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Audax, lol.
So this season (this one just about to end) is the first proper season I’ve focused on audax. I thought I’d set some goals, so aimed for my SR series fixed, RRtY fixed as well as seeing how many points I could accumulate for the Fixed Wheel Challenge. I chatted by email with my local DIY organiser (I work weekends so pretty much all my audax rides are DIY’s) and checked if there was anything I needed to do beforehand to which I was told ‘for fixed wheel simply do the rides and then submit which ones you want to at the end of the season.’
So far so good. So off I went, completed my RRtY fixed, completed my SR fixed and got (so far) over 50 points towards the Fixed Wheel Challenge.
Today I emailed the Fixed Wheel delegate to ask how to submit all of this and was told that because I hadn’t bought any fixed wheel brevet cards none of my points were valid for entry into the award or for my SR. Wtf. So was I supposed to buy an individual brevet card for each ride? I eventually found the ‘regulations’ page on the Audax UK website, tucked away in some tiny corner but even after reading it it’s not clear. It says I was supposed to have every fixed ride validated with the organisers stamp or signature, but every ride I’ve completed has either been X rated with a postal finish or a DIY?
Still awaiting a response asking if I could at least have the SR validated.
/rant