Randonnuering Anyone?

I’ve mentioned the 2010 Randonnuerring season and semi local rides as possible activities. This post will address that in a brief way.

There is an old joke that goes like this. You can do three things on a bike; Have fun, go fast, carry a lot of stuff. Pick two. The idea of Randonnuering seems to be that you can negate that statement. Randonnuerring is all about self supported touring, usually with a time limit. So high speed, self supported touring. Going fast (kind of), while carrying a lot of stuff (sort of), and having fun doing it (usually).

There are many types of Randonnuering Events and activities. For a lot more information on the topic, please go to the official Randonnuers USA site at

http://www.rusa.org/index.html

It should be noted, there is a peculiarity about the scheduling of sanctioned brevets and other “Rando” events. Schedules of events are put together and submitted for approval in October. So each Regional Brevet Administrator, or RBA, will be able to post the events they are hosting in late October.

At this writing, there are two very decent series available to us. These are the Audax Atlanta series, hosted in the Atlanta and Augusta areas. Information on them is available at

http://www.audaxatlanta.com/

Likewise, there is a very nice series in the Gainesville, Florida area. For information on it, go to,

http://gainesvillecyclingclub.org/

Hope that gives you all something to think on and dream about.