Meridan Audax

[ontheroadtofrance]

Is anyone doing this it is this Saturday, has anyone got the .GPX file for it yet?

 

[jimboalee]

Correct spelling please.

 

[jimboalee]

Which one?

The Warwickshire Wanderer...

All you have to do is ride to Kineton. The cafe is opposite the Church.

The INFO control is usually on or near a noticeboard half way up the hill in Burton Dassett Country Park.
Then ride to the Village Hall / British Legion in Harbury.
Then back to Meriden.

Free choice of route between controls.

 

[ontheroadtofrance]

100k warickshire wanderer is correct. Don't know my way to Kineton i have the Audax route in front of me but would prefer a Gpx file to put on my Garmin

 

[jimboalee]

City Navigator, Topo GB or Metroguide?
If Metroguide, use Francis Cooke's stringer technique.

Half the fun of Audax is plotting the route on a map.

 

[ColinJ]

I'm in Coventry for a week so I brought my bike down with me on the train today and will be doing the longer Meriden event on Saturday - the Cotswold Challenge.

I agree about the fun of plotting audax routes - I sat down with Memory Map on Tuesday and enjoyed plotted the route for my event.

 

[jimboalee]

Yes, it WAS fun plotting the route.

Save the controls and INFO points as 'Favourites'.

With all motorway ramps having an 'Avoid' set on them, and the 'Avoid Highways' unset ( allowing highways ), Topo GB just takes you to the next Control.

I'm not concerned about getting lost on the Warwickshire Wanderer, as it's in my 'back yard'.

 

[jimboalee]

Weather forecast for Saturday is light showers with a moderate ( 18 mph ) sse breeze.

The way I like it. Against the wind out and a helpful wind home.

 

[jimboalee]

Finished.

4 hours an 1 minute.

15.7 mph average.

Wind was stronger than forecast. Good job it was all downhill to Kineton.

Wind assisted all the way back to Meriden and kept a comfortable 18 - 20 mph cruise.

Got rained on a few times but dried off in the sunny spells.
Shorts and short sleeved jersey.

 

[ontheroadtofrance]

Finished in 4 hours 14 minutes and averaged 15.7mph not bad

 

[ColinJ]

I rode to Meriden, did the '160' (which was actually 159 km by my GPS), then rode back to Coventry again - 183 km in all (113 miles). Including stops, I averaged 20 kph (12.5 mph). I was quite pleased with that given how windy it was and how long some of my stops were.

The first 60-odd km (nearly 40 miles) were into a strong headwind. That was very hard work...

Strong winds all day, dark gloomy conditions, drizzle, heavy rain, but also sunny spells - we had them all.

I thought that it was a nice route - not too many busy roads, lots of pretty villages. It was just a pity about the weather.

 

[ontheroadtofrance]

Agree with you Colin nice little villages bit gloomy weather but don't mind the rain just the wind.