Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: BrianI on 10 January, 2013, 08:52:55 pm
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Any forumites taking part on the Tour of East Lothian 106km audax on the 17th feb 2013?
I've got my entry in :D, and it'll be my first ever audax :o!
Thoroughly expecting to be dropped within the first 1km, as I'll be on my Dawes Horizon tourer..... :P
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I'm a doubtful, having had the lurgi for the past three months. :'(
But don't worry about getting dropped: they set you off in groups (five or ten minutes apart), starting with old jakies like me first, gradually working through to the racing snakes on Colnagos*. A lot of local roadies treat it like a reliability trial (ie a race), and there tends to be a big field of about 200 riders.
Always a good feed at the finish though. Hope to see you on some events before too long.
* The entry form used to ask you to estimate your finish time so you could be allocated a start time: you did put a pessimistic estimate, didn't you? ;)
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Putting my entry in early next week. Bringing along a friend and work colleague for his first Audax. Looking forward to it.
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I think Brian is one of my fine Fife cycling chums. Dalgety Bay will soon overtake both Comrie and Musselburgh as the 'true home of Scottish audax'
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I think Brian is one of my fine Fife cycling chums. Dalgety Bay will soon overtake both Comrie and Musselburgh as the 'true home of Scottish audax'
That'd be true Gav!
Must try and get out for a FBW ride soon! :)
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im up for this, will ride from EH12 to the event and home afterwards for a nice 140km all in,
Its the day when I leave my Edinburgh Road Club jersey at home, put on my audax ecosse jersey, fit mudguards, fill a HBFO saddlebag (*) and see how many so called roadies I can pass.
(*) with bubblewrap, of course :demon: :demon: ;)
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i'm planning on doing this. must get my entry sent soon
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Its the day when I leave my Edinburgh Road Club jersey at home, put on my audax ecosse jersey, fit mudguards, fill a HBFO saddlebag (*) and see how many so called roadies I can pass.
It's quite amusing seeing them walking up Redstone Rig.
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As it's the easiest of the 4 audaxes starting from Musselburgh this year it'd be rude not to give it a go.
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4 events! Surely that must make it the Audaxing capital of Scotland ;)
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4 events! Surely that must make it the Audaxing capital of Scotland ;)
:hand: Four fae Forfar, all on the same weekend. :P
About time "someone" organised an event from Comrie though, eh? :-X
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4 events! Surely that must make it the Audaxing capital of Scotland ;)
You should try coming over west one day :hand:
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4 events! Surely that must make it the Audaxing capital of Scotland ;)
You should try coming over west one day :hand:
??? This leads me to wonder whether perhaps somewhere in the west like, as a random example, Dumbarton is the true capital of audaxing in Scotland, with a full calendar of events that you're not telling us about, just to keep the eastern riff-raff away. Local events for local people? ;)
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4 events! Surely that must make it the Audaxing capital of Scotland ;)
You should try coming over west one day :hand:
??? This leads me to wonder whether perhaps somewhere in the west like, as a random example, Dumbarton is the true capital of audaxing in Scotland, with a full calendar of events that you're not telling us about, just to keep the eastern riff-raff away. Local events for local people? ;)
Ah you've sussed us >:( all the best events are really Glasgow starts, and they're so good the two of us like to keep them a secret :P
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4 events! Surely that must make it the Audaxing capital of Scotland ;)
You should try coming over west one day :hand:
This is as far west as i like to go (http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/13-149/) ;)
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4 events! Surely that must make it the Audaxing capital of Scotland ;)
You should try coming over west one day :hand:
This is as far west as i like to go (http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/13-149/) ;)
Is that a hint? don't worry entry will be forthcoming :thumbsup:
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I've opted for the 5 to 5.5 hours time, so planning a leasurely TOEL
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I've opted for the 5 to 5.5 hours time, so planning a leasurely TOEL
I see you've fallen for the classic beginner's mistake of putting down a realistic finishing time for the ToEL. Most people seem add about an hour at least to their estimated times. I remember I put 4.5 to 5 hours down once and it was 14 roadies and me in the group. I did manage to sit on the back for about 5 minutes or so then never saw them again.
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Bugger :(
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I've opted for the 5 to 5.5 hours time, so planning a leasurely TOEL
I see you've fallen for the classic beginner's mistake of putting down a realistic finishing time for the ToEL. Most people seem add about an hour at least to their estimated times. I remember I put 4.5 to 5 hours down once and it was 14 roadies and me in the group. I did manage to sit on the back for about 5 minutes or so then never saw them again.
