Audax, excelling in self isolation
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Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby cavebear2 » Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:48 pm
In summary, there's never been a better time to take part in AUDAX day brevets, once you get your head around the mental resilience required that is!
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby am50em » Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:12 pm
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby queequeg » Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:23 am
This weekend is supposed to be the Fleche Opperman 24-hour ride, though I am giving that a miss because I am not quite up to that level of crazy. At this stage I am the only one doing the permanent. I decided on an early pre-sunrise start so that I can be half done the 200km by breakfast time, enjoy a nice quiet coffee in solitude then finish the rest and be back home for lunch.
There were 8 of us doing the ride the weekend just gone (in the rain), but I spent around 90% of the ride solo.
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby cavebear2 » Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:04 am
Keep it up for the YRR - I've got 6 of them but can't see another year on the horizon for another. I'm doing a Petit Oppy of 250 km with a couple of like minded people. We only have to ride a maximum of 14 hours and sleep and eat the rest!queequeg wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:23 amI'm already registered for my 200km YRR ride this weekend. I'll be buggered if anyone tries to stop me.
This weekend is supposed to be the Fleche Opperman 24-hour ride, though I am giving that a miss because I am not quite up to that level of crazy. At this stage I am the only one doing the permanent. I decided on an early pre-sunrise start so that I can be half done the 200km by breakfast time, enjoy a nice quiet coffee in solitude then finish the rest and be back home for lunch.
There were 8 of us doing the ride the weekend just gone (in the rain), but I spent around 90% of the ride solo.
That's a Draconian measure taken in Spain - who thought it would be a good idea to ban recreational cycling???!!!
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby Calvin27 » Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:10 am
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby queequeg » Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:16 pm
There's usually multiple bakeries on these routes. Some riders take it as a challenge to see how many they can visit and still make the time cut for getting their ride homologated! I take the opposite approach and see how far I can go before having to stop. The weekend just gone was an exception because it was Gravel 150km BA and I was doing it purely for fun and not as part of my awards. Just as well, because it was awful roads, lots of rain and wind, and worse was only one food stop in the middle of nowhere (Colo Riverside, a surprisingly great spot to go, now added to my list when out that way!). A couple of the guys found a place in Lower Portland near the Ferry. It pays to ask a local apparently, because I certainly have never recalled seeing anything. Just realised it's because the cafe is on the waterfront, and I literally ride straight past it coming off the ferry.
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby rolandp » Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:19 pm
The above applies to all modes of transport.
It is about "flattening the curve". I'm not 100% sure enough is being done in Australia.
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby queequeg » Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:14 pm
I've seen Spain's argument that they have banned riding outside due to the risk of accident and needing a hospital. I find that rather amusing because they haven't asked people to stop driving, and that's the number one cause of trauma admissions to most hospitals worldwide (except maybe certain parts of the USA where it might be gunshot wounds).rolandp wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:19 pmThe challenge is when the ride is no longer "self isolation" and in worst case, requires hospitalisation where there may not be one available.
The above applies to all modes of transport.
It is about "flattening the curve". I'm not 100% sure enough is being done in Australia.
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
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Postby hamishm » Wed Mar 18, 2020 4:50 pm
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Sat Mar 21, 2020 12:51 am
And after a decade I am still waiting forlornly for my first co-rider sitting down at the same table at the mid-ride coffee stop.
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Re: Audax, excelling in self isolation
Postby fat and old » Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:17 am
Errr…...Spain banned recreational riding. Riding to the shops is ok. Spain also banned recreational driving. Driving to the shops is ok. May as well be accurate.queequeg wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:14 pmI've seen Spain's argument that they have banned riding outside due to the risk of accident and needing a hospital. I find that rather amusing because they haven't asked people to stop driving, and that's the number one cause of trauma admissions to most hospitals worldwide (except maybe certain parts of the USA where it might be gunshot wounds).rolandp wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:19 pmThe challenge is when the ride is no longer "self isolation" and in worst case, requires hospitalisation where there may not be one available.
The above applies to all modes of transport.
It is about "flattening the curve". I'm not 100% sure enough is being done in Australia.
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