Audax rides

UK weather forecasting is pointless.

I just start all rides with "it will rain at some point" in mind.

Finished an SR last weekend with a 400km route inspired by a recent Albion shoot.

Highly recommended, though for some reason the ferries run every hour apart from the hour when we rolled back into Ryde, meaning an hour's wait. Though that was quite welcome for a short kip, given we'd set off at midnight and not had any.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34415427

good effort.

nice ride, for DIY are there time limits?

Yeah there is.
Thing to do is look at the actual distance ridden and divide by 14.3 to get your maximum allowed time limit. I think for this the max time allowed was something like 30 hours. More than enough time for a lovely lie down on a ferry terminal floor.

oof, strong work!

Looks awesome, I've nicked the route – how was it for traffic?

It's basically quiet lanes for the most part. We did the first section overnight so didn't see a single car but there's no major roads, even if you're doing in daylight.

Portsmouth is the worst for traffic -there's no avoiding it, but there's a few fast roads and mega roundabouts.

Probably didn't help that we arrived in morning rush hour and left during school run traffic.

London Edinburgh London has been postponed (see FB).

For anyone doing this in the future it is possible to get through Portsmouth on a lot of segregated paths which avoid the horrible roundabouts and frantic drivers.
This route picks up on your route in 2 places, not sure which way round you went but this works both ways. It utilises some underpasses and back routes.
Into & out of IoW ferry

Also I can do some work for anyone wanting to do this by modifying the route through Sussex to avoid the A29 and some of the other nasties along the way.

Ah that's good to know!

I felt like I was potentially missing out on some good infrastructure somewhere, as we crossed over a few segregated paths on our way through.

Would love to ride to a ferry departure at some point that doesn't involve a half an hour of 30kph stem chewing to not miss it as well.

Seems sensible I guess, given the number of international riders.

Plus running it as an x-rated seems kind of pointless.

just updated my post with this route
Into & out of IoW ferry

With hindsight, that looks blissful :)

Excellent, I can put off deciding whether I can face having another go at it for longer.

This was my attempt last month on something similar, does make use of those cycle paths into Portsmouth: https://www.strava.com/activities/4086652917 - it's a really nice route down to Portsmouth

Yesterday I ran my first event as a organiser.

15 riders set off from Aberdeen following the southside of the Dee out to Braemar before returning via Gairnshiel and Queen's View. It was a bluebird day with some colour still on the trees.

Looking forward to putting this one on again next Autumn

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How long are perm cards valid for? I found a stack of unused ones from ~2016. Guess I should probably check with individual organisers?

The cards should remain valid, they don't need to be used within a specific season or timeframe.

Best bet is to email org and give idea of when you want to ride, check they're okay with it.

Congratulations! Looks like a great day for it.

Excellent. I'll dig them out and get on that.

Looks fantastic! I'd hoped to organise my first event this year, which I shelved due to Covid. Presume you ran this fairly x-rated?

Given everything that's been kicked into next year (or cancelled already), I'm now thinking 2022 is the best option. Want to do the full village hall experience, and all still looks far too shaky to plan anything concrete right now.

fantastic! I'd hoped to organise my first event this year, which I shelved due to Covid. Presume you ran this fairly x-rated?

Yeah it was a shoe-string event. I set the riders off from the town square and then they had 2 free controls on route and 3 infos. Finish back at the pub on the square where I sat outside and collected cards.

Borders of Belgium update. Who knows, at this point.

I think I'll hang on in case they're dishing out vaccine with Jupiler chasers on the start line.

Hello,
Because COVID-19 caused the BRM1000 - BOB2020 to move to september 2021 we would like to make some things clear of what to do and what to expect.
Withdrawal/Refund:
We offer the option to withdraw from the event at a small cost.
We pay back the entry fee minus 10 euro for each bed already booked, so maximum 20 euro. The cost of the hostels where the controls are is a fixed cost.
Of course the cycling kit (jersey/bib short) is ordered at your size so it is not possible to refund the cycling kit. We will send the order to you at the lowest cost possible (see below).
Those of you who want to withdraw but didn't pay for a bed or cycling kit, we will make a full refund.
Cycling Jersey/bib Short:
We offer the option that the ordered cycling kit can be sent to your home address.
If you want you can pick up your cycling kit on 9 january 2021 at the BRM 200 we organise in Wachtebeke. Free of charge :-)
If you don't want your kit to be sent, we'll have it ready for you at the start of the event in september.
Here are the costs per country:
Belgium ...................€7,60
The Netherlands: .....€11,60
Germany: .................€12,00
Luxembourg: .............€15,20
UK: ..........................€17,50
France: ....................€17,50
Spain: ..................... €22,00
Italy: ........................€22,00
Roemania: ...............€26,00
Ireland: ....................€26,00
Rooms near the start:
We offer the possibility to book room(s) in a basic sports hotel at the lowest cost, for 1 or more days before or after the event.
The rooms are for 2 to 4 persons. They are also open for 1 person, but reservations for more than 1 person get priority.
The cost for a room occupied with 2 to 4 persons is 16 euro per person per day.
The cost for a room occupied by 1 person is 22 euro per day.
If enough rooms are booked, a breakfast will be available at 7 euro per person per day.
Contact me if you are interested in other/more dates.
The start:
Because we don't know what 2021 will bring (restricting wise) we will start in small groups at multiple start hours.
We offer the possibility to start with your friends.
You will not find the list of the participants of the event on the website but you can find them via this link: https://bordersofbelgium2020entries.weebly.com/riders.html
Please fill out the survey via this link: https://ww04.elbowspace.com/secure/20201024044223823322
Payments for the room can be made via the same account as the entry:
This is the payment info:
IBAN number: BE49 9791 6397 5471
BIC number: ARSP BE 22
Please, mention:
Rooms BOB 2020, your surname and name.
Bank name: Argenta Spaarbank (ASPA)
Account name: Rohnny Vanmarsenille
Account Address: 12 Godshuisstraat 9185 Wachtebeke Belgium
Don`t forget: your reservation is not complete without payment.
Please make your payment within 7 days
Kind regards,
Team BOB

I'm leaving my money in and if something happens and I'm free and it's not a ballache I might ride it. As it stands, I've donated an entry fee to an oganiser that had a large spanner thrown into the works so if it ends up paying for some peeps beers at the finish instead of mine, so be it.