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Coffeeneuring Patch Design Reveal and Challenge Extension! - We’re riding into the sunset of the Coffeeneuring Challenge, but in the interest of making most of this year’s edition, the Coffeeneuring Challenge Committ...
1 day ago
The Daily Randonneur

Coffeeneuring 2024 No. 7: Pluma coffee - This year’s Coffeenering Challenge theme of small wins felt especially poignant today. Mary and I rode what I call the “Hyattsville loop” for the first tim...
1 day ago
PA Randonneurs Message Board

Hollywood Hot Dog 200K Ride Report - *Preliminary results for the Hollywood Hot Dog 200K brevet are posted on the website. Please review the results and inform the RBA of any necessary corre...
1 week ago
To Be a Puddle

Bethlehem 2024 - "Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending." Henry W. Longfellow It always has a tinge of sadness, these last few rides before t...
1 month ago
The Utah Randonneur

Harvest Century, 2024 - I don’t do many long rides anymore but I still enjoy riding my bikes at smaller events in good locations. The Harvest Century is one that is close to home ...
1 month ago
Jchernekoff's Blog

Reviving the Dream of a Cross Country Ride - The best thing about my Ohio/West Virginia trip is that I completed it, more or less as planned, and that this positive result has re-energized my dream of...
2 months ago
commuterDude

More Than Just Sunrise Photos - What I've Learned from Riding to-and-from work for 40 straight workdays - The last few years have been an interesting journey for me. The short story - *LOL uh, if you've ever read my posts before, you know that's a loaded stat...
3 months ago
Keith Snyder

The Pedal Turns the Crank: Scribble breakthrough! - I’m so excited about this! (I know, everybody says that about their Kickstarter project, but I’ve got the excitement chemicals speeding around my system EV...
8 months ago
Rob Hawks / 449 km / No. Calif.

Where is Rob? - Every four years, the Audax Club Parisien (ACP) will hold their Paris-Brest-Paris (or PBP) Randonneur event. There has been an amateur version of PBP si...
1 year ago
Kent's Bike Blog

Talbot’s Syndrome - You made a mistake when you stole my bike. You are probably wondering how I tracked you down, where all this blood came from, and why there’s a severed d...
1 year ago
Lynne's Mostly-Cycling Blog

Warping Back to Front, for PHG Workshop - Herewith follows a short pictorial on warping a loom back to front, up to just before threading. The loom is a Leclerc Dorothy, quietized by replacing the ...
1 year ago
Colorado Last Chance 1200k Randonnée

Last Chance 2022 photos - *Riders at the 4:00 am start, Louisville, CO* *John Lee Ellis, Osvaldo Colavin, Charlie Martin, Man-Fai Tam -- all members of the RUSA Web Team -- at ev...
1 year ago
Rando Richard

Ptarmigan Traverse - This past July (the 18th–22nd, 2022), myself, my brother Karl Stum, his daughter Corrie Bahr and grandson Aaron Anderson (Natalie Anderson’s son) completed...
2 years ago
Mark's Rando Notes

Danube Road Randonneur - A 1400 kilometer brevet in Romania with less than 7000 meters of climbing would be a walk in the park (or a stroll along the Danube). Or so I thought. ...
2 years ago
Bikerdude's World

Routes for 8/16/22 - Wind is forecasted out of the ENE, so we don't have many good options to take us that direction. Routes will take us towards West Jefferson, then back up a...
2 years ago
Tom's Rando Report

Colorado High Country 1200km Randonnee July 2011 - Colorado High Country 1200km Randonnee July 2011 Randonnée is a long trip on a prescribed route by foot or bicycle. Randonneur: A hard-riding enthusiast who...
3 years ago
It's about the bike

Wet, wet, wet. - I'm back commuting, so my morning routine involves me waking up and checking the rain radar. Adverse weather isn't a big deal if you're prepared for it....
4 years ago
Desert Rivers Region Randonneurs

Where's DRR Gone? - DRR is on-hold for now and no longer exists as a distinct RUSA region. With the pandemic, other commitments, and lack of volunteers, we decided to mothba...
4 years ago
GreatDane

NOAA 50th anniverary - Nice booklet from NOAA about their 50 year history out today!
4 years ago
Bruce's Bike Blog

