Joining an audax on your own

[Rob3rt]

You should not worry about the speed in audax, the slowest speeds on the limit as snail pace, the fastest allowed pace, is like 18-19mph average, which is a fair lick considering it includes stops, but if you are a bit rapid, you will get to the control before they open and may miss it, or end up standing around waiting for the control marshal to turn up, hence you wasted your time savaging yourself because you are now stood around getting cold!

As for signing up on your own, it will be fine, much like sportives, you will end up in some sort of group at least some of the time.

I prefer audax to sportives by a long shot, but still they are not my cup of tea.

 

[robjh]

I prefer audax to sportives by a long shot, but still they are not my cup of tea.

Well I'm signed up for one on the 24th, so I'll find out if they're my cup of tea or not. As for brevets, controls, cards etc I hadn't really given them any thought - it just sounded like a long semi-organised ride with café stops!

 

[Noodley]

That's what it is rob, the card is really mostly just "proof" that you have been at a cafe and eaten your allocated amount of cake.

 

[yello]

...or beans on toast.

 

[robjh]

That's what it is rob, the card is really mostly just "proof" that you have been at a cafe and eaten your allocated amount of cake.

It's sounding more and more like my kind of day