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Randonneuring Juan Pablo de Lima Costa Salazar Finger Lakes Cycling Club - Spring Clinic
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Introduction What is randonneuring? Types of event Types of randonneuring Organizations Premier Randonées
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Equipment Bicycle Auxiliary equipment Gallery
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Strategy
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Useful resources
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What is randonneuring? Types of event Types of randonneuring Organizations Premier Randonées
Randonneuring is all about riding long distances and being self-sufficient
Randonneuring is organized event with contrôles (check points), each with opening and closing times rides are typically 200 km, 300 km, 400 km, 600 km or 1200 km in length no support allowed in between contrôles camaraderie self-sufficiency endurance determination Randonneuring is NOT a race!
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What is randonneuring? Types of event Types of randonneuring Organizations Premier Randonées
There are a variety of rides
A brevet is a long distance event of at least 200km. A Flèche is a team event consisting of 3 to 5 machines, 24h in duration and 360km in length. At least three members must finish together. A permanent is a type brevet ridden alone or in a small group at a time and date of choice. All standard brevet regulations apply. A populaire is a shorter event (often 100 km or 150 km), also with contrôles and time limits, used primarily for training purposes and to introduce new riders to the sport.
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allure libre Self-paced, long distance cycling. Each rider is free to go as fast or as slow as desired, so long the time limits of the brevet are observed. audax A steady pace is set by a road captain, who is in charge of a group of teammates. The pace is typically 22 km/h (14 mph) between stops. Audax groups ride 16-20 hours per day until they reach their pre-arranged sleeping points.
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These are the organizations that regulate randonneuring in the US and abroad Audax Club Parisien (ACP) was founded in 1904 to promote the audax style of randonneuring, becomming a allure libre randonneuring club in 1921. ACP grants approval for and registers the results from every allure libre brevet around the world. Randonneurs Mondiaux (RM) was created by ACP in 1983 to serve as an umbrella organization of the national randonneuring leagues. Its primary functions are to organize foreign participation in Paris-Brest-Paris and other 1200 km brevets, encourage the exchange of information of interest to randonneurs and reward clubs’ and individuals’ participation in long distance events with various medals and trophies. Randonneurs USA (RUSA) is the national randonneuring organization for the US, created in 1998. RUSA oversees and coordinates all regional brevet series. RUSA collects and sends all American brevet results to France for processing and registration, as well as dispersing French randonneuring medals and awards to American riders at the end of each season via their Regional Brevet Administrator (RBA). Regional randonneuring organizations such as : Central and Western New York Randonneuring, PA Randonneurs, DC Randonneurs, etc. Juan PLC Salazar, Finger Lakes Cycling Club - Spring Clinic
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What is randonneuring? Types of event Types of randonneuring Organizations Premier Randonées
In order to qualify for these one must complete a Super-Randonneur Series: 200 km, 300 km, 400 km and 600 km brevets
Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) 1200 km London-Edinburgh-London (LEL) 1400 km Boston-Montreal-Boston (BMB) 1200 km – discontinued 1001 Miglia Italia (1600 km) Colorado Last Chance 1200 km Gold Rush Randonée (GRR) 1200 km Shenandoah 1200 km Rocky Mountains 1200 km Endless Mountains 1240 km Cascade 1200k km
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Bicycle Auxiliary equipment Gallery
The most important is bicycle fit, not type of bicycle
Some recommendations from a successful randonneur (Bill Bryant) Handlebars are usually set a bit higher than what is common in road racing. Find a comfortable saddle. Forget about how it looks. Look for lightness without compromising reliability. The geometry of the bike should provide stability. Keep your bicycle well maintained. Use old-fashioned and reliable 32 or 36 spoke wheels. Use fenders!
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Randonneuring is about self-sufficiency Items you should have for a brevet spare tire and tubes spare spokes (e.g. FiberFix replacement spokes) head and tail lights (powered by either batteries or a generator hub) multi-tool patch kit pump or CO2 cartridges zip-ties water bottles food electrolytes pen ziplock bags cue-clip or other device to secure your cue-sheet Juan PLC Salazar, Finger Lakes Cycling Club - Spring Clinic
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Cannondale Touring
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Surly Long Haul
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Rivendell Rambouillet
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Surly Cross Check
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Merlin Extra Light
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Rivendell Atlantis
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Bianchi L’una
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Trek 5.2 Madone
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Viner
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Fuji Team RC
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Litespeed Classic
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Before the brevet
Increase your mileage incrementally. Be an all-weather rider (in a brevet you don’t get to choose). Use weekends to ride brevet distances. Test all equipment on long rides before the brevet. See adversity as an opportunity to learn. Experiment eating strategies and observe how your body reacts. Never shy from hills. Read ride reports from other randonneurs. This is extremely useful!
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During the brevet
Do not push too hard at the beginning. Many DNF’s come from very fast riders who pushed too hard too early. Be efficient at contrôles. 0 mph is a lot less than 10 mph. Ride at your own pace. Find liked-pace riders. Learn from more experienced randonneurs. This is a friendly community and people share knowledge. Eat and drink every few miles. Many randonneurs keep small pieces of energy bars within reach for constant fueling. Enjoy the ride! There are many other tips for multi-day events, but all the above applies irrespective of distance.
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The best resources I found are
Randonneurs USA www.rusa.org BC Randonneurs Cycling Club (Comprehensive information on PBP) www.randonneurs.bc.ca Google group “randon” http://groups.google.com/group/randon?hl=en The Daily Randonneur (great blog) http://thedailyrandonneur.wordpress.com Cycloblogger (my blog, a good source of ride reports) http://www.cycloblogger.info
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Day 2 morning Villaines-la-Juhel contrôle
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Moving along...
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Corlay, night 3
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Loudeac contrôle at 3am. Can you find your bicycle?
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Loudeac contrôle - inside
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Lending a helping hand
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Nap time
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Support from the locals - leaving Brest
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