It's actually 79. I counted 76 by adding up the totals on the AUK results pages but forgot that they don't show the first one I did when i wasn't a member, the last one I did which isn't yet on the list and one I did where my entry got screwed up and never found it's way on to the finish list.
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21 listed on AUK, but maybe four or five more when I wasn't a member.
<--- Newbie
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> 30
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The question was quite simple - how many?
No need to make any other comment.....
What?
Like you just did?
:-*
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Nine on the Spoonerist system. Otherwise there's a 5 inch pile of cards in a drawer.
I presume 100s don't count...
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I presume 100s don't count...
Why not ? are they considered not proper audaxes or something ?
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13 completed ones and 2 of the fail.
(that's 10 over 200k, if the little ones don't count...)
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I presume 100s don't count...
Why not ? are they considered not proper audaxes or something ?
There are various opinions on the subject.
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137 (it seems slightly improper to know. Especially with a zero on the Spooner Real Rides scale. [AND it includes some 100s :-[ ... All ridden to though :) , and very good occasions].
It would also seem wrong not to answer, as other people's numbers/comments are always interesting!
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117, of which 23 BP (mainly on the tandem), the remainder BR.
None on Mr Spooner's scale (nor will there ever be!)
190 points, 48.25 AAA
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72.
Of which 56 were in the last 3 years.
First one was in 1982 when I was but a callow "yoot".
Anorak Central.
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25 - like Craig only found out about AUK last year - wish I'd know about it in the 80s :(
At the moment I am far too sensible to have appeared on the Spooner Scale.
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No official ones, but I was training for BMB so I rode 2x200km routes under audax conditions 1 x 300km,1 x 400km and 1 x 600km. One of the two 200 was a failed 300 :(
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Started 73, finished 70.
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111 completed since I started this lark in April 2005. 3 Spoonies. Total of 31,331km. I have generally been single over this period ;)
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116 + 2 D.N.F. since 2001
No rides over 300kms.
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111 completed since I started this lark in April 2005. 3 Spoonies. Total of 31,331km. I have generally been single over this period ;)
I haven't, but suspect it's been a close call on the odd occasion.
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49, I think. I'll have to check when I get home. No Spooners, oddly enough.
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41
plus 3 DNF, including 100s
2 spooners
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I have 2 Spooners in my 79 total and some BPs.
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27 last year which was my first year of proper Audaxing.
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54 since 2005.
None >300Kms, and most unlikely any ever will be.
I like my own bed
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n+1 ;D
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264 organised events in total, totalling 55.506km. Of these 63 were BRM bringing my total of BRM kilometers at 28.500. (Events where I packed are not included.)
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33, with an average distance of 274km and just the 1 Spooner.
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137
Woops. Edit: 130.
(Faces arrest for misrepresentation of Vital Information.)
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so if you have done 15, 5 of which are LEL, whats the others?
(mmm......idea..........maybe I'll call the LEL certificates 'Spooners')
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so if you have done 15, 5 of which are LEL, whats the others?
5 LEL
4 PBP
1 Hamburg-Berlin-Köln-Hamburg (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1404.0)
1 1001 Miglia Italia (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9420.0)
2 South Coast 1000s
2 Great Eastern 1000s
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Fifteen.
I only count rides of 1000km or longer
It has previously been discussed that every cyclist has a magic number x, which is the highest value where:
you have ridden x rides of x miles.
[I've forgotten who invented this]
We could do this for Audaxes measured in points. So John's number is at least 10. Any advance?
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[I've forgotten who invented this]
Eddington
Einstein and Eddington (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=11406.msg200413#msg200413)
We could do this for Audaxes measured in points. So John's number is at least 10. Any advance?
There's a big gap (in event numbers) from 6 to 10 or 12.
So I've done an awful lot more than 6 600s, but fewer than 10 1000s - as I suspect have very many other people.
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85, including 3 spooners.
I was particularly impressed with this:
134
1 Spooner
0 DNF
Seems to indicate a lot of determination and/or good luck!
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so if you have done 15, 5 of which are LEL, whats the others?
5 LEL
4 PBP
1 Hamburg-Berlin-Köln-Hamburg (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1404.0)
1 1001 Miglia Italia (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9420.0)
2 South Coast 1000s
2 Great Eastern 1000s
Hm, when we include the 1000s I have
3 LEL
2 PBP
1 Eindhoven 1000
1 Tournai 1000
1 Bavaria 1000
1 Niederrhein 1000
makes 9
Waiting for #10 since last LEL :( (4 attempts failed)
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so if you have done 15, 5 of which are LEL, whats the others?
5 LEL
4 PBP
1 Hamburg-Berlin-Köln-Hamburg (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1404.0)
1 1001 Miglia Italia (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9420.0)
2 South Coast 1000s
2 Great Eastern 1000s
3 PBP
1 LEL
1 GSR
2 Australian 1000s
1 British 1000
1 1000 permanent
Looking forward to attempting 2 x PBPs one month apart in 2011
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85, including 3 spooners.
I was particularly impressed with this:
134
1 Spooner
0 DNF
Seems to indicate a lot of determination and/or good luck!
It's something I do take pride in, to be fair the only mechanicals I've ever suffered have been fairy visits and a broken chain, I do however have a couple of DNS's;
1. Hummers would know more about it :-[ suffice to say sitting on a saddle was not an option.
2. I'd forgotten the event was on Mothers' Day :o
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so if you have done 15, 5 of which are LEL, whats the others?
