I believe there are a total of ten 200k brevets this year set up by the four local clubs (SF, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Davis), all of which could be considered an "introduction" for those riders capable. Four of them are still coming up. Each of those four clubs offered longer rides (300, 400 and 600) for even more ambitious (cocky) riders who feel the 200k is also not an adequate introductory distance. Santa Cruz still has all of these to run in the coming months including a 200k on July 24th.
What doesn't happen very often is a shorter distance populaire. This will be the second year SFR has put one on, free for both years. Before last year there hasn't been one since Santa Rosa put one on it 2006, also free. Coincidentally that ride was my introduction to the sport, and a mighty fine introduction. Of course every brevet I've ridden has been on a Rivendell. Tom On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com>wrote: > I see. SFR is putting on a nice 75 mile bike ride for people who feel > like riding a beautiful 75 mile bike ride. Nothing wrong with that, > and undoubtedly the people who ride this will have an great time. I > hope everyone on this list who participates will enjoy themselves; I > know I would if I rode it. But what is the point of "introduc[ing] > riders to the sport of randonneuring" if they are not targeting riders > who would actually be interested in randonneuring? Lee says it's a > kind of recruitment event, and I say if it were longer, it would be > better for recruiting. > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Thomas Haggerty <tdhagge...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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. > > -- > -- 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.
