Membership matters

Caroline Fenton, AUK Membership Secretary

As events have started up again, it is very pleasing to see an increase in the rate of new members joining, and also lapsed members coming back. We now have 700 more members than on 1st January, still lower than at this time last year but starting to catch up. The new Stripe payment option for using a credit or debit card seems to be proving popular and so far has been very reliable, which is good news for me and the finance director. We are again offering discount codes for those who enter an event as a non-member and then decide to join Audax UK, so effectively refunding their supplement. It’s our “try before you buy”, although it’s quite OK to claim the discount before riding, just the entry is sufficient! Some organisers have codes to supply to their riders, but if not, I can deal with this directly. If you know anyone who has entered as a non-member, please do make them aware of this offer. I know we mention it from time to time, but it’s worth talking about household membership. A member can add other people from their household (a term we are now all rather too familiar with from Covid restrictions, but in AUK’s case we just define it as “sharing an address”) for just £6 per year. The household members get the full benefits of membership, except for their own Arrivee copy. It’s easy to add them on line now and if you have a few years’ to run on your membership, you can still sign up your household members for just one year if you aren’t sure whether they will enjoy it. Since the last magazine, I’ve had a few taking up the offer of some back copies for extra reading material. Stocks are now limited, so if you do want any please contact me asap. You can also read our back copies on line at audax.uk/join-us/arrivée-magazine/. I would like to say “see you all on the road soon” but given our geographical diversity and the fact that I have only entered one event (so far… ) it’s more a figure of speech than reality.

2021 KW Audax Rides Schedule, lockdown conditions permitting…

The KW Audax Chapter is planning monthly rides from March through to October, building up to an epic flagship new 1,000 km event in July down to Land’s End and back, please click the ride links for further details and how to enter: • Sat 12 Jun – Wander Wye 600km • Wed 7 Jul – London – Land’s End – London 1,000km • Sun 15 Aug – Rowlands Ramble 200km • Sat 11 Sep – Fifth Continent 300 km to celebrate 100 years of audax! • Sun 3 Oct – Brace of Bramleys 200 km