{"id":19868,"date":"2020-02-07T07:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T07:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/?page_id=19868"},"modified":"2020-02-07T07:20:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T07:20:42","slug":"colt-50-12-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.longrides.bike\/?page_id=19868","title":{"rendered":"Colt 50 – 12 January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was another perfect day in Audax FNQ.\u00a0 Another ride – another registration record.\u00a0 The Audax online registration system had been running hot with 151 registrations pounding through cyberspace.\u00a0 But it was nothing compared to the buzz of those same cyclists unloading mountain bikes and the stray gravel grinder in the main street of Tolga on a sleepy Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

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Our southern Audax colleagues often ask for insights into our “big ride preparations” in FNQ.\u00a0 \u00a0The “behind-the-scenes” preparations\u00a0 for this ride had been somewhat unorthodox.\u00a0 Several days before kick-off, petitions were still being made for access to new (ie: unformed) bits of track around Hastie Swamp (thanks Leasie).\u00a0 Across at the Barron River, the tireless SAOs (thanks Rex and Joe) had cleared scrub and balanced rocks in place to build a somewhat civilised river crossing.\u00a0 Just days before the ride, and with a written permit hot off the press (thanks Andrew), pleas were issued for help with slashing the newly approved path around Hastie Swamp.\u00a0 With Kim stuck in Brisbane and Gayle still to fly home to FNQ, neighbouring land-owners Amanda and James came to the rescue and a path was duly created (huge thanks – James and Amanda).\u00a0 OK – it was a bit rough – but that is all part of the charm of Audax FNQ.<\/p>\n