Audax me a question about randonneuring
Hello All (I'm a Canadian newbie [to this group]-- originally Wolverhampton):
Here, we make a distinction between audax (team brevets) and general randonneur cycling.
British Columbia Randonneurs runs a full schedule with rides on Vancouver Island, the Mainland/Interior and Northern BC.
We have just begun a "permanents" program a la Audax UK, which is proving popular, even before all the guidelines are "in the book."
Several of our members have ridden London-Edinburgh-London in the past and we have a couple signed up for next year. Personally, I enjoyed meeting and riding with AUK members, at last year's Paris-Brest-Paris.
Marathon cycling is addictive. It differs from racing in that it is more likely to inspire cooperation, rather than competition. Of course there are plenty of A-type personalities in the sport, out to set or break course records
For more audax/randonneuring info, visit
Audax UK locally. Check out BC Randonneurs' (link above) for a wealth of info, and my humble site has a decent
rando primer page as well as
a page discussing desirable (and not so desirable) features of an audax bicycle. Lots more
rando links here,, as well
Cheers,
R