But Anne, there are no special barriers to entering the 200k and 300k events. They are cheap to free as well, so you can consider those your 'Populaire' intro to rando rides. Your 'entry level' just happens to be a level or three higher than most of us.
On Jul 13, 8:37 pm, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:42 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Clearly <7.5 hours for a 115k ride is not a big physical challenge for > > a typically experienced cyclist. > > > That said, I do not think it is difficult to argue that a 200k is an > > impressive day's work, but those 200k rides are these Rando-folks' > > easy rides. > > For that reason, in my view the SFR are making a mistake in choosing > to offer a 115K Populaire, instead of a longer one. I'm probably in > the target group for randonneuring: I've done 200Ks, I've even done > 200 mile rides, though not in the last two decades. And I've always > been intrigued by the idea of randonneur rides. But why would I bother > to make my way to San Francisco just to ride 70 miles? I ride 70 miles > from my door every week or so; nothing special about that. I'd try a > longer Populaire, but 115K has no appeal. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
