Entered my First Audax - now what???

[Fubar]

@edindave do you ride with a saddlebag or shove everything in your back pockets, like I tried to do yesterday?

 

[Edwardoka]

W-a-a-a-y too late …

Moderator! Moderator! Moderator!

 

[Fubar]

Moderator! Moderator! Moderator!

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

 

[Edwardoka]

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Away with your 1980s movie references!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@edindave do you ride with a saddlebag or shove everything in your back pockets, like I tried to do yesterday?

If audaxers have beards, sandals, paper maps, surely a back top pannier is allowed?

 

[Fubar]

If audaxers have beards, sandals, paper maps, surely a back top pannier is allowed?

I'm not sure they ALL have beards ans sandals...

I'm trying to weigh up what I need to carry with what storage I need.

 

[martint235]

@edindave do you ride with a saddlebag or shove everything in your back pockets, like I tried to do yesterday?

For a 200km Audax you shouildn't need more than a small saddlepack with some snacks etc in your pockets.

When you do LEL, you'll need a larger saddlebag but don't make the mistake I did in 2013 of trying to carry everything with me. Bag drops are the for a reason.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Quick audax question that doesn't deserve a thread of its own. I take it no one will grumble if I were to ride part of the way with a friend who isn't doing the event.

I can't see why anyone should - private excursion on open roads and all that (provided he doesn't eat any free food at controls) but I thought I'd check.

When you do LEL...

 

[martint235]

Quick audax question that doesn't deserve a thread of its own. I take it no one will grumble if I were to ride part of the way with a friend who isn't doing the event.

I can't see why anyone should - private excursion on open roads and all that (provided he doesn't eat any free food at controls) but I thought I'd check.

I wouldn't see an issue with it so long as they don't take advantage of any freebies (and to be fair although you get some, there isn't usually a lot). As you say they are just keeping you company on an open road.

 

[Fubar]

When you do LEL

 

[jefmcg]

You can stop this now, you aren't fooling anyone

Just finished reading your blog, loved it! Well done for helping each other, quite emotional stuff I'm sure.

Yup, he's reading blogs about PBP.

@Fubar, is your credit card ready for your £100 pre-booking fee?

 

[Fubar]

You can stop this now, you aren't fooling anyone



Yup, he's reading blogs about PBP.

@Fubar, is your credit card ready for your £100 pre-booking fee?

READING a blog is a long way from CYCLING 1400k, or whatever it is. I've read Mark Beaumont's books (and met him, did I mention? ), doesn't mean I'm off round the world, cycling the Americas or the length of Africa.

Let me try a 200k before you get me signing up for the mental stuff. Or looking at bikes. Or scouring for saddle bags. And handlebar bags.

 

[edindave]

@edindave do you ride with a saddlebag or shove everything in your back pockets, like I tried to do yesterday?

I have a Carradice. Amongst other things, I had a spare chain and a spare tyre .

 

[Fubar]

I have a Carradice. Amongst other things, I had a spare chain and a spare tyre .

You just took extra stuff to justify the saddlebag, didn't you?!?

 

[Fubar]

You can stop this now, you aren't fooling anyone



Yup, he's reading blogs about PBP.

@Fubar, is your credit card ready for your £100 pre-booking fee?

IF I was doing LEL (not saying I am) I think I'd need to match the qualifying for PBP to be convinced I could do it - not sure about RRTY though...

...I'm really not...