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I'd say that the KWCC audaxes are consistently excellent but I'd add that I've often seen people ride them on Dogmas and Cervelo S5s - much more of a geography/demographic thing than an audax thing. You're right in the middle of the dentist belt, after all.
Enter a random 200 outside of London and you'll see far more of the 80s steel / trikes / botched dynamo setups involving cable ties and Pritt Stick you might have expected. : )
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While on the one hand I appreciate the barberpole / cable tie / prittstick dynamo bodge thing, the solution of cutting a few small sections of old tube and scooching them up the fork really makes those "solutions" hard to look at. Especially since the tube trick is even cheaper than a cable tie (and comes from recycled material).
Either way agreed the KWCC audaxes are great
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But if I'm on vintage steel and others on cervelos, it's a convenient excuse for being slow, haha
youramericanlover
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Great read!
So just reporting back I did the Rowlands Ramble!
Had a great time - My first Audax, and my first 200k
(Actually about 250K when I cycled to / from the start.)
Lovely route, and lovely day for it.
Was last to finish, but still pretty chuffed.
I slightly misjudged the vibe of audaxes, and thought it was gonna be all steel frames and saddlebags. I might’ve been about 20 years too late for that, and my bike was probably one of the heaviest...
Ah well, might make some changes if I do it again.
I took the advice here of ‘eat often, more than you think’ and that seemed to work very well. I didn’t crash or anything, so thanks for that.
Sunday's Menu
Start - Croissant
Control 1 - Egg sandwich (cafe)
Control 2 - Beans on toast (manned village hall)
Control 3 - Another Egg sandwich (co-op)
& lots of snacks / protein bars in-between.