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  • Agricultural skyline

    Vancouver-Vancouver-Vancouver

    By Murray Tough

    If you don’t like the landscape you are riding through—keep going—there is a new one just around the corner. Vancouver-Vancouver-Vancouver. As the name suggests, we started in the city. An early start allowed us to make good time with very little traffic. We passed through…

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  • Decor

    DNF on TCH in H2O on the LM Summer 600

    By Eric Fergusson

    Rain and staples combine for a dramatic 600 for Eric.

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  • Eric's Bike at finish - JJ Bean

    Close Call on the August 200

    By Eric Fergusson

    At 41st and Ontario, Eric had exactly 10 minutes to the time limit….

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  • The view in Courtenay

    VI-1000 Pre-ride

    By Murray Tough

    Murray joins organizer Gord on a gorgeous pre-ride of the Vancouver Island 1000

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  • Train against fields

    Lower Mainland Early Bird 200

    By Murray Tough

    It was a clear, calm…and crisp start

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  • Four happy cyclists

    LM Early Bird 200 km

    By Alex Troy

    Great route, great group of riders, would definitely ride again!

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  • Clean up crew

    Spring Social

    By Vanessa Cowley

    On Saturday, March 7, about 20 people or so, casseroles and home baking in hand, arrived at Mike and Anna’s front door to enjoy some good company and a few laughs. Members from across the decades including a few new faces swapped tales and caught…

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  • LM Populaire riders

    LM Pre-Season Populaire

    By Deirdre Arscott

    Riders enjoyed fantastic conditions on an early season 100 km Populaire

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  • Screenshots of the old and new websites

    New Website!

    By BCR Website Development Team

    We have launched the new club website — the culmination of just over a year’s work! Design goals Our old website has served us well for decades, but needed to be redeveloped for the needs of 2026 and beyond. Among our goals are: A common…

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  • Decor

    Over to the Light Side…

    By Eric Fergusson

    How I was Seduced by the Light Side of the Perma Force

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  • Farmstrong

    Lance Farmstrong

    By Bob Goodison

    Permanent Brevet #252, 203 km

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  • Karen Smith Perma Light 15 Jan 26

    Perma Light Bridal Falls

    By Karen Smith

    Perma Light #248, 103 km

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  • Shuswap Shorelines

    Shuswap Shorelines

    By Bob Goodison

    Permanent #221, 200 km

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  • Clarifying the rules for rides

    By Dara Poon, for the BC Randonneurs directors

    For greater clarity, the BC Randonneurs club is revising the rules for rides… by “eliminating” them! It has always been the case that ACP-sanctioned brevets are governed by the ACP’s rules, as per the club’s ACP partnership agreement. The old club website’s twelve rules, while…

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  • Minutes 5 Feb 2026

    By Anna Bonga

    In Attendance (via Google Meet): Mike Hagen (chair for Murray) Colin Fingler Anna Bonga Deirdre Arscott Dara Poon Vincent Deslauriers Regrets: Murray Tough Peter Stary Agenda Acceptance of agenda: 1st: Colin, 2nd: Dara: accepted Minutes Approval of Jan minutes: accepted: 1st: Colin; 2nd: Deirdre Presidents…

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  • Melissa riding her bike

    Remembering Melissa Haynes

    By Kim Anderson, Elizabeth Haynes, Jessie Haynes, Jocelyn Lyman, and Leslie Haynes

    Obituary by her sisters and friend

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