Randonneur Links

Randonneuring - unsupported, timed, long-distance cycling - is a wonderful way to explore the world around you! Beyond the obvious physical requirements of riding for over 24 hours, these rides are also a test of the mind. (and sometimes stomach!)

See RUSA's site to get signed up with them.

Rides ranging from 200km (124 mi) up to 600km (372 mi), and 1200km.

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Seattle rando links

• Seattle Randonneurs - local group riding under the auspices of RUSA & ACP. Also known as "SIR"
• SIR's rider expectations - what is expected/required of all randos
• Local Passes w/ webcams - Yes, you can cycle over all of these mountain passes! (during the Summer of course)

• Snoqualmie - 3022 feet, 921 meters
• Stevens - 4061 feet, 1238 meters
• Blewett - 4102 feet, 1250 meters
• Cayuse - 4675 feet, 1425 meters
• White - 4500 feet, 1372 meters
• All local passes

Climbing White Pass in 2009: (link)

General Rando links & blogs

• Bicycle Quarterly -  Jan Heine's publication covering the latest (and sometimes classic) rando gear
• Daily Randonneur - East Coast rando blog
• Mark's Rando Notes - Mark Thomas, ex-pres of RUSA, prez of SiR, accomplished rando
• Google Randon Group - listserv for all things rando

PBP Info - First run in 1891, Paris-Brest-Paris is the oldest running bicycle event. The premier 1200km brevet, held every four years. (2007, 2011, 2015,...)

• Official PBP site - official PBP page
• PBP on Wikipedia - good general info/history
• RUSA's PBP page
• Jan Heine's "The View From the Front" - article from Bicycle Quarterly about Jan's experience as the fastest North American at PBP in 2007. Pelotons, attacks, getting dropped - but it's not a race!

Ultra links - "ultra" cycling is the term for rides over 200 miles. The rides below are not "brevets", but are instead supported rides with larger groups. Great "training" for the bigger brevets!

• RAMROD - Ride Around Mt. Rainier in One Day. You gotta do this ride at least once... but you don't have to ride to it. (155 miles)
• Cannonball - Seattle to Spokane, via I-90/Snoqualmie Pass (seriously!) (275 miles)
• S2S - Seattle to Spokane via Highway 2 (Stevens Pass) (275 miles)
• STP - Seattle to Portland. Do it in one day or two, but this supported 204-miler is a Seattle classic!
• High Pass Challenge - From Packwood, WA up to Windy Ridge and back (114 miles)
• Race Across Oregon (RAO) - the name says it all
• Ultra Cycling - (UMCA) organization for long-distance racing. Good LD training info.
• Race Across America (RAAM) - one of the few rides that blows any brevet out of the water. 3000+ miles of racing!