Been Awhile, Gentle Readers of This Blog - Hi everybody. I have not been blogging for awhile now... Just not inspired to write and that's all. I hope to revive the blog soon cuz I have stuff to...
4 years ago
The Kramer Blog

The Big Lebowski 2012 - Dude, the year is 2020! Go here instead! https://randobiker.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-big-lebowski-2020.html
4 years ago
DC Randonneurs

Transition to New Club Website - On December 18, the club board voted to migrate the DC Randonneurs’ web site to a new platform managed by Michele Brougher, an experienced web architect an...
4 years ago
Biking around NC

Ridge of the Rockies - Seeley Lake to Kalispell MT - Our final day for this tour - 93 miles from Seeley Lake to Kalispell. It was cold and clear this morning, and myself and about a dozen other riders had to...
5 years ago
The Hudson Valley Randonneur

Back in the Saddle on the Cranbury 200K - The climb back to event fitness has been slower than I imagined following my total hip replacement in October 2018. For planning purposes, I naively assu...
5 years ago
irrelevance

the other kind of destructiveness - A recent discussion on The War On Cars addressed an inevitable comparison: Which is more destructive? Cars or guns? A recent study showed that guns are now...
5 years ago
JV's Cycling Blog

Double chainrings finally practical for fast bents? 12s, XD drive, and super-compact 2x. - Of all the bikes out there, fast recumbents need the widest gear range of all. We go faster on flats and downhills than any other platform, but we can not...
5 years ago
The Adventures of RandoBoy

Break - This was the original program: 10 FOR X=1 to 3 20 DO HURRICANE RIDGE 30 NEXT X 40 END For my non-nerd friends, that just means that RandoGirl and I drove t...
6 years ago
RANDO MONTANA

Castle Mountains 300K Brevet - The 200K out of Missoula and the 300K out of Livingston are history. Both tremendous successes. We had 11 riders start and finish the 200 and 6 riders star...
6 years ago
Frontage Roads

All Terrain Bicycle Tour? - Found this book in my stash on Sunday. It’s from ‘79 originally, but my copy is a reprint from ‘99. Cracked me up to see the route for All Terrain Bicycle ...
6 years ago
The DrCodfish Chronicles

- Season of Plenty We feed birds, intentionally, and sometimes unintentionally. I notice now that most of the regular visitors, the chickadees, the Goldfin...
7 years ago
ChesapeakeSailor

I'm back - It's been much too long. But I've finally gotten back on to my bike with some regularity. In no smal part this is thanks to my friend and ride partner Ch...
7 years ago
Mellow yellow

Luna Bars - For Women Only? - The question I'm often asked by riders new to longer events is what do you eat? How do you get enough calories to sustain your body for all day and mult...
7 years ago
Velo Touriste

Adapting Paul Thumbie shifter brackets to Nitto handlebars - While setting up a road bike recently for a friend who needed a riser stem set-up, I wanted to mount thumb shifters on top of Nitto B-135 handlebars. Nitto...
7 years ago
Desert Bicycling Notes

Tri City Loop 103k - This permnant populaire (RUSA Approval Pending) starts/ends in Columbia Point Park. There is plenty of public parking, restrooms and a water fountain at th...
8 years ago
Bunnyhawk - Design and Illustration

A Beholden Purpose - *Brennan Stasiewicz is a Brooklyn and Stockholm based filmmaker who has made numerous short films that profile an eclectic mix of personalities, ranging ...
8 years ago
Saint Louis Randonneuring

- After 11 years of organizing the brevets for the great St. Louis Missouri area I have retired as Regional Brevet Administrator. I want to thank every ride...
8 years ago
Cyclerdood

a quick plea for beloved friends - those of you in this area know of the horrible crash that occurred on feb 20, when Mike, Lynn, Joel, and Chris were mowed down by the reckless and totally ...
8 years ago
mile43 : Jon Muellner

Northern India Himalaya Cycle Tour - Have been enjoying a lot of good hiking, snowshoeing, skiing and winter camping in the Winter 2015-16, but am still remembering last fall's bicycle adventu...
8 years ago
rändo adagio

Coffeeneuring Challenge 2015 - My coffeeneuring exploits for 2015 felt low key relative to previous years. Not too much social interaction, only one beverage with high end latte art, and...
8 years ago
Subterranean Homesick Randonneur Blues

