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But in the UK they mean the same thing right? And for the things we call "audaxes" i.e the events run by audax UK nobody says "oooh I'm randonneuring". Or do they?
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Sort of. There are numerous 'challenges' within the Audax UK structure which refer to Randonneuring, like RRTY, Super Randonneur, etc.
From AUK website:
What do the words 'Randonnée' and 'Randonneur' mean?
'Randonnée' is a French word which loosely translates to 'ramble or 'long journey' - it's not really cycling-specific, but in AUK we take it to mean a long cycle ride.
A 'Randonneur' is a person who has completed a recognised 200 kilometre ride. -
Like hippy, the audaxers in the UK I know who talk about randonneuring tend to have encountered it overseas first (US, Canada, France) or be those who actually do UAF audaxes as well.
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That's the tricky bit. UK people who do randos as well as audaxes have to make the distinction because they're different events. But they're a small portion of the people who use rando and audax interchangeably here. It's like computer geeks who know about and care about the difference between ROM and RAM whereas most people just think "memory". Maybe?
pastry_bot
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hippy
The only people I know using "randonneuring" are the people who know the difference between audax and randonneuring. I still think of them both as the same thing, until I'm corrected by one of the randonneurs.