Audax rides

Mick also makes a point of talking to everyone who goes to check they're having fun, which is lovely. The terms to look for are 'fully supported' or 'El Supremo' controls after an audaxer called Dave Hudson, aka El Supremo. This was one of the WWW controls last year:

You then get the other end of the scale, which are 'X-rated' events, which are completely unsupported. May well start in a cark park, commercial controls only (e.g. at garages/supermarkets), getting receipts from cashpoints as controls etc.

I'd like to echo the earlier mention of "i love this thread" or words to that effect.

These X rated audaxes are the ones where people spend literally of their weekend cycling up dark hills, stopping only occassionally to have a little weep in a MacDonalds toilet, right?