Coffeeneuring 2015. Ballroom Blitz Edition. - Bonus Ballroom Blitz Ride. Sweet! Let's Goooo! While very happy to complete another round of coffeeneuring this year, Mark Thomas and I decided to go ...
9 years ago
Cycling as Metaphor

2015 Coffeeneuring Challenge #1 - This year I decided at the last minute to participate in the Coffeeneuring Challenge – where cyclists visit 7 or more “coffee shops” (or tea, or cider, or ...
9 years ago
Me, My Bike and I

Ride to Defeat ALS - Wayland, MA - Let me start this ride report by saying that it was an honor to ride for and help raise money and awareness for ALS. Reminding myself what I was riding fo...
9 years ago
sagittandy

Burning Man 2015 - *This is my long and rambling trip report for Burning Man 2015. * *This assumes the reader knows some burner lingo...* *Click on photos to enlarge. But b...
9 years ago
Doc on a bike

Colonial Parkway 207k permanent - This route looked to have so much potential. It uses a familiar segment of the Surry-Smithfield populaire for about 40 miles each way of the start/finish ...
9 years ago
SF Cyclotouring

Adusting an Oxy/Propane Torch Flame - Just found this good description at http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?260681-Oxy-propane-neutral-flame&s=befe41b455db6bd0a0d81000b461b614&p=2599701#post2...
9 years ago
Spokesong

Rajasthani Nights - Oh! Mharo Rajasthan Does it matter day or night Use the third eye for sight Feel me, hold me I pine for your embrace I came from far to see your face Give ...
9 years ago
The Surly Randonneur

Sat Feb 7 2014 Day Tour - Santee to San Clemente - I'm taking a break from brevets this season with this year being a PBP year. So, About once a month I'm packing up for a day tour with no route sheet and...
9 years ago
enduring beyond the limit

- *Eureka 1000k – A self-supported ride on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (June 14-16, 2014)* There comes a time when you want to find solitude in your ...
10 years ago
TimC's Truckin Rando Blog

The Mile Failte 1200K, Ireland - What does "MF" really stand for? - Wow, what an experience! Since I started this blog a few years ago, when I was working towards the Shenandoah 1200K, and then a few entries this year after...
10 years ago
Keep Rolling

A short afternoon ride - San Francisco here we come. An afternoon start with 38 miles *from* Bremerton to south end of hood canal. Big clouds, sunshine, and many colors of roads...
10 years ago
RandoNoodling

Sea to Sky 200k - The rains have come to the northwest and a close to the end of the regular randonneuring season. This was another year of milestones for me: Endless Mounta...
11 years ago
Green Hornet Randoing

I Visited Heaven Today - I visited Heaven today. It was closed. The road was long, but the time too short. A canopy of green, a blessing of shade. The rolling leaf crackles. The grou...
11 years ago
Endless Mountains 1240k

Ride Reports - *Victor Urvantsev and Kate Marshall's: **"...We met volunteers, Judd and his wife, at the next control, and he mentioned “a climb” on the upcoming section...
11 years ago
Ralph's Ozark Bike Blog

Central Iowa 400K - Dan Pfaff and I hit the road again Friday afternoon, July 12, for the last round of Central Iowa brevets in Ames. There were 20 riders for the 06:00 start...
11 years ago
The Boothby Chronicles

Donald's Pie Dough Recipe - I know you all want it, so I am going to share it. of course, until you learn to feel the dough, it's not going to work anyway; but this will certainly get...
11 years ago
whats next?

Usery Ridge Line Loop - *What*: Usery Mountain Ridge Line Loop *Where*: Usery Mountain Regional Park (Mesa Arizona) *When*: Dec 20, 2010 *Who*: Solo Hike *Why*: Tired of th...
11 years ago
My Rando adventures.

