I cleaned my audax bike yesterday. Later in the week, I'll put new outer tyres on, and new brake pads. The routesheet has arrived and I have downloaded the route onto the GPS. And so I am getting geared up to launch into the new audax season.
Last year's Willy Warmer took me 11 hours. I am not going to try and beat that. Instead, this time, I'm going to take the opportunity to take photos. I'd still like to get around in 12 hours, then I could be home by 8:30PM. Of course, we also have to bear in mind the current road conditions which no doubt would slow us down. I reckon I am a bit fitter than this time last year, despite not doing the Poor Student. The Poor Student brevet card arrived today - so that is a ride I can do any time before end of February. I am eyeing up the weekend of 6/7th for that, but am going to play it by ear; see what develops on the YACF forum.
This is the route: Route. Starting in Chalfont St Peter, to Pangbourne, Hungerford, Kingsclere and back to Chalfont St Peter (anti-clockwise).
Here is the elevation profile, taken from bikely.com
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We hebben nauwkeurig je rit van 23 jan bekeken. Peip zegt dat er veel "berg op, berg neer" tussen zitten en dat het zal lastig zijn.
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Meim en Peip
Here , it will rain on saterday and it will be chilly, windy and misty, hopefully you'll escape from this all by riding north.But be prepared for the worst: double soks and gloves, glasses to protect the eyes,a scarf to protect chin and mouth,an extra jacket, a bonnet under your helmet to keep head and ears warm, hot drinks and extra energybars, a loaded self phone and a couple of nice pubs by the way... !! Bye, good luck with the new tyres and fresh breakes!
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