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What does audax means?
daring
Audax can mean daring in two senses: courageous, spirited and foolhardy, presumptuous, rash.
Where does the word Audax come from?
Via French from Italian (apparently originally with reference to a ride from Rome to Naples first held in 1897), from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold, daring’ (see audacious).
What does Audax mean in cycling?
Audax is a series of non-competitive cycling rides that are popular with many Cycling UK members. Participants attempt to cycle long distances within set time limits, with success measured by completion rather than speed.
What is Audax movement?
Audax is a cycling sport in which participants attempt to cycle long distances within a pre-defined time limit. Audax is a non-competitive sport: success in an event is measured by its completion.
What speed is audax?
In most cases, riders have to maintain a minimum speed of 15km/h (some particularly long or hilly rides have a slightly lower minimum speed) and importantly a maximum speed of 30km/h. That’s a little under 10mph and 20mph in Imperial measures.
How far is an audax ride?
The classic distances for Audax UK events are 200, 300, 400 and 600km, and each rider carries a “brevet”, a card on which stamps are collected at control points to prove that the ride has been completed.
What do I need for an audax?
The eagle logo of this event eventually becoming the AUK logo. Nowadays, to qualify for PBP, Audax members have to complete a 200km, 300km, 400km and a 600km ride during January – June of one year.
What does audax mean in cycling?
How does an audax work?
What are audax bikes?
For the purposes of buying a bike our definition of an audax/randonneur bike is a road bike with drop handlebars, a comfortable steel frame, which will take maudguards and a lightweight pannier rack if required as well as clearance for 700 x 25 tyres.
What is the Latin name for wisdom?
The word sapience is derived from the Latin sapientia, meaning “wisdom”.