Coffeeneuring! - Thanks Mary, for organizing this. I had fun scoping out coffee shops that I wanted to go visit by bike, and missed out two that I wanted to go to, but didn...
12 years ago
Randonneur Apprentice

On the Roadside Again - Le 1000 du Sud 2012, September 5 - 8 Willie Nelson certainly did not think of randonneuring when he sang "And I can't wait to get on the road again." ...
12 years ago
Tidewater Randonneur

Why Do You Ride - It's weeks from the 40th edition of RAGBRAI. I'm having fun preparing for the adventure which has the potential to turn into a sequel for Plans, Trains and...
12 years ago
ranDanneuring

Crush the Commonwealth 2012 - Short version DNF (mental) in Bedford, after approximately 230 miles. No significant physical or mechanical problems, no failures in packing or preparation...
12 years ago
Biking With Brad

30 Days of Biking: April 19-23rd Cliff Notes - April 19th: Rode to work as usual and in the morning took the kids to of all places, the Aquarium. Miles: 26. April 20th: Picked up a kid's friend, V and ...
12 years ago
Randonneuring by John Jost

A Near Perfect Day - When was the last time you had a near perfect ride? Mine was Saturday March 31. The ride, a 200 kilometer, 127 mile event know as a brevet started in Edwar...
12 years ago
The Orangecomo Adventures

Death Valley - March 2012 - [image: by orangecomo] , a photo by orangecomo on Flickr. So for the first time since Paris Brest Paris 2007 the Orangecomo was packed up for a trip. I sig...
12 years ago
cycling in seattle

North Bend Crit 2012 - The last few weeks of racing have been fun, and good training too. Two Sequims (both had crashes - and they say Mason is dangerous?!), neither race went a...
12 years ago
Alaska Randonneurs

2012 Ride Calendar - Winter Bikefest just ended, the Iditarod Trail Invitational riders started this afternoon, and the dogs run next Saturday. All this and so much more m...
12 years ago
Crescent City Randonneurs

200K - Saturday 1/7/2012 - Our first brevet of the year will be held next Saturday 1/7. We will be pushing off from the parking lot in Audubon Zoo at 7 AM and will be riding the Poncha...
12 years ago
Paul's biking and stuff blog

Mt. Lemmon 200k Brevet - I did the Mt. Lemmon 200K Brevet Saturday. It was another great ride. I rode slow since as you know I have not had time to train this fall. It has bee...
13 years ago
Magnolia Randonneur

The March to 2012 - Well, it is time to start getting serious again. I have been playing around far to long without a plan. I just finished my "long" ride of the year and n...
13 years ago
If I Had A Bike Blog...

The Elephant Cometh - I got a shiny new toy the other day in the form of a new Elephant cyclocross bike. Go ahead, take a second and admire. I'll wait. Glen (the man behind...
13 years ago
The Curious Randonneur

Abondoned, yet Honored - In case you hadn't seen the results, I abandoned after Carhais on the return to Paris, unable to get my feet/shins/ankles to carry me down the roads. Mor...
13 years ago
Permanent Clydesdale

The Wipeout (a late update for my non-FB friends) - Just wait for it. It really does happen, and it will make you cringe...
13 years ago
formerly floyd speaks

I Have To Admit, It's Getting Better - It's 6:30 on a cold and damp Saturday morning in February in Newberg, Oregon. The forecast is for rain and temperatures in the mid-40s. And there are at...
13 years ago
Cycles J Bryant

SIR's Great, Just Great. - The Seattle Randonneurs are blessed with, in my opinion, two great attributes that contribute to make it one of the best and biggest Randonneuring club in ...
13 years ago
Adrian Hands

Dr. E. B. Hands - My father's grandfather, Dr. Edgar B. Hands, was a wheelman! Start of 2-mile Open, Castalian Springs MS in May late 1800s [image: Posted by Picasa]
13 years ago
Tripieper Tales and Travels

Soaking Up the Sun - The in-laws wanted to spend time in Death Valley for their 50th Wedding Anniversary. In late October who am I to argue? The family enjoying the sun at Furn...
14 years ago
randonneurextra

Right hook - Well it finally happened -- I was hit a week or so ago (Sunday, Oct. 17). After 10's of thousands of miles over the last decade or so, the odds were no lon...
14 years ago
RUSA Blogs

USA (alphabetically by state) - - National http://k-hounds.blogspot.com/ - AL Alabama - AK Alaska http://www.alaskarandonneurs.org/ http://bankingtime.wordpress.com/...
14 years ago
Bike Fizxzit

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Jud's Rando Training Blog

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Treadly and Me

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1200km

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Ride reports from the Arizona brevets.

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Friday, November 16, 2007

Why bikers like riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway

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