The Marsh has to be the most beginner- and cycle-friendly places I've ever ridden. Loads of lanes to keep you off the few main roads, and very motor little traffic strays from those main routes. Swoopy bends. Big skies. Reasonable road surfaces. Decent sprinkling of cafes and pubs. Pan cake flat. My only beef is that there are a couple of stretches out in the middle where the "road" as marked on the map doesn't have any tarmac!I did the 100k Audax route today (to check if it's suitable for my partner - it is).
You're in for a treat if you have entered. It's a cracking route and i'm looking forward to doing it again with a few others on the day.
That roads not on the route Greg. The only non tarmacced section is the 2 mikes alongside the military canal which is compacted chalk.The Marsh has to be the most beginner- and cycle-friendly places I've ever ridden. Loads of lanes to keep you off the few main roads, and very motor little traffic strays from those main routes. Swoopy bends. Big skies. Reasonable road surfaces. Decent sprinkling of cafes and pubs. Pan cake flat. My only beef is that there are a couple of stretches out in the middle where the "road" as marked on the map doesn't have any tarmac!
Moral: check the OS map in detail before you lob your ridewithgps route onto your GPS.
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May 2018 somewhere on the Marsh.
That road should not be on anyone's route just round the corner was a series of get off any walk craters!That roads not on the route Greg. The only non tarmacced section is the 2 mikes alongside the military canal which is compacted chalk.
You've got me looking at routes there now....it's only 88 miles from here!If you do the 200 or 300 you get to sample my home made cakes at Golden Green. This is a very well organised event and a great intro to Audax.
I meant to ask... How did yours go? (the one I had to miss because of the surprise trip to HQ for the Premiership Final - I'd rather have ridden an Audax that watch that game)If you do the 200 or 300 you get to sample my home made cakes at Golden Green. This is a very well organised event and a great intro to Audax.
I'll have a car with me. Dunno what time you long-legged "it's only 88 miles to the start" types would finish mind on the 200/300. That could get you back as far as Horsham on the Arun Valley line - haven't looked at the engineering works.You've got me looking at routes there now....it's only 88 miles from here!
(Unfortunately Southern Fail are, of course, having engineering work- it's a Sunday, they can't run trains, which nicely screws up all return travel...)
Very good. Over 60 riders on the road. Weather was fab and lots of great comments about the route and catering. Thanks also to @rb58 and @ianrauk who assisted with controls in the day.I meant to ask... How did yours go? (the one I had to miss because of the surprise trip to HQ for the Premiership Final - I'd rather have ridden an Audax that watch that game)