I am not sure I could identify the actual issue at hand.
I think it's that non-audax events might be "sportives" which some audax people have a weird tribal/aesthetic aversion to. Even though in practice in UK terms (ignoring closed road events) sportives are pretty much indistinguishable from audaxes except you get handed a gel at a "feed stop" rather than a slice of cake at a "control".
I think it's that non-audax events might be "sportives" which some audax people have a weird tribal/aesthetic aversion to. Even though in practice in UK terms (ignoring closed road events) sportives are pretty much indistinguishable from audaxes except you get handed a gel at a "feed stop" rather than a slice of cake at a "control".