ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'm still waiting until the last minute to decide. I'll let you know by Friday evening in case anybody fancies coming along with me at a nice easy pace (and probably doing a nice little climb out of Whalley rather than a couple of A-roads).
Bromptonfb has asked what the speed rules are for the full length NWP ...
Shaun - you can always look up details of UK audax events here. All audax events have minimum and maximum speed limits. What those are depends on what type of event it is
The full length NWP is run as a 'proper' audax event. If you look at the NWP page on the audax UK website you'll see that it is a BRM event (Brevets de Randonneurs Mondiaux) and these have limits of 15-30 kph. The NWP is slightly overdistance but I think they class it as 200 km for the sake of calculating the speeds. 200 km at the slowest speed of 15 kph = 13 hours and 20 minutes. The event starts at 08:00, so the cut-off time for you would be 19:20 back at event HQ.
You have to factor in your stops - no allowance is made for them. If you take lots of long stops then you'll have to ride faster in between. I'm sure you will be okay though. I've done hillier 200s up into the Dales and back in about 10 hours and you are as fit now as I was then.
The mini-NWP is classed as a BP (Brevet Populaire) with relaxed speed limits of 10-20 kph.
The upper speed limits are to stop people trying to turn audax rides into races. It's actually pretty tough to average 30 kph over 200 km if you are stopping at cafes on the way, and especially if it is a very hilly route.
Bromptonfb has asked what the speed rules are for the full length NWP ...
Shaun - you can always look up details of UK audax events here. All audax events have minimum and maximum speed limits. What those are depends on what type of event it is
The full length NWP is run as a 'proper' audax event. If you look at the NWP page on the audax UK website you'll see that it is a BRM event (Brevets de Randonneurs Mondiaux) and these have limits of 15-30 kph. The NWP is slightly overdistance but I think they class it as 200 km for the sake of calculating the speeds. 200 km at the slowest speed of 15 kph = 13 hours and 20 minutes. The event starts at 08:00, so the cut-off time for you would be 19:20 back at event HQ.
You have to factor in your stops - no allowance is made for them. If you take lots of long stops then you'll have to ride faster in between. I'm sure you will be okay though. I've done hillier 200s up into the Dales and back in about 10 hours and you are as fit now as I was then.
The mini-NWP is classed as a BP (Brevet Populaire) with relaxed speed limits of 10-20 kph.
The upper speed limits are to stop people trying to turn audax rides into races. It's actually pretty tough to average 30 kph over 200 km if you are stopping at cafes on the way, and especially if it is a very hilly route.