[Closed] What's the difference between Audax and a Sportive?

You mean apart from the oft-quoted answer of
"Sportivers pretend they're racing, audaxers pretend they're not racing"

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"Sportivers pretend they're racing, audaxers pretend they're not racing"

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LOL - audaxers have a time in which they must finish but they cannot race and go too fast otherwise if too fast they will be disqualified 🙂

Sportives cost a lot, some / many people may now feel they are overpriced, sportives provide feed stops, of varying quality and quantity. Sportives have waymarked routes. Audaxes cheap, DIY feed stops, read a route card. Mudguards and beards now optional in Audaxes I think!

[i]What's the difference between Audax and a Sportive?[/i]

About £25.

Cyclosportives (sometimes spelled Cyclo Sportifs but correctly Cyclosportives, since the full name is randonnée cyclosportive and randonnée is a feminine noun in French) are long distance, organised, mass-participation cycling events typically held annually.

Audax UK co-ordinates most of the ultra-long distance rides in Britain. The point is to ride long distances at a measured pace. This involves cycling independently, and neither too quickly nor too slowly along a pre-determined route, without getting lost, tired, or demoralised. The fitness levels required are attainable by just about anyone: all of the problems in the sport are mental.

apart from cramp??? surely that is not mental but a physiological effect due to a lack of oxygen / energy supply to muscle

Sorry just a quick google search - Silly article here:

http://www.carnall.demon.co.uk/SR/audax_uk.htm

There's usually a mandatory kit list for audaxes
This usually includes Werther's Originals & a 1/4oz of best Shag

In an Audax you need to be able to read instructions on a route card and have about 7 quid for an entry .In a sportive you blindly follow an arrow and pay 25 quid + to enter

SPD SANDALS

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More beards and sandals on an audax 🙂

More seriously there's lots of information here: [url= http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=211.0 ]Yacf: What's an Audax?[/url]

The key difference is that a Sportive is more organised: signs, marshalls etc. wheeras an Audax has a greater emphasis on self reliance.

Audax's are great. Routes are generally very easy to follow and good fun as there is a mixed bunch of abilities. A cuppy stop makes these more sociable imo. Personally would rather pay £8 for an audax then £30 for a sportif thats usually less distance.