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Haha, I love the idea of people out on an early morning ride suddenly finding themselves on a 200! I'll drop him a line, cheers.
Audax , whats it all about ?
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Fubar
Legendary Member
Following on from taking part in the 100k-a-month challenge (ongoing) I quite fancy doing an Audax, the Three Glens Explorer in September looks like a good one to aim for - @Scoosh I have a feeling you mentioned this one ages ago back when I was setting aside a full day to cover 50 miles 
and 100 miles seemed impossible - any advice? Also not sure if there are any Central Belt 100k's earlier than that, couldn't see any on the Aux UK website.
and 100 miles seemed impossible - any advice? Also not sure if there are any Central Belt 100k's earlier than that, couldn't see any on the Aux UK website.
@Fubar - you're right - there are not enough 100km audax events around the central belt 
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160km 3 Glens Explorer is a good ride - I've done it a couple of times. The only tricky bits are the short (~500m) double-chevronned
uphill just after passing the road to Path of Condie - and the sharp right-angled right bend on the very fast descent in to Dunning. A couple of people came off here in the wet one time .... 
Glen Devon is a long steady ascent and the downhill is great - until you remember you have to turn right and go the back way to Auchterarder !
I'd wanted to do it again last year but had cold feet and not enough 'bent miles in the legs.
Hmmm .... 3 Glens this year ...
.160km 3 Glens Explorer is a good ride - I've done it a couple of times. The only tricky bits are the short (~500m) double-chevronned
uphill just after passing the road to Path of Condie - and the sharp right-angled right bend on the very fast descent in to Dunning. A couple of people came off here in the wet one time .... Glen Devon is a long steady ascent and the downhill is great - until you remember you have to turn right and go the back way to Auchterarder !
I'd wanted to do it again last year but had cold feet and not enough 'bent miles in the legs.
Hmmm .... 3 Glens this year ...
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
Following on from taking part in the 100k-a-month challenge (ongoing) I quite fancy doing an Audax, the Three Glens Explorer in September looks like a good one to aim for - @Scoosh I have a feeling you mentioned this one ages ago back when I was setting aside a full day to cover 50 miles
Depends how narrow your definition of "Central Belt" is (which is incorrect as it is nowhere near being "central"):
There is a 100km from Musselburgh on 17th August
There is a 100km from Larkhall of 24th August
Fubar
Legendary Member
Thanks, Mussleburgh would be good - just somewhere I can get to easily without travelling for hours
Fubar
Legendary Member
@Fubar - you're right - there are not enough 100km audax events around the central belt
160km 3 Glens Explorer is a good ride - I've done it a couple of times. The only tricky bits are the short (~500m) double-chevronned
Glen Devon is a long steady ascent and the downhill is great - until you remember you have to turn right and go the back way to Auchterarder !
I'd wanted to do it again last year but had cold feet and not enough 'bent miles in the legs.
Hmmm .... 3 Glens this year ...
Sounds good, see how I'm placed nearer the time - might try and do a couple of 100k's to see if I can get my head round the process...
Peteaud
Veteran
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- South Somerset
I am thinking about doing the Three towers http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/14-532/
But, will i look even more of a nobber than normal turning up on a Carbon Fibre Di2 bike, or is it best to take my trusty ally winter bike?
Really fancy having a go at it as sportives just annoy me with all the BS brigade.
But, will i look even more of a nobber than normal turning up on a Carbon Fibre Di2 bike, or is it best to take my trusty ally winter bike?
Really fancy having a go at it as sportives just annoy me with all the BS brigade.
Pete . I think we need some " team mamil " kits made so people understand we are nobbers and don't care .
Peteaud
Veteran
- Location
- South Somerset
I think we should have a Audax called the Nobber 100 especially for us mamils.
Seriously i will probably have a go at the one i listed above, just to see what it is like.
martint235
Dog on a bike
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- Welling
I did London - Edinburgh - London on a Ti road bike. Just sign up and go. I've only done the one Audax but they strike me as being much more laid back and fun than a sportive
PpPete
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- Chandler's Ford
CF Di2 ?
Increasingly popular on Audaxes.
The only way you look like a nobber is if you turn up on one without having charged the battery.
Honestly .... absolutely anything pedal powered is perfectly acceptable in audax. No one ever laughs at your bike. I've seen stainless steel custom-built Moultons (£14K
) , 50 lb Pashleys (on a hilly 300km) both get as many admiring glances as the latest CF bike pron. Titanium has a following, as does steel; there are trikes, 'bents, tandems. Really there is NOTHING that looks "out of place". UCI regs ? 
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... or the battery runs out before you finish your 600/LEL/ ....
Peteaud
Veteran
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- South Somerset
or the battery is still at home in the charger
marcusjb
Senior Member
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- Twickenham
Audax is very laid back about what bike you turn up on.
As PpPete says, really anything goes. In fact the more ridiculous the better. The way to really earn respect in audax is to tackle a ridiculously hard ride on a totally inappropriate machine.
Everything from very, very high end CF with wheels that cost more than most bikes to bikes that look like they were dredged from the bottom of the canal (often ridden by old boys who look almost as grotty as their bike, but who can put hours into you every day).
The bike industry is slowly creating more and more bikes that are perfectly suited to audax with the move towards fatter tyres and more compliance on framesets like the Domane etc.
All that really matters is that you are comfortable on whatever you choose to ride - for a 200, you are going to be actually in the saddle for between 6-7 and 11-12 hours.
As PpPete says, really anything goes. In fact the more ridiculous the better. The way to really earn respect in audax is to tackle a ridiculously hard ride on a totally inappropriate machine.
Everything from very, very high end CF with wheels that cost more than most bikes to bikes that look like they were dredged from the bottom of the canal (often ridden by old boys who look almost as grotty as their bike, but who can put hours into you every day).
The bike industry is slowly creating more and more bikes that are perfectly suited to audax with the move towards fatter tyres and more compliance on framesets like the Domane etc.
All that really matters is that you are comfortable on whatever you choose to ride - for a 200, you are going to be actually in the saddle for between 6-7 and 11-12 hours.