(mmm......idea..........maybe I'll call the LEL certificates 'Spooners')
Whatever you call it, please don't confuse it with the "Spooner Scale," as used by AUKs for grading the quality of Brittish Bus Shelter accommodation. 5 Spoons being very luxurious, whereas 1 Spoon is very poor.
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so if you have done 15, 5 of which are LEL, whats the others?
(mmm......idea..........maybe I'll call the LEL certificates 'Spooners')
Whatever you call it, please don't confuse it with the "Spooner Scale," as used by AUKs for grading the quality of Brittish Bus Shelter accommodation. 5 Spoons being very luxurious, whereas 1 Spoon is very poor.
1 spoon in a bus shelter would make my day.
But 5 ... that is impossible. How big are these bus-shelters you speak of?
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But 5 ... that is impossible. How big are these bus-shelters you speak of?
Pretty good -> Thank you for visiting Unst Bus Shelter (http://www.unstbusshelter.shetland.co.uk/)
Located on the A968 trunk road between Baltasound and Haroldswick, on the Shetland island of Unst, is a most unusual bus shelter. When a new shelter was built in 1995, it mysteriously began to collect furnishings and decorations. Now it is perhaps the most comfortable bus-shelter in the world, with a coffee table, sofa, television, telephone, microwave oven and even a computer, although none are unfortunately connected. Interior decoration includes a painting, pot-plants and various ornaments. Most of the fittings are removed during the winter months to protect them from the inclement weather. The shelter is 'managed' by a local school-boy.
Having received international recognition and much media coverage, the shelter now has its own web site.
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1 spoon in a bus shelter would make my day.
But 5 ... that is impossible. How big are these bus-shelters you speak of?
Bus shelter with toilets? (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/509233) 4, maybe 5 spoons I'd say. Pretty damn comfortable too.
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Gosh! It carries on existing in daylight!
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[I've forgotten who invented this]
Eddington
Einstein and Eddington (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=11406.msg200413#msg200413)
We could do this for Audaxes measured in points. So John's number is at least 10. Any advance?
There's a big gap (in event numbers) from 6 to 10 or 12.
So I've done an awful lot more than 6 600s, but fewer than 10 1000s - as I suspect have very many other people.
<Pedant mode on>
Eddington numbers refer to the number of miles ridden in a day so there will be few who can claim more than 4 as a 600 will take more than 24 hours
<Pedant mode off>
Not having all my cards to hand I reckon I have around 90 brevets of which 5 are Spooners.
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42
7 x 200
33 x 100
2 x 50
26.75 AAA
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1 spoon in a bus shelter would make my day.
But 5 ... that is impossible. How big are these bus-shelters you speak of?
Bus shelter with toilets? (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/509233) 4, maybe 5 spoons I'd say. Pretty damn comfortable too.
Hmm?
That's a tricky one. On the plus side, it has the toilets, appears to be clean and offers shelter from the wind.
On the negatives, it has little protection from nosey parkers or strong side winds which could change mid-slumber.
Do the toilets have hand driers and are they good for drying clothes? And can you fill your bottle up in the sink? Being en-suite is a strong plus point.
Of course, if the loos are desirable, you could kip in there for a while. Very handy on a windy and rainy night.
Location? will you be pestered by locals or is it a nice quiet country retreat?
I would guess the former. Doesn't seem to be much in the way of reading material either, except maybe the bus timetable.
On the evidence given, I would award this only 3 Spoons. It would get 4 if it offered better shelter. The benches look reasonably wide, so less chance of falling off in your sleep. But may not be so good for taller riders. Not much in the way of bike stowage either. I like to keep mine inside and out of view to make myself less conspicuous.
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Wot e said.
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19
2 SRs
No Spooners
1 Broken Elbow
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1 spoon in a bus shelter would make my day.
But 5 ... that is impossible. How big are these bus-shelters you speak of?
Bus shelter with toilets? (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/509233) 4, maybe 5 spoons I'd say. Pretty damn comfortable too.
Hmm?
That's a tricky one.
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On the evidence given, I would award this only 3 Spoons. It would get 4 if it offered better shelter. The benches look reasonably wide, so less chance of falling off in your sleep. But may not be so good for taller riders. Not much in the way of bike stowage either. I like to keep mine inside and out of view to make myself less conspicuous.
I've never been one for grading bus shelters - either it's good enough to sleep in or it isn't.
The one in the link definitely is - I stop there every year, and this year it was also used by GruB, ChrisN Paul D and others if I'm not mistaken. It, or the one it replaced, has been used in the past by Dai Harris, Jack Eason and even (roll of drums) Bridget Boon. What better recommendation could you have?
The one it replaced was a simple affair, but was unusual in that it faced away from the road. So nobody knew you were there and there was no chance of being disturbed unless another rider struggling back from Menai fancied some shuteye. No en-suite, but one year we found that someone had anticipated its upgrading and used it as a convenience.
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Fifteen.
I only count rides of 1000km or longer
It has previously been discussed that every cyclist has a magic number x, which is the highest value where:
you have ridden x rides of x miles.
[I've forgotten who invented this]
We could do this for Audaxes measured in points. So John's number is at least 10. Any advance?
If all goes to plan, and I haven't miscalculated, it should be 12 sometime this year. 13 could take a little longer.