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Made it round in sub 15hrs 30mins. Toughest ride I've ever done. The mountain road to Tregaron is unrelenting. My 24x32 bottom gear was a god send. A welcome westerly provided some assistance back over to Rhayader, with some good speeds reached even on my steel frame brute. Controls were excellent. ...

Transporter 200km Audax - 2 November 2013 Ride Time 8hr 35 Total Time 9hr 50 Controls Usk (Nag's head PH) Sennybridge (Service Station Cafe) plus three info controls Route Three sections of very differing character. First section goes through Cardiff, along the Taff, past the Millennium Stadium and...

Droitwich - Lechlade 212km Audax Ride time 8hr 35 Total time 9hr 15 Controls Cheltenham (garage stop) Lechlade (cafe stop) Tewkesbury (garage stop) plus three info controls Route Rough figure-of-eight route which goes down through Worcester and the Severn Vale to Cheltenham before crossing the Cots...

Northern Dales 200km Audax 8th Sept Actual time 9hr 45 Ride time 8hr 15 Controls Leyburn Kirby Stephen Plus two info controls 3 AAA points The route Starting out from Arnside Youth Hostel the route cuts east towards Ingleton, then heads towards Hawes passing the impressive Ribblehead Viaduct of the...

Cheers for organising a great day out Phil, and also for leading the pack for the vast majority of the day.

The Cateye was showing 225 miles by the time I got back to my place, so I'm well pleased with that.

Time to sort out all those receipts and get the ride validated by Audax.

Fleet Moss Audax - 212km - 3.25AAA - 3,290m of ascent Ride time 10.5 hours. Controls: Claughton GHQ Slaidburn Barbon (Info Control) Dent Hawes (Info Control) Gargrave Claughton GHQ The Route: An excellent 200km Audax. First leg through the Trough of Bowland to Slaidburn. Then over the Tatham Fells ...

Count me in - 6am start from the Black Horse plenty early enough!