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wyadvd wrote:

niggle wrote:

wyadvd wrote:audax actually looks much more fun than sprtives. not so much posing for a start! and the entry fees!

Just paid my £3, if I don't manage to get to the start it is no big loss. Trying to find out who else I know is doing it.

I'm unlikely to start on a cornish one. Might wait for the Meopham 200km later in the month!

Is GPS cheating?

Its all sorted now, I have somewhere close by to stay the night before and after and I have my route sheet. Here is just one of the delights, ridden up it once before and its a real lung buster: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=penzanc ... 300.3,,0,0

Aged 14 in 1967 road my 1951 RRA to Brighton and back following the Brighton car run, younger brother accompanied me on a Russ. Tooting to B'ton and back 104 miles approx. What happened to my bike? don't ask.

Did the ride yesterday, tough in parts, particularly the middle section from the King Harry Ferry to St Agnes through small lanes with relentless ups and downs.

By then only half way round and a bit worried whether I was going to make it, but a coffee and sticky toffee pudding in the pub refueled me quite well and then a bag of chips and a coke half a mile from Lands End got me back to Penzance with 30 minutes to spare. Riding with two seasoned Audaxers was definitely the right thing to do.

The ride was 130 miles 8am-9.09pm, plus two miles to the start and back, seven riders, the other four all well ahead of us including one on a fixed gear

is it true that sportive riders like to pretend they are racing (but all they are doing is posing with the latest carbon bike and assos spandex) whereas audax riders like to pretend they are not racing (whereas they really are!)??

I started in penzance in the summer holidays with my two teenage sons the summer before last....the aim was to camp our way to bristol. We got as far as watchett! In a week.

Happy days!

niggle wrote:Did the ride yesterday, tough in parts, particularly the middle section from the King Harry Ferry to St Agnes through small lanes with relentless ups and downs.

By then only half way round and a bit worried whether I was going to make it, but a coffee and sticky toffee pudding in the pub refueled me quite well and then a bag of chips and a coke half a mile from Lands End got me back to Penzance with 30 minutes to spare. Riding with two seasoned Audaxers was definitely the right thing to do.

The ride was 130 miles 8am-9.09pm, plus two miles to the start and back, seven riders, the other four all well ahead of us including one on a fixed gear

You speed freak, my friend and I got in at 9.16pm last Saturday (only 126 miles) (and drove home).
I thought that was perfect timing.

I did quite a few last year when training for my LEJOG. However, due to the birth of my son and general laziness and lack of sleep I haven't been out much at all this year.

Maybe in the summer I will get out again possibly with my son.

Rode the Sherborne Amble Audax 166km on Sunday. I have struggled to get fit after a lot of illness and little cycling over the winter so was first century ride of the year. The morning started dry and frosty so I dressed for cold weather and was glad I did as the showers later on were cold.

Got off to a good start, did not hang about at the first cafe stop control, but had good breaks with coffe and cake at the rest, had a great ham and cheese panini at the Haynes Motor Museum Cafe. Only mishaps were a short diversion onto a rough bridleway, and later riding into some hedge clippings on the road when spending too long looking at my route-sheet, they brought me to a halt jamming the wheels but did not puncture somehow despite all the thorns.

The middle of the ride was wet and cold, took shelter for a while from a heavy hail storm by RNAS Yeovilton. The sun reappeared in the later section of the ride and I was soon dry and warm again. After riding into headwinds my legs drained and the last hill near the end was a killer, but once at the top was mostly downhill to the finish at Bishop's Lydeard Village hall, where hot tea and cake were laid on. I had a great time exploring Somerset and Dorset, thanks to Wellington Wheelers, Dave Sanders and all for laying on a marvelous day out.

One of the most popular (THE most popular?) century here in Brisbane (australia) is the Audax Midnight Century, held each November. Being summer in the sub tropics, it's usually a very pleasant ride in terms of weather conditions and the route avoids any major towns, finishing up with a hearty breakfast at a local football (Rugby League)club. It's worth making the trip....

200k yesterday on my old 3 speed - there was a hint of blue sky so why not...
Followed the route of the local 'Vets 100' miler - with about an extra 25 miles added on. From Bristol up and over the Cotswolds and back. Good (if rather long) day out ...and no punctures!!

Surprisingly, my normally troublesome Edge 200 gps navigated me around the complicated route without any problems.

Anyone else out for a good long 'spur of the moment' ride over the BH weekend? ...how much preparation do you need for a longish day ride such as this?

did this one last sunday darlington,s hell`o the north....

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/219150465