First Audax - what to expect...

[Mazz]

Glad you enjoyed it @Mazz , I had left it too late to sign up as I was watched the forecast as I have become a fair weather cyclist these days ,even if I had registered I might not have rode it due to the weather

I heard the organiser mention that not everyone had turned up, for whatever reason.
Maybe a few just looked out the window in the morning and neshed it.

 

[JonBuoy]

I heard the organiser mention that not everyone had turned up, for whatever reason.
Maybe a few just looked out the window in the morning and neshed it.

Looks like there were 85 finishers from 120/125 entries: https://www.audax.uk/results?searchId=Event&evId=24-40

Hopefully no DNFs but, given the weather first thing, I wasn't surprised that there were a fair number of DNSs.

 

[bikingdad90]

Well I made it you round in about 8hrs. I’ve decided Dean made a cruel route choice for don’t keep to the roads 100k and that sort of distance isn’t for me as I was bored after about 35-40 miles.

 

[DCLane]

@bikingdad90 - you've had a go and that's the important bit. I did the 200, which had a really cold start.

My thanks to the organiser for a route that was fairly interesting (except the gravel/sticks/puddles/poo bit) and safe.

 

[bikingdad90]

@bikingdad90 - you've had a go and that's the important bit. I did the 200, which had a really cold start.

My thanks to the organiser for a route that was fairly interesting (except the gravel/sticks/puddles/poo bit) and safe.

Yes, nearly fell off coming through that bog in Brompton!

 

[JonBuoy]

Amy has put a video up on YouTube of the Rutland & Beyond event:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GXRkDfws0I

Seems like she (mostly) enjoyed herself.

 

[13 rider]

Except the flood at Radcliffe on wreake 😂, her video tonight is a bike fit and the shoes were still wet

 

[Mazz]

Amy has put a video up on YouTube of the Rutland & Beyond event:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GXRkDfws0I

Seems like she (mostly) enjoyed herself.

That's me on the Specialized Allez she overtook at @2:30

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Are there any grumpy YouTube audaxers? I think that’d be quite the contrast 😁

 

[DCLane]

That's me on the Specialized Allez she overtook at @2:30

I rode with her on her first audax - the Llanfair 400 a few years ago.

Are there any grumpy YouTube audaxers? I think that’d be quite the contrast 😁

Possibly; "I rode a bike and it was terrible" type thing. There's probably an audience out there for that type of video.