Question for audax riders.

[Greenbank]

Audax UK is unique in that it allows free route between controls. Most (if not all) other national Audax associations require the prescribed route to be followed exactly.

 

[Ian H]

...However, information controls are now discouraged by AUK for new audax events due to their unpopularity amongst riders...

Not quite true. The use of too many controls (of any kind) is discouraged. Ideally an AUK event will have controls 30 to 70km apart. Too many controls is indicative of too convoluted a route. It is generally the case that, on a route with lots of controls, a high proportion will be infos.

I once organised one of my hilly 100s with an off-road alternative. Probably no more than 20% was off-tarmac. A fit friend rode it and struggled to keep within the time limits.

 

[jimboalee]

One of the sweetest Audax's out there is the 200 From Droitwich to Towcester.

The start is at a pub in Droitwich, controls are at a bakers shop in Shipston-on-Stour, a garden centre in Towcester and a Shell filling station in Wellesbourne.
No INFOs.

Not much chance of a shorter route and plenty of food en-route.