Audax rides

I've pulled the S-Works off the rack, dusted it, put the 404s back on and will be towing a sexy singlespeeder around a 100k DIY tomorrow. Interesting times..

There's a 100AAA badge? Is there a list for that too?

One season.

Yeah, there is an list for 200AAA in a season too.
No badge for that though, so I think it must be a bit rubbish.😉

It's doable on fixed as both the AAA and ride points count towards it, geared it would be very hard to reach 100 AAA without riding an absolute shit load!

I mean I casually say it's doable, but it is clearly ridiculously hard doing all those AAA rides on fixed!!!!

Strava says I rode the Brimstone with the winner.

Well yeah, that's what I figured but I want to know if there's a list like RRtY.

That's kinda what I do though. I'd probably have to get more organised with rides. :)

I still need to sort out a longer frame to replace the Condor fixed.

10 lumpy Welsh 600s...

Only the AAApoints count towards the AAA.
The ride points do count towards FWC though, 1pt for each complete 100km.
GMC for example was 7.5FWC, but only(!) 4.5AAA.
Surrey Hills perm (aside from being bloody beautiful at the top of Leith hill last Spring) is 1AAA, but 0FWC.

Yes, there is.
You have to notify the AAA man, as it's not automatically flagged and he adds you I think.
(I assume that 200AAA points is not something that would fly under the radar though!)

Oh really, fucking hell mind blown. I don't know how you would get to 100 AAA points, I'm not even sure I could manage 100 points around normal life!

I'm aiming for 70ish points this year and will be pleased if I'm still married next October!

Coolio. Not looking at all likely at the moment unless the missus gets some gears or I start actually training again. Looks like she might be getting a Specialised Diverge, something I was looking at last year, but in women's geo. Then we can go hill crushing ;)

Another hundo done with the missus. I should take the SWorks out more often. Next one will be a century then maybe a 200k. Should have a geared bike for her by then though.

So cool that Mal's doing these now. Next thing you know, she'll start posting here. No, wait, it's probably been her behind this 'hippy' sock puppet all along. :)

I've got the wife's full blessing.....for now.
Ground rules are basically, only Sunday's for calendars, no birthdays etc and ideally not more than 1 a week.
(I only get 1 Sunday in 3, but I've just had a week off so today was an exception)
There's not many 100 rides I can do that will get me over the line with this criteria.
At 3.5pts per ride, it's only 2 and a bit AWE and MH per month, but obviously there will be calendars too. (Did someone say Shark 2018?)
We're even having a week oop north to ride the Tan Hill!
Oh, and a weekend away for Valley of the Rocks.
I really did strike gold.
Now if I can just persuade her to get a tandem......

You going for 70 points points or AAA points.
70points points is surely harder? (In the squeezing them all in sense?)

Good work both. Am now feeling like very crap, having done nothing this weekend except fix mudguards (sorted) try and install rivnuts (massive fail), eat crisps (10/10), cook pastry-based dinners (11/10) and read lfgss threads today. Now watching Hammer film on tv. Sighs

I'm aiming for 70 points, will be about 40 AAA if all goes to plan.

One a week is a great agreement, I mainly do one a month on weekends, and then squeeze in as many as possible wherever I can with lieu days etc.

I do ride every week but try to keep to shorter rides. I've got a 100k AAA DIY that I plan to ride after work a few times this year to try creep over 50 AAA points.

I really like this now. Like pac man.

Just sorted mine out. Initial upload shows I have a couple of 5x5's now but just planned a gentle local 30km ride (covering much stuff I know I've ridden before, just never recorded/uploaded) to get me up to 8x8. Might help get me out a bit more and discover some new stuff.

Funnily enough I've covered a lot of ground (but not enough for a noteworthy block) around the Henham/Ugley and Henley-on-Thames areas due to the Audaxes I've done; although they're a bit far away to be able to nip out to on my day off and tick off some unvisited blocks.

I don't know how you would get to 100 AAA points, I'm not even sure I could manage 100 points around normal life!

There was great frothing discussion about the AAA points record over at yacf a few years ago, with people worried that the AAA record would be taken by someone doing lots of short rides instead of rewarding those that do long hilly rides.

Someone presented a plan of a DIY 50 (although it was a bit over distance, maybe 65km) in the Surrey Hills that was 1AAA. Short enough to be ridden two or three times a week before or after work and that's 3AAA/week before you even think of a weekend ride. Not particularly audacious, especially if you live close enough to lessen the impact on life.

50 AUK points was more than enough for me (even before children). I think my highest since has been 27 (which was a bare minimum of 5 rides: an SR and PBP in 2011) and most years now it is just 4 points!

I don't have GPX records of anything prior to mid-2013 which is a shame. There were plenty of nice long rides on there criss-crossing Wales and the Midlands. I was on 18x18 where I used to live, but the changes to the tolerance on proximity to the squares knocked me back to 11x11. Has taken me 6 months to get up to 12x12 around my new house. I've filled in most of the patch between Bristol, the Cotswold edge and the Severn - now I need to either buy a canoe or get into the hillier bits to the NE.

2 AUK points, 184.25 AAAs: http://www.aukweb.net/results/archive/2012/listride/?Rider=5841

I was thinking about this on the weekend - are there any rides close to west London that would let me boost my AAA total if I try and get 100 points?

Missed the boat on October's RRtY start but then I realised if I race TABR I won't be able to do it anyway!

What is the AAA record?

Fix mudguards = remove mudguards.