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  • Bob Goodison's bike at a Petro Canada station

    S F K Clockwise

    By Bob Goodison

    I rode the Sorrento Kamloops Falkland clockwise on November 2. I took the fast bike (1985ish Concorde I paid $36 for) just for something different. I ran into icy road shoulders between Chase and Monte Creek, then had a few mechanicals on Barnhartvale

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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 […]

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  • View of lake

    Squaam Bay

    By Bob Goodison

    I finished the Squaam Bay permanent in 9:31. I moved the start to my house, which should have shortened it, but the 4-laning of Hwy 1 at Pritchard means that the Pritchard Store- control # 2- is now off route. Total distance was 213.6km.

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  • Comox 200

    Comox Valley 200

    By Rob Nygren

    Yes, another very scenic video from Rob.

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  • At the start of the brevet on August 9: Dave King with Chris Cullum, Andrew Rapier, Nigel Press, Paul van Wersch, and Dara Poon.

    Lillooet Swingset Loop

    By Andrew Hartline

    The Lillooet loop presents itself clearly to a Vancouver-area cyclist looking for interesting places to ride. It is a very obvious loop because its upper section, the Duffey Lake Road, is the only paved route north of Highway 7 from the Sea to Sky Corridor…

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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 […]

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  • A photo of the new website

    New Website!

    By Étienne Hossack

    We’ve silently launched a new website. This has been the culmination of just over a year’s work, and we hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much to the team: Deirdre, […]

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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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  • Melting snow waterfall

    Shuswap Shorelines

    By Bob Goodison

    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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  • Invitation to the Island Randonneurs Spring Social in Victoria

    By BC Randonneurs

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  • sunrise

    Cove N Spit

    By Murray Tough

    This brevet was super cool, and check out these pumpkins

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  • 2025 AGM at Coast Tsawwassen Inn

    Annual General Meeting 2025

    By Eric Fergusson

    21 members attended the 2025 Brunch and AGM in person at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn, and another 7 attended using GoogleMeet. The meeting was emceed by outgoing club President Mike […]

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  • Courtenay 200

    By Gary Baker

    What a ride, what a route! I have ridden literally dozens and dozens of different 200 km brevets and the Courtenay 200 rates as one of the very best routes […]

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  • Start of the 2001 Cache Creek 600

    Audax Japan — 20th Anniversary

    By Mike Hagen

    Warmest congratulations to Audax Japan on this important milestone. Back in June 2001, the BC Randonneurs played a part in the development of Audax Japan. An entourage of six representatives […]

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  • East Coast Renfrew

    By Bob Koen

    “If you aren’t living on the edge then you are taking up too much space”— Steven Hunt I seem to have gotten a reputation for living on the edge with […]

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  • Poco Grando 2025

    Poco Grando

    By Deirdre Arscott

    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 […]

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  • 2025 Flèche Pacifique

    By Colin Fingler

    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 […]

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