BTDTGTTS :-[
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Bugger :(
It's not really that big a problem as most groups completely split apart on the climb up Carberry hill a few miles from the start. You then spend the rest of the day catching and dropping slower riders or having high speed groups shoot past you.
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Spoke to Andy Laing at the Revolution on Saturday and he said he had 170 entries so far. I am off at 10.10 and will no doubt get dropped as usual at Carberry. Have walked more miles than I have cycled this year behind Liz so that means at racing speeds of up to 5mph. Looking forward to this though. Just hope the weather's good.
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I've also plumped for the 10:10 slot. It will be my first proper cycle this year, looking forward to it. :)
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Looking forward to it too! :thumbsup:
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Hi guys,
I have entered this event (it will be my first audax, really excited about it), and received the email asking about the start time, however I have not received any brevet card or route card back in the post, which I was expecting. Does anyone know if these are sent out closer to the event or whether I need to contact the organiser?
Looking forward to it and will see you guys on the day!
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You'll get the routesheet sent out in the post shortly. You don't get handed the brevet card until just before the start.
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Thanks!
Now I need to stop my bar-bag/route holder pointing down every time I go over a bump, it leads to many annoying stops at junctions where I have to move it up to see where I am going, oh well, can't have everything going well, but I plan to do a bodge job involving rubber shims.
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.............. to see where I am going..................
Remember not to miss the turn left at the end of the long descent after reaching the top of Redstone Rigg on this event like wot I did once.
halfway to Cranshaws I was.
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Got my routesheet in the post today!
Now to fettle together a map holder...
Curious as to tyre recomendations as the route sheet suggests not using light tyres.
Currently got 700x28c Rubino Pro 3s fitted to the dawes horizon.
Only other tyres I have are a pair of 700x32c conti city contacts ???
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Curious as to tyre recomendations as the route sheet suggests not using light tyres.
Currently got 700x28c Rubino Pro 3s fitted to the dawes horizon.
Only other tyres I have are a pair of 700x32c conti city contacts ???
The route often goes over rough bits of road -
the light tyres he refers to would be the lightweight 700 x 23 racing ones that a lot of roadies will be using
I think your 700x28c tyres will be ok -
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I've never ridden it on anything but 700x23c tyres. I wouldn't say the roads are any worse than other audaxes although the descent to Garvald can be a bit of a mudbath.
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I've opted for the 5 to 5.5 hours time, so planning a leasurely TOEL
I see you've fallen for the classic beginner's mistake of putting down a realistic finishing time for the ToEL. Most people seem add about an hour at least to their estimated times. I remember I put 4.5 to 5 hours down once and it was 14 roadies and me in the group. I did manage to sit on the back for about 5 minutes or so then never saw them again.
BTDTGTTS :-[
This will be my first Audax :thumbsup: although I did the "Not the Tour of East Lothian" last year :)
I put down 5.5-6hrs (10:20 start) so am just hoping to get in with a group of folk that I can keep pace with and hold a conversation at the same time!
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Looks like the 10.10 start is more popular than I anticipated.
I also hope the weather will be not too brutal. Redstane Rigg is bad enough on a nice day.
See some of you there no doubt, before you shoot off like bats out of hell leaving me pootling amiably on me tod as per...
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Myself and Stu (1st Audax for him) are away with the first group of the day. Give us a shout as you sprint past.
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I am so sad I read post as 'Tour of East London' and, I hate to say it, got a little excited. I need to get our and ride more! Or start a 'Tour of East London' myself...
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Myself and Stu (1st Audax for him) are away with the first group of the day. Give us a shout as you sprint past.
I'm off with the first group at 10am too! :thumbsup:
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Myself and Stu (1st Audax for him) are away with the first group of the day. Give us a shout as you sprint past.
I'm off with the first group at 10am too! :thumbsup:
Great a wheel to hang onto. Normally manage to sit on until the lights and then its a solo effort for the remaining 99 km. ;D I'll be on the Spa Audax and Stu on a Trek (something).
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Myself and Stu (1st Audax for him) are away with the first group of the day. Give us a shout as you sprint past.
