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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Question for @audaxuk.bsky.social followers: What do you use for planning 200+km rides? About 10 yrs ago I paid for the Komoot global maps upgrade & have been very happy with it. But since the company was sold, the app & website have been messed about with in a bad way. I’m looking for alternatives.

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Graeme 🦋 @fatherhilarious.blog · 29/01/2026

So many UK cycling organisations are trying to encourage women to ride, and yet our Government and local councils are letting us down. It's ridiculous. @cyclinguk.bsky.social @audaxuk.bsky.social www.audax.uk/about-audax/...

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Women in Audax| Audax UK - The Long Distance Cyclists' Association

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Audax UK @audaxuk.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The 2025/26 Audax Season had started, and this year Audax UK turns 50 years old. To celebrate this, there are two special awards: * Fifty for 50 * Demi-fifty for 50 ... all points count towards your total. #audax #cycling #randonneur @cyclinguk.bsky.social

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PC @pcorfe.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Batcombe climb done…that was bonkers steep🤯🥵🤣 @audaxuk.bsky.social

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Owen @owenaudax.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Had a very enjoyable day out riding a 200km @audaxuk.bsky.social calendar ride in Yorkshire on Wednesday. Route through the moors was stunning, but some of the hills 😬😬

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Owen @owenaudax.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Mid week 50km ultra. Almost the end of the @audaxuk.bsky.social year. Still a few rides planned but it’s been a heck of a year

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Yesterday's @audaxuk.bsky.social ride nudged me over 10,000km for this year. On a map of the world, it'd look like this:

Google maps view, showing a representation of how far I've ridden. The 10,000km line stretches from the North Pole to the Equator.

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Look what arrived in the post today, @audaxuk.bsky.social ! 🤩

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PC @pcorfe.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Pace has picked up from Hay to here🚴🏼💨🥳👍 @audaxuk.bsky.social

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PC @pcorfe.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Job done👍 Headwinds from Hay made it very hard going💨💨🚴🏼👍 @audaxuk.bsky.social

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Owen @owenaudax.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Great Saturday riding the Essex R&R. 214km, 4 stops, 1 drenching, 11hrs elapsed. 05:00… now I go again on a 200km AAA diy @audaxuk.bsky.social

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Audax UK @audaxuk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

"London Edinburgh London 2025 must have been the best ‘cancelled’ ride in the history of cycling. Quickly relabeled “London Floris London”, it was a mass application of the principle that “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” #LEL25 #LEL2025 #Randonneur #Cycling #Audax #CyclingStories

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

👀 Coming this August… a new long-distance cycling route awaits! Expect stunning views, historic trails, charming villages, well-timed stops for coffee and cake. Filming location for Midsomer Murders, Vicar of Dibley & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang… 🎬 ⬇️ Can you guess where?

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Audax UK @audaxuk.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

The spirit of long distance cycling is audacious - chapeau to all whose adventures take them beyond the horizon. A calendar of events can be found here: www.audax.uk/choose-a-rid... #Cycling #Audax #Randonneur #AUK

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Calendar Events| Audax UK - The Long Distance Cyclists' Association

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Audax UK @audaxuk.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

ITV covered the LEL/Storm Floris situation: "ITV Border reporter caught up with Ian McBride as he reached the checkpoint at Brampton in Cumbria." #LEL25 #LEL2025 www.itv.com/news/border/...

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Jack Thurston @jackthurston.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Henri Desgrange, the founder of the Tour de France, dreamed of a race so challenging that only one rider would finish. Thanks to Storm Floris, this year's London-Edinburgh-London audax may attain this dubious accolade. #lel2025

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Sir Balthazar Wobbly @sirwobbly.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

It seems the event has officially been renamed. #LEL2025

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Graeme 🦋 @fatherhilarious.blog · 04/08/2025

As you cycle back, the peloton should grow in number... a party peloton on the return. That'd be awesome! 🎉🚴🎉🚴‍♀️🎉🥰

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Audax UK @audaxuk.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

UPDATE 19:30 MONDAY From tomorrow morning, we're asking you to start the Southward journey. The weather still looks challenging and we are not confident we can declare the northbound route safe. Our southbound controls will be open to welcome you and look after you. #LEL2025 #LEL25

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UPDATE 19:30 MONDAY

Continuing weather uncertainty means we have reached a decision point. We are inviting riders to join us on the Southern Route from tomorrow morning.

If you don't wish to follow the southern route now and decide to travel home now, please let your controller know.

London Edinburgh London attracts adventurous riders from around the world - thank you for being part of it.

Sadly, this year, the adventure is going to have to be a little briefer than before. From tomorrow morning, we're asking you to start the Southward journey from wherever you are. Our southbound controls will be open to welcome you and look after you. The weather still looks challenging and we are not confident we can declare the northbound route safe in time for the ride to continue to work for riders and the helpers who have made plans around the event. People have jobs to get back to and flights to catch.

By deciding to pull the plug now we can support the amazing people who ride with the amazing people who help. There will still be a challenging ride homeward. The flat lands of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire will provide a test for audacious souls and people will need to work together to get home.

Riders are being invited to stay until the morning in their current positions. This will give us time to reposition teams and materials to support you and ensure that you still have a great ride. In a couple of places we will need to bring in staff earlier than planned so we'll need to manage that.

If you decide to make your own way home, please help us by telling your control that you are going. That will help us with planning and organisation. We'll communicate more information later for people planning on heading south.

We're sorry that the weather has beaten us this time but rider safety is paramount and cannot be compromised. We're looking forward to you joining us again in the future. Thank you for your understanding, support and company.

