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Re: [OM] IMG: my 300 km bicycle ride yesterday

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: my 300 km bicycle ride yesterday
From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 07:21:56 +0200
Impressive, bravo!

Amities
Philippe

Le 1 mai 2016 à 20:37, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> 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”.
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> 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. 
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> 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:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/ARD-Brevet-Nordjylland-30/
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> All images with the Ricoh GR, both Lars and I use those as our cycling 
> cameras.
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> I can now call myself a randonneur. To become one, you have to complete the 
> 200/300/400/600 series in one season. I did 200 km in Mallorca in February 
> and have now done the 300 km. I am looking at a 400 km in northern Spain in 
> June. We’ll see. RIght now I have sore legs and have enjoyed a relaxed Sunday 
> with Lars before I leave for Brussels tomorrow.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
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> YNWA
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