I'm off with the first group at 10am too! :thumbsup:
Great a wheel to hang onto. Normally manage to sit on until the lights and then its a solo effort for the remaining 99 km. ;D I'll be on the Spa Audax and Stu on a Trek (something).
I'll be on a nice blue dawes horizon with the obligatory brooks b17 & carradice barley.... :thumbsup:
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.............. to see where I am going..................
Remember not to miss the turn left at the end of the long descent after reaching the top of Redstone Rigg on this event like wot I did once.
halfway to Cranshaws I was.
Reading a amp/routecard with watering eyes (after a descent) would probably have led to me doing that. Thanks for the tip!
The routesheet advises no light tyres and mudguards. I can only get 25mm (still fairly light) without mudguards. Well I have two spare tubes ::-)
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Good morning everyone,
Looking forward to the 17th Feb ;D last time I rode this was in a training session a couple of years ago. Have opted for group E 5.5 to 6 hours.
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Im not riding this one but may pop into the finish for a natter.
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Hi again, been looking round this forum, found it really useful, and I have seen talk about medals etc. I am under the impression that I could get one if I complete the ride, but I am unsure what I need to do, and whether I need to be a member of Audax UK? Any guidance would be much appreciated.
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Hi again, been looking round this forum, found it really useful, and I have seen talk about medals etc. I am under the impression that I could get one if I complete the ride, but I am unsure what I need to do, and whether I need to be a member of Audax UK? Any guidance would be much appreciated.
You don't need to be a member of AUK to get a medal. They cost £2 and you can get them by telling the organiser you want a medal and giving him the money when you finish. He probably won't have any to give you on the day but you'll get it returned in the post with your brevet card.
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Thanks Cyclops
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Can any body please link me a GPS track for this , lazy Tim.
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Can any body please link me a GPS track for this , lazy Tim.
Here you go Tim, but please check it
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1941630 (http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1941630)
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Tim, you don't need a gpx for the TOEL. As a member of Audax Ecosse and current AUK recumbent champion you should have it permanently etched into your mind :P
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I'll
gladly sadly miss this year's fun as i'm hoping to complete my RRtY this weekend by doing a 200k DIY.
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I'll gladly sadly miss this year's fun as i'm hoping to complete my RRtY this weekend by doing a 200k DIY.
Good luck with that :thumbsup:
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Thought it was in my big bank of files but alas no but I will take that as a compliment kev. Thanks rev.
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I could give you a different gpx file with all the shortcuts on it.
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I have a friend who is entered.
Do you think they would mind if I came and rode along with him - but did not touch the food etc?
I did not get entry in time. :-(
Cyclings getting too popular!
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Couple of last minute queries.
Not familiar with Musselburgh, so where's best to park the car?
Also, lights needed? I am off in the 10am group, so should be back before sundown...
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I have a friend who is entered.
Do you think they would mind if I came and rode along with him - but did not touch the food etc?
I did not get entry in time. :-(
Cyclings getting too popular!
Can't stop him riding on public roads and the charge for food on this ride anyway. Not that I'm condoning stealing an audax or anything.
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Not familiar with Musselburgh, so where's best to park the car?
Also, lights needed? I am off in the 10am group, so should be back before sundown...
There's plenty of parking on the High Street to the east of the town hall, ie. towards the racecourse. There's also a couple of car parks up Newbigging and round the back of the High Street in Millhill.
If you can get round in 7 hours you won't need lights. The weather's looking fairly benign for Sunday so it should be a fairly gentle run back from Dunbar.
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Not familiar with Musselburgh, so where's best to park the car?
Also, lights needed? I am off in the 10am group, so should be back before sundown...
There's plenty of parking on the High Street to the east of the town hall, ie. towards the racecourse. There's also a couple of car parks up Newbigging and round the back of the High Street in Millhill.
If you can get round in 7 hours you won't need lights. The weather's looking fairly benign for Sunday so it should be a fairly gentle run back from Dunbar.
Cheers Cyclops!
Will stick a back up light on the front & a red blinker on the rear just in case. Will probably aim to arrive in musselburgh early doors to get a parking space! ;D
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so it should be a fairly gentle run back from Dunbar.
:( :demon: Race?
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Bugger, I've wrongly assumed i'd get full allocation of time even with a 10.25 start time :(
With my current level of fitness and Redstone Rig, i may struggle to get to the first control by 12.41.
