JennyB
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That's a big 4-day Audax cycle ride through Cork and Kerry next summer, and I am so tempted! I emailed expressing an interest, and the organisers seem happy to have me take part. 8)
Here's what's involved:
Audax is all about self-suffiency. There are no support vehicles so you have to do your own and find your own food (and in my case, charging points) along the way. It's not a race, so there are no prizes for finishing in a fast time, but the faster you go the more time you have for tea and cake - and sleep. :wink: . Some riders may spend twelve hours in the saddle on the longest days, others more than twenty.
Say you budget 16 hours a day travelling: that means an average speed of 12 and a half miles an hour. I think that's just about possible with my present kit. The only problem is that I'd need to spend the entire remaining 8 hours connected to a socket!
How fast you can go depends entirely on how fast you can charge. The ideal for me would be a battery that could supply 600 watt hours between stops and a charger that could fill it again in a hour, all in one neat package that I could just plug in and forget it until it was time to leave. I'd mount it on the bars, so I'm wondering if there was some way I could wire in the Cycleanalyst to record incoming charge? :?
The longest, steepest climb on the course is the Conor Pass; only 5.7%, but continuously at that for seven km. Will my MiniMight motor be able to handle that (I'm trying for an all-up weight under 115 kg)? I know from Justin simulator that an Ezee or a BMC Torque would be ideal, but I don't want to get anything heavier if I don't need it.
Here's what's involved:
Audax is all about self-suffiency. There are no support vehicles so you have to do your own and find your own food (and in my case, charging points) along the way. It's not a race, so there are no prizes for finishing in a fast time, but the faster you go the more time you have for tea and cake - and sleep. :wink: . Some riders may spend twelve hours in the saddle on the longest days, others more than twenty.
Say you budget 16 hours a day travelling: that means an average speed of 12 and a half miles an hour. I think that's just about possible with my present kit. The only problem is that I'd need to spend the entire remaining 8 hours connected to a socket!
How fast you can go depends entirely on how fast you can charge. The ideal for me would be a battery that could supply 600 watt hours between stops and a charger that could fill it again in a hour, all in one neat package that I could just plug in and forget it until it was time to leave. I'd mount it on the bars, so I'm wondering if there was some way I could wire in the Cycleanalyst to record incoming charge? :?
The longest, steepest climb on the course is the Conor Pass; only 5.7%, but continuously at that for seven km. Will my MiniMight motor be able to handle that (I'm trying for an all-up weight under 115 kg)? I know from Justin simulator that an Ezee or a BMC Torque would be ideal, but I don't want to get anything heavier if I don't need it.