Too early to plan 2010? Heck no!

In Northern California, we brevet riders are lucky in that we have four 'local' clubs putting on brevets which gives us lots of options. There are no less than 24 brevets on the tentitive calendar, a sortable table can be seen here as well as the static one below:

Tentative 2010 Northern California Brevet Schedule
Club	Date	Distance	Start Location
San Francisco Randonneurs	1-23-2010	200km	Golden Gate Bridge
	2-6-2010	200km	Golden Gate Bridge
	2-27-2010	300km	Golden Gate Bridge
	3-27-2010	400km	Golden Gate Bridge
	4-3-2010	360km+	Various
	4-25-2010	200km	San Rafael
	5-22-2010	600km	Golden Gate Bridge
	6-12-2010	230km	Rodeo, CA
	7-17-2010	115km	Golden Gate Bridge
	10-09-2010	200km	Rodeo, CA
Santa Cruz Randonneurs	6-25-2010	1000km	San Jose to Oxnard
	7-24-2010	200km	Santa Cruz
	8-7-2010	200km	Santa Cruz
	8-21-2010	300km	Santa Cruz
	9-4-2010	400km	Santa Cruz
	9-25-2010	600km	Santa Cruz
Santa Rosa Cyclists	3-13-2010	200km	Healdsburg
	4-10-2010	300km	Healdsburg
	5-8-2010	400km	Healdsburg
	6-5-2010	600km	Healdsburg
Davis Bike Club	3-6-2010	200km	Davis
	3-20-2010	300km	Davis
	4-17-2010	400km	Davis
	4-30-2010	600km	Davis

There should be something for just about every rider next year, and there is a possibility that there will be more events to add (think at least a Populaire or two). Interesting aspects to the calendar are: a night time 230km, a populaire, a brand new 1000km, a fall SR series which of course includes a 600km, a Sunday 200km for those that can't make Saturday starts.

Comments

René said…

Awesome, thanks!

October 17, 2009 at 7:59 AM

The fourth time is a charm? PBP 2019 part 1

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The fourth time is a charm?, PBP 2019 part 4

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The fourth time is a charm? PBP 2019 part 2

For riders that take PBP in three parts, Loudeac is often the control that cleaves the route into those three parts: Part 1, start to Loudeac: ~275 miles; Part 2, Loudeac-Brest-Loudeac: ~210 miles; Part 3, Loudeac to the finish: ~275 miles. On paper Part 2 looks to be a cake walk with it being a big chunk shorter. Well. No. It isn't a cake walk. One reason is that this section just feels hillier. Way more hilly, and in fact just getting away from Loudeac requires climbing a series of big rollers. Ironically, Roc'h Trevezel, the major climb on the ride, the highest point on the ride, and the location that provides the greatest unobstructed vista is much easier than so many other, shorter climbs. But it is in Part 2 and a focal point of that part.

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