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Go anywhere nice for that week off in August, Dave? Aye. I spent a few days at an austere retreat, where we took regular cold showers, ate experimental cuisine, and the beds were hard. Managed to top up my tan though. #LEL2025

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Graeme 🦋 @fatherhilarious.blog · 04/08/2025

None of this is breaking news to dot watchers - I've been crashed asleep since finishing my volunteering shifts. Looking at where tracked riders are paused: Hawick 7 Brampton 20 Mickleton 58 Richmond 258 Malton 144 Hessle 25 ..if this translates to all riders, Richmond could be chaos!

View of rider tracker page showing where tracked riders are waiting - as per main body skeet.

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Nick Rosenthal @nickrosenthal.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

London-Edinburgh-London update at 15:30 Monday MESSAGE TO RIDERS *** UPDATE MONDAY 1530 *** Thank you to everyone for their help, good humour and understanding whilst we pause LEL. We will keep the pause in place for at least another four hours and will update you all again at 1930. #LEL2025

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Dan Birchett @dbirchett.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Three night shifts done (all overtime). Now to get a few hours sleep, then dot watch for #LEL2025 & #TCR #TranscontinentalRace

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Beacon RCC @beaconrcc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

How's your Monday morning going? Whatever you're doing, spare a thought for the five Beacon riders who started the @audaxuk.bsky.social London-Edinburgh-London yesterday and are currently heading into the eye of a storm! #LEL2025

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Just crossed the Humber Bridge to Hessle. There is some serious #TypeTwoFun being had here tonight. #LEL2025

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Tony @onetwotony.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Final fettling done and time for bed. It was three years ago when @karlonsea.bsky.social talked me into (suggested) this, now it’s just half a day away. Bonne route everyone. #LEL2025

A loaded red bicycle a hotel room with L E L rider plate A B 20.

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Peter Harper @peterharperuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Start. London is rather nice on a weekend morning #lel2025

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Kakesu @kakesu.org · 03/08/2025

Just saw @kellewatts.bsky.social off at the start line for #LEL2025!

A group of cyclists sets off from the LEL 2025 start line in Writtle, UK.

A woman in cycling kit wearing a yellow hi-vis vest stands behind her bike, loaded with multiple bags of gear, while a man in an orange hi-vis vest holds a pink light saber behind her head.

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LEL Essex @lelessex.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

#LEL25 is underway! Some 1700 riders are on the road by now, and a handful have already reached Louth. We'll see them on their return south, hopefully without too much trouble from #StormFloris #LEL2025

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Sir Balthazar Wobbly @sirwobbly.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Well, the Guv'nor is ready and fully laden. #LEL2025

Pashley Guv'nor bicycle with Careadice bag

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Audax UK @audaxuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

And they're all off! Thousands of cyclists adventuring to Edinburgh and back in 5 days nonstop. Awesome. #LEL25

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Graeme 🦋 @fatherhilarious.blog · 02/08/2025

Volunteering at this event has been a privilege... I'll be at the start line to shepherd all the cyclists off in groups from 3am to 4pm on Sunday. #DayOff #ClergyWhoCycle

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Audax UK @audaxuk.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Bon courage! To all #LEL2025 cyclists leaving the London area on Sunday: have a great ride, keep pedaling, we're cheering you all on! Only 1500km to go! #LEL25 Live rider tracking here: londonedinburghlondon.com

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London Edinburgh London 2025

Britain's greatest cycle challenge. Ride from London to Edinburgh and back in five days. 3-8 August 2025

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Sir Balthazar Wobbly @sirwobbly.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

A mountain of drop-bags!! #LEL2025

Interior of a large marquee with large piles of coloured cloth bags

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Sir Balthazar Wobbly @sirwobbly.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

When riders ask "can I charge my phone?" ... #LEL2025

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Dan Deakins @dandeakins.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

And just like that, it's tomorrow... #LEL2025

Rider number and brevet card for London Edinburgh London 2025

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KelleWatts (She/her/ella) @kellewatts.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I've registered and given them my bag drop contents with Storm Floris changes. I've procured caffeine/glucose pills. I've packed my bags and am finishing charging "all the things." Tomorrow at 8:30 London time you'll be able to look me up (search for Kelley) at track.trail.live/event/LEL2025 #LEL25

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Track Trail – Next Generation GPS Tracking

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KelleWatts (She/her/ella) @kellewatts.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Went out with Wild Card for a final test of the loaded rig. Total weight with full bottles: Nearly 43 lbs. It's really getting real - I even moved my rear light so it's slightly to the right since I'm going to be riding nearly 1,000 miles on the left side of the road. #LEL2025 #LookRight #LEL25

Smiling woman wearing cycling clothes holding a red and orange road bike in front of her. The bike is sporting a lot of bags in the back and front.

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KelleWatts (She/her/ella) @kellewatts.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Thanks for the clarification! I'd switched to using just 25 since that's what the official signage seems to be saying (such as in my pic below).

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Sir Balthazar Wobbly @sirwobbly.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

For some reason #LEL2025 feels more real now...

Pashley Guvnor with a couple of drinks bottles

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Sir Balthazar Wobbly @sirwobbly.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

So everyone here gets a name badge with an indication of what they're doing. E.g. "volunteer", "caterer", "cleaner", etc. Pleased and somewhat humbled to see my badge... #LEL2025

Lanyard and name badge saying "Wobbly, legend"

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Sir Balthazar Wobbly @sirwobbly.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I was used as the guinea pig for rider registration for #LEL2025. So, not only have I registered, I am the first of 2,500 riders to do so. Bl**dy h*ll. I've actually registered. No backing out now...

LEL cycling cap and bike tag with my rider number

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Audax UK @audaxuk.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Waves hello at @cyclinguk.bsky.social ... with over 2700 long distance cyclists registered for this event, we're hoping Cycling UK members might keep their eyes peeled, and cheer them along the route! 🎉🚴‍♀️🚴🎉

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