Who’s up for a bit of dot watching? This weekend’s Wang Wahine 1200 kicks off on Friday in Victoria 🐰🥚 This is a comprehensive tour of North Eastern Victoria following tried, true, and fully tested courses. A cunningly devised ride of progressively shorter loops out of Wangaratta. Ride well!!

How Did You Spend Your Saturday ? 🤔 Big Al Rides Once More 200km permanent. Repost @peterocallaghan ~ ~ ~ @audaxoz #perment @tailfincycling #aeropack @cervelo #aspero #rideallday #ridewithmates #iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

Hard to pick a favourite pic from this bunch. Do yourself a favour and go ride it for yourself 🙌🏻 ・・・ Repost @joelwckeenan ・・・ Another rad day riding in a relatively unexplored area for me. Audax: Run to Rudds pub 200km. From Highfields to Rudds pub in Nobby and back. Quietest road I’ve experienced in a long time and not to much climbing. It’s amazing riding up in the Toowoomba region. Worth my 3:50am alarm. ~ ~ ~ #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

Oppy Oppy Oppy! ・・・ Repost @juanitabii ・・・ The Audax “Oppy” or, TrOppy as we call it in FNQ, was on again at the weekend. We had the usual suspects lining up for more punishment – Captain Chris Upite, Nathan Sciani, yours truly, our support superstar Lauren Erickson plus 2 new additions – Keith Fearon and Melanie Burrowes. We started our ride at Crystal Creek, which is just outside Townsville, on Saturday 19th March at 7.00 am sharp. We arrived at our first stop in Ingham for coffee when disaster struck! Nathan’s Di2 shat itself leaving him in only one gear. This called for an adjustment to our pace to accommodate the fact that Nathan would now be riding a fixie. Despite this little hiccup we soldiered on like disciplined troopers. We got into Cardwell for lunch as midday approached and the mercury began to rise. We were throwing back the liquids like kids at schoolies week and at our next stop at Tully a bag of ice for our water bottles (and other places) was a god send. As midday turned to afternoon our route took us off the Bruce highway on the back roads as we reached Innisfail at dusk. With all our supplies topped up again, night lights and high vis gear on we braced ourselves for the long haul in the dark. Tired and weary we rolled into Babinda around 10:00 pm an hour behind schedule after a “little detour”. After some dinner and spirits lifted we powered through Gordonvale then finally reaching Palm Cove in a zombie state at 1.00 am Sunday morning for a 2 hour nap. We left Palm Cove at 5 am sharp and carved up the scenic route to Port Douglas in the dark. We arrived with smiles from ear to ear and 30 minutes before the 7 am deadline. TrOppy 2022 completed! 415km with 14.40 hours moving time and 23:34 hours elapsed time. Thanks to Captain Chris who planned our ride with meticulous precision, to Lauren who made this ride possible by serving as our lifeline and the rest of the crew, Nathan, Keith and Mel who made this fun-filled experience an incredible one and so worthwhile. I’m ready to sign up for next year! 😝 ~ ~ #iamaudax #oppy2022 #theoppy #flecheopperman #theoppy24hr #audaxoz #teamtimetrial #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

💛💛 Gippy Gold 💛💛 ・・・ Repost @taxidermy_paw ・・・ A Saturday doing the @audaxoz #Gippygold is always special. Breakfast supplied @_kneadfulthings to power us up the first climb to an almost full moon & the colours of a waking Gippsland. The cloud cleared to blue skies & the crosswinds were occasionally ok! 🤣. Saw some great examples of people helping & encouraging others to make it through the day ❤️. Thanks for the company Robbie H & @veeds1 ☕️💙 ~ ~ ~ @melbournerandonneur #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet #gravel #gravelbike

Raise your hands if you ♥️ perms!! 📝 Permanents are audax routes that may be ridden on any date, usually by individual riders or small groups. They are unsupported, and cannot be used for PBP qualification or any other award validated by ACP. ・・・ Repost @simlovescycling ・・・ I have added 3 new rides to the Audax Permament register 🙌 1. Carrum to Warburton return 200km Gravel / sealed 2. Carrum to Warburto, 1 way 100km, both using bike track / rail trail for the whole ride. Gravel/ Sealed. Great ride from the sea to the mountains and no cars to worry about (except for road crossings) 3. Sheep station 103km Basin to Gembrook return. Hilly Road ride with 5km rail trail. Lovely ride through the Dandenong Ranges Check out the perments register for the routes. ~ ~ ~ #audaxgravel #audaxpermanent100 #audaxpermanent200 #audaxpermanent #audaxvictoria #audaxaustralia #audaxbike #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

