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  • JJ Bean Coffee Shop at the end of the August 2026 200

    Close Call on the August 200

    By BC Randonneurs

    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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  • Birthday cake for Manfred

    Celebrating Manfred

    By Vanessa Cowley

    A shortened August Populaire to celebrate Manfred’s 85th

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  • Oliver Lake Rec site

    Not a Randonneur Event – BC Epic 1000 2026

    By Bob Goodison

    Its not a Randonneur event, but 1000km across southeast BC deserves inclusion.

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  • New criteria option for the BC-12 Award

    By Eric Fergusson

    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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  • Murray Tough on London Edinburgh London 2025

    London Edinburgh London

    By Murray Tough

    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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  • Decor

    Solstice Climber Permanent Brevet #179

    By Andrew Kadziola

    Andrew took on the challenging Permanent Brevet #179 “Solstice Climber”. Afterwards he sent in this snippet to Eric F. Permanents Coordinator: I have done the permanent 200km ride Solstice Climber [ed note – the triple mountain challenge] today. It took me 10 hours 47 minutes.This…

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  • Dara, Xiangzhou, Douglas, and Murray at the G'wsep gas station in Lytton

    Canyon des Lacs Clinton 1000

    By Dara Poon

    Leapfrogging each other over 1000 km

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  • Dara Poon at Alouette Lake South Beach

    Elfmerentocht 400

    By Dara Poon

    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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  • View across the Straight of Juan De Fuca

    All Around the Circle (pre-ride)

    By Murray Tough

    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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  • Riders at the start

    Interior 200: Ogopogo Trails

    By Barry Chase & Bob Koen

    Fourteen head to the interior to ride in the warm spring sunshine

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  • Permanent #243: Beaches Beer and Ferries

    By Barry Monaghan

    Barry does his first permanent in 15 months.

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  • Minutes 5 March 2026

    By Anna Bonga

    5 Mar 2026 In Attendance (via Google Meet): Mike Hagen Colin Fingler Anna Bonga Dara Poon Vincent Deslauriers Murray Tough Peter Stary Regrets: Deirdre Arscott Agenda Acceptance of agenda: 1st: Colin, 2nd: Mike: accepted Minutes:  Approval of Feb minutes: accepted: 1st: Colin; 2nd:  Anna: accepted…

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  • View south

    Sidney Veloce

    By Murray Tough

    How do you fit 300 km into a small area?

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  • Riding by the 9 O'Clock Gun, Stanley Park

    Coasts and Fjords 200 km

    By Murray Tough

    A grey spring day for a tour of Vancouver highlights

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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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