The 2nd San Francisco Randonneurs Populaire, July 17th, 2010

The San Francisco Randonneurs would like to invite you to participate in our 2nd Populaire, to be held on July 17th, 2010. This is a free event, though registration is required. The Populaire is intended to introduce riders to the sport of randonneuring. Most of our brevets are 200km in length, but the Populaire, at 115km, is only slightly more than half that length. More information, and a link to the registration form is here: http://sfrandonneurs.org/fall-2010-115k-populaire.htm

Last fall, on our first populaire, we had a great mix of long standing club members and riders brand new to brevet riding. Should be a similar mix this time around too.

Comments

oldmangabe said…

I'll see you there.

June 30, 2010 at 10:12 PM

Anonymous said…

Wish I was closer, but alas, am half a country away.

Have a great ride.

I think populaires are a great way to introduce others to randonneuring. Congratulations.

July 4, 2010 at 8:32 PM

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