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> On May 1, 2016, at 2:37 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have this years dipped my toes in a flavour of cycling called
> randonneering, from the French “randonnée”. It is a form of long distance
> cycling, with events of 200 km, 300 km, 400 km, 600 km, and, once every 4
> years, the crown jewel of the sport, Paris-Brest-Paris at 1200 km. The sport
> originated in France, and all rules are set by Audax Club Parisien, for all
> such events worldwide. The events are called “brevet”.
>
> A brevet is not a race in the sense that you try to come first. What you have
> to do is to show up at the controls along the route within the specified time
> windows and to complete the course within the maximum time allocated.
> Yesterday, I participated in my second such event, a 300 km brevet in
> Northern Jutland, with my friend Lars. It was cold, rainy and windy most of
> the time. The time limit for a 300 km brevet is 20 hours. We completed it in
> about 15 hours—good thing too, since I had not taken sufficiently warm
> clothing (living in Spain, keeping warm during rides is usually not a big
> issue) and the temperature dropped down to 2C/36F after sunset.
>
> Here is a brief record of the event, composed of my pictures, taken before
> the event and during rest (or pee) stops, and a few from Lars in which I
> appear, taken while we were cycling—he is a more skillful and braver cyclist
> than I and so is able to take picture iwhile in motion:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/ARD-Brevet-Nordjylland-30/
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