Randonneurs (randos), use metric for distances; it'll make them feel like a longer ride: rando chat‽

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NO ITS FUCKING NOT

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Tetchy.

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http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4801:nj44wp.1.1

I didn’t see the word brevet registered to RUSA anywhere in there. :slight_smile:

I’m mostly rustling your jimmies, but only mostly.

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???

Of course it is.

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Fresh topic for me - just did my first 600 this weekend and it was. hard.

Short answer: listen to Mig and build up a bit

I have no idea what “elite road racer” means (you ride a plastic bike?), but the longest i’ve ever ridden is 300k last month (sanctioned!!!). I did a 200k ride with a buddy in June. I ride ~200km/week (including commutes). And apparently i’m the slowest guy here.

But I learned a lot about nutrition / hydration on 200k and 300k rides that helped on the 600

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someone is gonna post this, and I had the window to ACP open anyway…

http://www.audax-club-parisien.com/EN/312.html

Article 1 : Only the Audax Club Parisien has sanctioning worldwide authority for these events . The ACP registers all brevets. Each brevet receives a verification number. These are assigned chronologically based on time of receipt. The ACP has registered all brevets since their inception in 1921.

(I don’t actually care. HY for riding 200k!)

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Good job!!!

So, you have 40hrs to complete a 600. Let’s say you’re riding at pro speed of 35kmh avg - you could do 200k (~6hrs), rest for 8hrs, and repeat twice more. IF you could do that I’d be impressed for sure

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this is america

(I also don’t actually care, I’m in a jimmy-rustling mood.)

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Thanks, but my DayRuiner only gets to 45kmh downhill :slight_smile:

I need to look back over the ride and get my thoughts together, but there was never a time where I was more than 3 hours ahead of control closing. So I just ended up with little 30 minute naps. Many mistakes were made

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Jacques, i bet you are stronger than most veteran randos, but also more likely to make errors that cost a lot of time. if you go with someone who knows what to do you will be fine. If you go alone you may suffer more but youll also be fine.

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sample errors:

ran out of food, water, toobs
stupid mechanical because you didn’t check your bike well enough
got lost looking for the control
got cold because you didn’t understand how bad it is on your route at night

None of it is that complicated but you build up wisdom over time by suffering the consequences of your own mistakes. The old-timers are slow but they have a lot of this wisdom.

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I figure all sanctioned rides are to qualify you for PBP?

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You have to ride a sanctioned super Randonneur (2-3-4-600k) the year-of to qualify

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which is why I’m signed up to do a series in Tasmania at the end of February

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You can’t rando without accounting and geezers.

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Audax Australia is 1000-6-4-3-2k for 2019 :frowning:

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That series starts with the 1Mm ride, then backs down to a 200k?

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Yup yup

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O-kay. Too many people finishing a series, so AA is saying fuck you to everyone except the most deranged randonerds?

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lol

thanks for all the replies

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