#Hopingforastrongtailwind :/
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Bugger, I've wrongly assumed i'd get full allocation of time even with a 10.25 start time :(
I'd imagine you probably do but they've just produced one routesheet for a 10am start rather than nine different routesheets they'd need for each group.
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Bugger, I've wrongly assumed i'd get full allocation of time even with a 10.25 start time :(
With my current level of fitness and Redstone Rig, i may struggle to get to the first control by 12.41.
#Hopingforastrongtailwind :/
What are you talking about Mr SR/RRTY - it isn't that tough a ride and Red Stone rigg is just one short steep bit followed by a down hill. 2 hours for 20 miles shouldn't be too difficult for you especially as about half of those miles are flat fast sections.
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cheers Kev, i've only ridden it in that direction once,and remember it as being a long slog.
probably be ok
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Bugger, I've wrongly assumed i'd get full allocation of time even with a 10.25 start time :(
I'd imagine you probably do but they've just produced one routesheet for a 10am start rather than nine different routesheets they'd need for each group.
Yes, thinking about it that would make sense.
See you all there
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Well done to Andy and the team for this one. Great weather. I liked the snow banks on the high parts of the route. Just like the Alps. Rode with Dawn for a while before the Rigg. I got up the Rigg without walking this time. A first for me. Must be the walking miles I've been doing. Now up to 250k this year on foot. Also doubled my bike mileage for the year to date today to the grand total of 220k. Leapfrogged Tim a few times and had no chance to jump on as he sped by. Spent some time with Alan admiring his showroom condition Tony Oliver. I'm sure he has some secret dirt repellant. Got a lovely tow into Dunbar behind some speedy racers doing 50kph. Then a bit of a slog to Haddington behind young Garry. All went pear shaped when I found myself at the front going thro' Seaton so had to put on a bit of a show and got up to 30ks for a milliesecond. Legs sore and looking forward to the cramp in the middle of the night.
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Great day , weather , organisation , company and route. But who stole my fittness --where did it go?
It was good to get up the Rig for the first time like Bodach and as one rider said thats a PB.
BUT weird I tell you 170 riders and all these CHAPS with the same colour jersey on flying past controls . Did they not have a card or did they just not want it stamped in case they lost thier group.
I got quite a few coments being the only recumbent like "how did you get up the Rig on that." my answers were "slowly" or "ney bother mate you need to try the Snow Roads"
The best comment of the day was from a CHAP as I was being lazy on an uphill bit "can you do a bunny hop"------ said nothing but it did spur me on a bit to pass the CHAPS at 35 mph a few miles later before Dunbar.
Anyhow well done to the first timers and members who brought friends etc ---- we just need to get the miles in?
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Just like to say thanks to Andy and the team for organising a marvellous audax! ;D
Made it round the course in 6hr 58 minutes. 112.87km on the puter (including added lap of Dunbar as I missed the sign for
It was rather fun doing Redstone Rig on a touring bike with a front mech which wouldn't shift to the inner granny ring on the triple.......
Great weather for it!
I do think I packed way to much stuff though, and ate too much cake in the control at Dunbar - danish pastry, chocolate brownie and chunky kitkat.....
All in all, a great day out for popping my audax cherry! :)
I can now proudly apply my audax UK mudguard stickers to my mudguards! :D
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Well done to Andy and the team for this one. Great weather. I liked the snow banks on the high parts of the route. Just like the Alps. Rode with Dawn for a while before the Rigg. I got up the Rigg without walking this time. A first for me. Must be the walking miles I've been doing. Now up to 250k this year on foot. Also doubled my bike mileage for the year to date today to the grand total of 220k. Leapfrogged Tim a few times and had no chance to jump on as he sped by. Spent some time with Alan admiring his showroom condition Tony Oliver. I'm sure he has some secret dirt repellant. Got a lovely tow into Dunbar behind some speedy racers doing 50kph. Then a bit of a slog to Haddington behind young Garry. All went pear shaped when I found myself at the front going thro' Seaton so had to put on a bit of a show and got up to 30ks for a milliesecond. Legs sore and looking forward to the cramp in the middle of the night.
I didn't see you or I'd have said hello.
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Really enjoyed the ride today, got round in 7h dead. Not helped by my clip on mud guards deciding to clog up my brake area with mud and stopping my wheels from spinning. Took one off, but couldn't do the other, so that was 20min wasted.
