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London Edinburgh London
It’s Friday afternoon. LEL starts in just eight days. Our flight to London leaves tomorrow. I went for my last long ride and then started to disassemble my bike. The first thing I did was change gears to make removing the back wheel easy. That’s…
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Elfmerentocht 400
Dara’s pre-ride video explains the concept of the route and discusses some aspects of geography and history related to the eleven lakes on the circuit.
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All Around the Circle (pre-ride)
A 400 km is a long ride. I started with the line from Robert Frost’s poem in on my mind: And miles to go before I can sleep Aside from its length, the two things that stand out about this ride are the scenery and…
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Even webmasters take vacations
Just a note that I will be taking a break for most of May. Even though I did just buy myself a Brompton, this is a walking holiday and I’m not taking a computer. Please continue to send your wonderful ride reports to the newsletter…
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Interior 200: Ogopogo Trails
Fourteen head to the interior to ride in the warm spring sunshine
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New criteria option for the BC-12 Award
There are now two ways to qualify for the BC-12 Award. Option 1: A rider must complete 12 permanents or ACP sanctioned brevets (or flèche/trace) in a each of 12 consecutive months. The starting point can be in any month.[This is our current BC-12 criteria, and…
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Poco Grando
It was a perfect day on the PoCo Alouette 100k Grando (56k of gravel). Four riders went ahead and the other 11 stayed together for the entire ride. The two new riders among the larger group enjoyed the camaraderie and everyone enjoyed the beautiful scenery…
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2025 Flèche Pacifique
BC Randonneurs Annual Team Event Ride Dates: May 2–4, 2025 Design a route — build a team—join a team — come for brunch! There is still time to sign up for this unique competitive (sort of), FUN event — team entry deadline is Tuesday 22 April.…
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Take It Easy
Dave King rode the popular “Take It Easy” permanent on March 5. There’s some major construction on the route now. Riders might need to find alternate ways through. Here’s the scoop… [EF] Hi Eric, Control card attached. Alright…..route info. Well, the first I can think…
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Late Easy Spring Series
Lower Mainland’s Second 2025 Spring Brevet Series Ride Dates: May 17 – May 31 – June 14 – June 29 New for 2025 is the addition of a second Lower Mainland Spring Series of brevets. You might say a “Late Easy Spring Series”. Okay, but…
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Shuswap Shorelines
I had not really planned to ride it Thursday, but when I got up there was barely a trace of new snow and the forecast was dry for the rest of the day.
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