Audax rides

I had a little lol at the (spot on) description of Amesbury too @ElGonzo

Love the chippy photo, @youramericanlover looks in a state of high bliss.

Glad you avoided The Friar Tuck Cafe in Amesbury, it seems to be an Audax favourite but it's just all day breakfast taken way too far.

Love the write up. How do you remember that much of such a massive effort?!

I think we spotted that on our way out and it was full of riders. We stuck with the trusty Co-op!

The pain you don't forget in a hurry 🙃
Jokes aside, I refer back to the route as I'm writing and it gives helpful nudges!

HHV Summercross entries are online now!

wrong thread?

What a noob I am!

WOO I GOT A BADGE!

After the disappointment of not getting any last year, it was a pleasant surprise to receive one in the post today for The Shark. I'll have to buy a Carradice now.

Got mine too. Pleasantly surprised, I've never gotten one for free before

Pics pics pics of said badge!!!

Not my legs...

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🙌🏼

Not my legs...

Raises more questions than it answers!

Sweet jorts bro

Rolled in last night (this morning?) after finishing my first 1000, a fixed gear DIY around Scotland with a friend.

https://strava.app.link/6J2LIG20Wzb

Some highlights include riding an almost traffic free Glen Coe due to a road closure, the Knapdale peninsula in glorious sunshine, and rescuing a small lamb from under a bridge.

I’m going to sit on my camera photos for a few days before I process them, but here’s a couple from my phone.

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You got any knees left?

Respect

Some effort, that! Well done and look forward to more photos!

Thanks!

Knees aren’t too bad, my arse and shoulders however…

So 9pm is a great start time for a 400 imo. So much nicer finishing in the daylight. Aberdaron 400 was great, nice route.

Some photos.

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Some more.

1000km really messes with your body, eh? My hands have lost some feeling and more frighteningly my poop schedule is all over the place. Really puts it into perspective how tough things like the TCR must be.

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Well done, nice pics!

1000km really messes with your body, eh?

Certainly. But if you're thinking of going longer, day 2 and 3 is often the hardest. After that your body, and your head, your sleeping patterns, digestive system, riding speed, etc, tend to settle down to what is sustainable for the longer term. So in many ways, I think 1,000-1,400 - PBP/LEL territory - can be harder than TCR-length rides, especially for sleep dep.

It's all about the time limits and/or desire to push it for racing.

If you're getting decent sleep each night it has much less of a mental/physical drain. The 1000k I did here vs. Mille du Sud were wildly different due to the speed killing climbs of the latter which meant much less sleep.

I still think the longer term effects of TCR are more than you'd get in shorter stuff even with more sleep dep in the shorter events - you just don't notice it coz you're too fucked to ride for a month afterwards :D (unless you're me and just keep stacking races on so your body doesn't realise it's getting perma destroyed)

Noice! Definitely need more Scotland in my life...