How do you explain audax to people? When I say I'm doing a long ride and they ask, are you riding with others, and I then say, well, kind of. Then try and explain it's just a bunch of checkpoints we have to hit within a certain time, and it's more about survival than "winning". Never really seems to make any sense.
I just call it long distance cycling. And try not to mention the actual distances: over about 60 miles they are not impressed, just think you're weird!
How do you explain audax to people? When I say I'm doing a long ride and they ask, are you riding with others, and I then say, well, kind of. Then try and explain it's just a bunch of checkpoints we have to hit within a certain time, and it's more about survival than "winning". Never really seems to make any sense.