😍 How good does this look!! Have you done the corkscrew? Comment below on what that climb is like! 📷 by DF • • • Could not have picked a better morning for the start of the Audax SA Corkscrew Climber 200km. Glorious! ~ ~ ~ #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

Wise words. ・・・ Repost @rusa64 ・・・ Just ‘cause it isn’t easy, doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. ~ ~ ~ #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

ʀɪᴅᴇ ʀᴇᴘᴏʀᴛ – ᴄᴏᴏᴛᴀ ᴄᴀᴘᴇʀꜱ – ᴄᴏᴏᴛᴀᴍᴜɴᴅʀᴀ 600ʙʀᴍ By @daveriddel It was a temperate, predawn start from the Cootamundra ex-serviceman’s club for the group which included 200, 300 and 600BRM riders. Rain was forecast after midday, when most of us would be near Wagga, so there was encouragement to make use of the light tailwind from the start south to Gundagai before the rolling hills west towards Wagga. For the 300s and 600s, it was lunch at North Wagga (136kms) with the weather threatening to turn. Only minutes back on the road, and the deluge began! Fortunately, the road was fine, traffic and surface wise, through to the rain stopping. It was relatively flat for the next 100kms though to Coolamon (220kms) for the four 600BRMers, allowing the clothing to begin to dry, and spare time to be generated. A few hours sleep, and with the knowledge of the largest hills of the ride to come before the next control, all four were off in the predawn dark. We met up briefly at a high point overlooking Harden at just before 8am – 14 hours for the 210kms remaining. By about 1:30pm, the four 600BRMers were again in occasional contact, but the unforecast appearance of the sun, together with the 120kms stretch with no services, was taking its toll. The last 30 kms into the increasing headwind, climbing over a series of hills to Temora was probably the most fatiguing of the ride. All riders completed comfortably between 1.5 to 3 hours ahead of the 10pm, 40 hours deadline. ~ ~ ~ #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

Happy International Women’s Day all. Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias. ~ ~ ~ #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet #iwd2022

Riding Audax in 2022 be like 🙌🏻 ・・・ Repost @peterocallaghan ・・・ Another Great Day On The Pedals @audaxoz Struck Gold 150km ~ ~ ~ #mixedterrain #backroadsgravel @croydoncycleworks @tailfincycling @redwhite.cc @masakacyclingclub #ridingwithmates #outandabout #outsideisfree #notbeachroad #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

We love goooooold ⭐️ ・・・ Repost @radrishi ・・・ Thanks to everyone who braved the weather report and came out for @audaxoz #struckgold2022 today! We had a mix bag of weather, wind, sun, rain, MUD, lots of smiles, many mechanicals, but it was so good to see so many people out having a great time on their bikes. Thanks for coming!!! ~ ~ ~ #audax #brevet #mixedterrain #gravelbike #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

Who else is a fan of off-road terrain? ・・・ Repost @daveriddel ・・・ Big day – 100kms Brevet Dirt. Blackberries, overgrown tracks, lots of rocks (had to suture a sidewall slash), lots of climbing, lots of snakes(scared away by the time I passed),and great company. ~ ~ ~ #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet

What are… flankles? Throwback post 🟡 Swipe ⬅️ for more. ・・・ @surgeonabike showing off the ultimate accessory in endurance cycling, #flankles (Not chain ring tattoos). Four nights of driving back and forth looking for riders has me convinced: flankles made riders more visible. Being low, dipped car headlights picked these up first. The movement helped. ~ ~ ~ #Iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet #flankles #beseen

Some days we Audax harder than others. • NB: No models were hurt in the making of this photo. ~ ~ ~ #iamaudax #superrandonneur #randonneur #randonnée #audaxoz #endurancecycling #ultraendurance #cycling #ridebikes #ridemore #ridefar #brevet #flankles #highvis #reflectiveclothing