Twilkes
Guru
Happy new year to you Audaxers.
My big ride for this year is going to be ‘see how far you can get in 24 hours’. It’s not really an Audax but probably fits best in this forum because it’s not a race or a tour or a sportive ride.
Starting in Glasgow, I’ll be heading south and have planned a route that hits 300 miles at Ludlow. If I get that far or further, great, otherwise I have a minimum of 250 miles that I want to reach. I’ve ridden a lot of the roads before, and am fine on A-roads with traffic although if there is a quieter alternative that is not much longer or hillier then I would probably go that way.
I’ll be doing it close to the full moon before the first May bank holiday, probably Wednesday 6th May, plus or minus two weeks depending on weather. Heading south, the key thing will be waiting for a northerly wind; I’ve spent five hours in a headwind before, I’m not about to voluntarily spend 24 hours in one!
I played around with a route heading north, but beyond 200 miles there would be a lot of hills around, it would be dark so the scenery would be wasted, and I would likely end up miles from civilisation if anything went wrong. Whereas going south, I get to cycle through Scotland and the Lakes while the sun is up, and then reasonably flat and straight during the dark, with more amenities and abort-points with nearby public transport.
If you have any questions, either because you’re curious or because you want to make sure I’m not going to get into An Awful Lot Of Bother (AALOB) then please ask away – there are lots of things I’ve thought about, but probably a lot of things I’ve not thought about because I didn’t know to think about them.
I’ll add occasional updates but the main thing for posting here is to make sure I actually do it!
My big ride for this year is going to be ‘see how far you can get in 24 hours’. It’s not really an Audax but probably fits best in this forum because it’s not a race or a tour or a sportive ride.
Starting in Glasgow, I’ll be heading south and have planned a route that hits 300 miles at Ludlow. If I get that far or further, great, otherwise I have a minimum of 250 miles that I want to reach. I’ve ridden a lot of the roads before, and am fine on A-roads with traffic although if there is a quieter alternative that is not much longer or hillier then I would probably go that way.
I’ll be doing it close to the full moon before the first May bank holiday, probably Wednesday 6th May, plus or minus two weeks depending on weather. Heading south, the key thing will be waiting for a northerly wind; I’ve spent five hours in a headwind before, I’m not about to voluntarily spend 24 hours in one!
I played around with a route heading north, but beyond 200 miles there would be a lot of hills around, it would be dark so the scenery would be wasted, and I would likely end up miles from civilisation if anything went wrong. Whereas going south, I get to cycle through Scotland and the Lakes while the sun is up, and then reasonably flat and straight during the dark, with more amenities and abort-points with nearby public transport.
If you have any questions, either because you’re curious or because you want to make sure I’m not going to get into An Awful Lot Of Bother (AALOB) then please ask away – there are lots of things I’ve thought about, but probably a lot of things I’ve not thought about because I didn’t know to think about them.
I’ll add occasional updates but the main thing for posting here is to make sure I actually do it!