Audax for the first time.

[@DannyHollis]

Roy and Amy in the same video. What a good day!

[@RideWithRoy]

😀😀😀

[@pezzie1972]

Strong ride there Roy, kudos! Looked a lovely day and you met one of my inspirational women, namely Amy ❤

[@amy.cycling.adventures]

Great to meet you!! Glad you enjoyed your first Audax! Hopefully see you on another one soon!

[@RideWithRoy]

It was great to meet you too, Amy. Just as well I saw you before the start as you flashed by in the blink of an eye once we started 😀

[@englishcyclist]

Loved that AUDAX and wonderful to finally meet you Roy. Puncture wise I think I've had my share for this year.

[@rogerbodger]

It's been suggested to me by a few people that I should try an Audax, whilst broadly agreeing I just haven't got around to it yet. Seeing this gives me another reason to make 2024 the year that I lose my Audax virginity.

[@RideWithRoy]

I’ve been the same, Roger. If it wasn’t for Bruce suggesting I join him I doubt I would have got around to it. I was highly impressed with how friendly and welcoming everybody was and no sign of any massive egos on display.

[@Blades-fm6ck]

Great video and very useful insight for someone like me who's yet to do their first Audax. Cheers

[@RideWithRoy]

Thanks. I enjoyed it so much I’m about to book on some for this year. I would say don’t hesitate, get your name down 😀

[@dionspot]

Well done Roy, good vid mate 👍

[@Hjd10]

Roy I’ve been waiting for your review of this ride as I did it as well. You’ve shown how great the day was! I wish the start and finish were closer to the countryside. 😉 We all held our breath on the road where they were cutting the hedges! I’m pleased the crashed rider is on the mend.

[@robduncan599]

Thanks for bringing us a fabulous cycling adventure video.

[@Der.Radwanderer]

nice audax ride - great job 😀

[@vivianmavros2963]

Well done Roy you made it look easy thanks for sharing

[@ON8EI]

Great video, lovely to see the trike. You sound like a BBC Radio 4 voice. Great stuff. Well done. JD.

[@markharrington9090]

Good video. As you mentioned on Thomas's vid pacing is everything although this one was higher than what you would get on a 200km. I'm what you can call a full value rider, i made it back with 15mins to spare. Great to have met you.

[@RideWithRoy]

It was good to meet you too, Mark.

[@GaryPerlmutter]

Thanks Roy, I now know what an Audax is! Great video as always and great music choice too.

[@johnthebiker300]

Really enjoyed that.

[@scotturban4376]

That was terrific Roy. Thanks for posting.

[@paule4]

Great video of this event Roy. I'm wondering whether to attempt it this year. It's quite a bit beyond my normal distances though - a 100km one would really be better, but I do like the look of this route...

[@RideWithRoy]

@@paule4 thanks, Paul. There is no pressure to do it in the time allowed or complete it at all. The only thing necessary is to let the organiser know if you are going to be late or abandon. If you check out the route and find some shorter alternatives, in case you can’t make it, the pressure on you will be reduced. The fact that you are considering it suggests that you can push yourself further, and if you can put in some 100k training rides beforehand that should see you achieve this one. As you saw in the video, they are all friendly participants who look out for each other. I’ve since completed the Lincoln Imp Audax, which was shorter but cold and wet at times, but the experience was just as good. Please let us know if you do it.

[@LakeDistrictcyclist]

Well done Roy hoping to do one next summer 😊

[@jiji1946]

very different 'feel' to your usual videos Roy, but interesting indeed. the Maltesers Rocky Road wasn't nearly as gruesome as I had expected from your mentioning it a while ago....

[@colinwellman9480]

Well done, I'm glad you enjoyed it. With your interest in cycling I was surprised it was a first for you. I've watched various You tubers who filmed their ride at the Paris Brest Paris Audax. Absolutely mental but I have great respect for anyone even attempting it. Do you think you'll do others, maybe not the PBP😀 Thanks for sharing the video.

[@RideWithRoy]

Definitely NOT, PBP 😀 I’ll certainly do another but not more than 100 miles.

[@LLewis-vu9qf]

Fascinating video, Roy. You were working hard riding under the gun, so to speak. More pressure when you have a time limit; a bit different from taking rides with Wendy and not having to be somewhere within a specific time. But you obviously had a good time. Yes, I noticed the chap riding the trike. He sure made good time; got quite a bit of speed out of his 3 wheels. 😊 I'd love to be able to ride faster than I do. But I'm constantly having to pull over for cars or slow/stop at Stop signs or red lights. Makes it difficult to maintain a constant speed. Do you by chance know why he was on a trike? I certainly hope he wasn't the rider in the ambulance. Whoever it was, I really hope he/she wasn't seriously injured. You talked to one of the riders who sustained a puncture. I too have just experienced my first EVER flat! I was just getting ready to ride late Sunday afternoon and noticed my front wheel didn't want to roll. Looked down and it was flat as a pancake, not a smidgen of air in that tube. 😮 Someone Up There is looking out for me as it didn't happen on the road. 🤞 Enjoy good autumn riding; it'll be cold soon. 🥶

[@RideWithRoy]

No, it wasn’t the trike rider. I think he was riding the trike because he enjoyed it, not out of necessity. It was a great day, but faster than I’d normally do 100 miles with climbing. You’ve done well to only be having your first puncture, let’s hope it’s the last for a while. It’s the season when farmers cut the hedges here and leave Hawthorne all over the road. On one stretch a hedge was being cut as we passed, so that was a worrying few minutes 😀

[@L4Y_SP]

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