> I thought a big part of the "introduction" was to the rules, brevet cards, > controles, > basically everything that differentiates randonneuring from centuries or > other long rides.
One (of many no doubt) thing I will never understand about my fellow human beings is why they want to take something as exhilaratingly free as riding a bike and tie it down with rules, cards, controles. Don't we get enough of this every where else we turn? I realize I am in a clear and decided minority on this point! On Jul 14, 3:36 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 13:10 -0700, Anne Paulson 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. > > Maybe, but aren't populaires traditionally 100km? I thought a big part > of the "introduction" was to the rules, brevet cards, controles, > basically everything that differentiates randonneuring from centuries or > other long rides. -- 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.