The rig was as hard as it had been made out to be, but I did it without getting off (standing up in my lowest gear and almost unable to breath). Got into a roadie group for a bit, but otherwise I was on my own, or occasionally another cyclist.
A great first Audax! Thanks to all the organisers!
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I really enjoyed today, although a broken chain just after Gifford meant i couldn't use the big ring for the rest of the day,not that it was really needed on a heavy winter bike.
MercuryKev suffered a similar issue at the top of the Rig, meaning i caught him and Cyclops, and we rode together from then on, until i got dropped after Haddington.
Great weather for February too
A good start to the season
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My first Audax today - really enjoyable. Thanks to the organisers. I hope to be back for many more.
Last night I laid out my gear several times and finally went with bib shorts, arm warmers and a windproof gilet. It worked out well, I ditched the arm warmers after Garvald. Nice to get some vitamin D albeit a low dose. There was definitely some heat in that sunshine! I was chilly after Dunbar until we got inland but soon warmed up again.
xrtim - I saw you nearing the top of the steep section of the Rigg - were you upside down at that point? I was impressed. You seem to have mastered the laws of gravity!
Cheers folks :thumbsup:
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Hello again to MercuryKev, bodach and (I think) Revolution9. I was the guy in the Audax Ecosse top (one of only two riders I think).
What a fantastic day for a ride! I managed to get lost on the first leg before Pencaitland (Doh!): took a left turn too early and had a pleasant, if slightly longer ride through Coulston and Ormiston, an extra 2k. By the time I reached the main road again the fast boys were in evidence, and left me in their wake. I do believe I was leapfrogging Revolution9 a fair bit on the return leg. What larks we had.
I managed 6 hours 30, better than last time and my official target. Had it not been for a) getting a bit lost b) chain slipping off the granny ring a dozen times on hills (tedious)* c) having just recovered from a foul cold, I could possibly have been a bit quicker (then again I might have just wasted lots of time at controls instead). As it was, I found the hills hard work and walked a few of the steeper ones, including of course the Rigg.
A grand day though. Well done Musselburgh RCC for appeasing the weather gods and organising beautiful sunshine.
* - also got chain oil on my gloves, which produced mucky fingerprints around the jersey zip: I hope it will come out! :(
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I do believe I was leapfrogging Revolution9 a fair bit on the return leg. What larks we had.
not sure if it was me, i was round in 5.5hrs
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Maybe not then! Now I remember though it was the leg to Haddington, I probably stayed too long in the cafe. Either that or you were not the only one afflicted by an inoperative big chainwheel...
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Maybe not then! Now I remember though it was the leg to Haddington, I probably stayed too long in the cafe. Either that or you were not the only one afflicted by an inoperative big chainwheel...
Claiming an inability to shift chainrings is a standard club run excuse among members of Edinburgh Road Club onna Saturday. It just sounds so much better than "Im breathing out my arse and need to slow down".
So todays ToEL would have probably seen it reach epedemic proportions.
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Claiming an inability to shift chainrings is a standard club run excuse among members of Edinburgh Road Club onna Saturday. It just sounds so much better than "Im breathing out my arse and need to slow down".
So todays ToEL would have probably seen it reach epedemic proportions.
;D
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I got quite a few coments being the only recumbent
I saw you power past, I think my comment was "Good morning."
I got a few remarks, I presume because of the jersey, but possibly also the steel framed bike, presence of full mudguards, toeclips/straps, overly generous proportioned Carradice slung from the saddle, and maybe the beard...
(Heard behind me, an aside to another club rider) "Aye, but these audax guys are not about riding fast." :-[
(En passant, from another club rider) "Oh look! A proper audax rider, unlike us!" I replied (philosophically) "I'm not sure if I know what that means." ???
(From a temporary riding companion after hearing I'm relatively new to audax) "Oh, sorry but I thought you were one of those grizzled old audax veterans." :o
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P.S.:- The oily fingerprints washed out. :thumbsup: (Two washes at 40 degrees and direct application of liquid detergent to the marks beforehand. In case you were wondering).
So the lions rampant live to ride another audax...
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I was wondering whether anyone knew where the photos taken at the top of Redstone Rig would be posted online, as I spoke to the photographer afterwards, and he said that they would be posted on the Musselburgh Roads Cycling Club website on Wednesday or Thursday, but I've looked on there and can't find them. If anyone knows where to find them that would be very much appreciated.