jimboalee said:If Audax organisers gave out .gpx files for every event, there would be no fun translating the routesheet onto a map and creating a .gdb file.
AlanW said:I agree, so if you do it, then mail it to me.![]()
fungus said:I will ask the organiser about gpx files tonight. We should have one as we route checked it not long ago.
fungus said:Send Clive an e mail on audaxclive@btinternet.com & he will send you the gpx file.
fungus said:New organiser this year as marmite Geoff Cleaver has handed over to Clive datameister Handy. Rides from 50k to 200k all with nice quiet laney routes & weather guaranteedThe December tinsel & lanes 200k will be available to enter later in the year.![]()
209 24 Apr 10 Tamworth Two Battles
08:00 Sat [2300m] BR £5.00 Clive Handy
Apr 24 - Tamworth 209
157 24 Apr 10 Tamworth Towering Trees
09:00 Sat [1630m] BP £5.00 Clive Handy
Apr 24 - Tamworth 157
208 21 Aug 10 Tamworth Wem, we get there
08:30 Sat [1400m] BR £4.50 Clive Handy
Aug 21 - Tamworth 208
117 21 Aug 10 Tamworth Charnwood Challange
09:00 Sat [1094m] BP £4.00 Clive Handy
Aug 21 - Tamworth 117
51 21 Aug 10 Tamworth National Forest 50
09:30 Sat [400m] BP £3.50 Clive Handy
Aug 21 - Tamworth 51
Easy to get to the start from M42 junction 10.
rh100 said:Thinking about doing the 50k route in August.
Any suggestions if this is suitable for me as a first timer? I'm not terribly fast (my 10 mile training rides average about 10mph moving time), I can comfortably do about 20 miles. So I'm thinking that 50k shouldn't be too much of a push, just thinking about time constraints. I would either be on a hybrid or, if my Galaxy rebuild proves reliable, then that one.
Doable - or just give it a miss till next year when I'm lighter/quicker?
Also, do most people drive there and leave the car or ride there and back aswell?
ps. any rough idea of the route?
jimboalee said:The start and finish is in the large car park opposite The Pretty Pigs pub on Shuttington Rd.
There was a hill on the 100km route last year. Not steep. Beacon Hill they call it. 3% for 5km.
It's half way through after an ice cream at the Children's Farm Control.
If riding hard with a bellyful of ice cream makes you vomit, give it a miss.![]()
rh100 said:Thanks Jimbo, I was considering the 50k though, although I guess the routes would converge for much of them. The hill sounds tough, but I'd deal with it the way I always do, just stop for a breather (or several)The ice cream sounds nice, maybe you shouldn't have had a belly full though
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