To keep this post from confusing some interested riders, I felt compelled to respond. Yes, challenging one's self by riding a longer distance than ever before can be one reason to get involved in randonneuring, but it is far from the only reason. If one can't appreciate beautiful scenery, friendly riding mates, and extremely thoughtful volunteers, this ride is certainly not appropriate. I believe there is a SFR 300k on August 28th that promises to satisfy those who consider 75 miles insignificant for a bike ride.
For the record, there was no mistake made with the offer of this 115K Populaire. There will be many riders who come out with a wide range of riding abilities and have a great time. I think there may even be some riders who've done 1200Ks who will still have a great time. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:42 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Clearly <7.5 hours for a 115k ride is not a big physical challenge for > > a typically experienced cyclist. > > > > That said, I do not think it is difficult to argue that a 200k is an > > impressive day's work, but those 200k rides are these Rando-folks' > > easy rides. > > For that reason, in my view the SFR are making a mistake in choosing > to offer a 115K Populaire, instead of a longer one. I'm probably in > the target group for randonneuring: I've done 200Ks, I've even done > 200 mile rides, though not in the last two decades. And I've always > been intrigued by the idea of randonneur rides. But why would I bother > to make my way to San Francisco just to ride 70 miles? I ride 70 miles > from my door every week or so; nothing special about that. I'd try a > longer Populaire, but 115K has no appeal. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
