audax/ˈɔː.dæks/EtymologyFrom Latin audāx, via Italian.nounA non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.“[…] the self-acknowledged stereotype of the audaxer as a socially awkward middle-aged man, […] carefully avoiding eye contact as a volunteer serves him his cup of tea and plate of baked beans in one of the draughty village halls that typically host audax controls.”