BRM 100th Anniversary Ride 200k09-11-2021 07:0032 Registered

09-11-2021
07:00
PST
09-11-2021
20:30
06-01-2021 11:49
09-08-2021 14:28
125
ACP 200
Rolling
13:30
Sunrise at 6:30:43 AM Sunset at 7:03:49 PM
Ride Leader(s):
Kerin Huber
Wei Sun

Get me there
La Paz Sports Park
28051 La Paz Rd
Laguna Niguel, California 92677

$25.00
Registration is not open

Registration has been closed because the rider limit was reached.

Note: You must register in advance.  Registration closes at noon on Thursday before the ride - there is no day-of-event registration.  You must be a member of RUSA and PCH Randonneurs to register.  This event will be limited to 35 riders.

Come join PCH and San Diego Randonneurs for a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the first allure libre 200k brevet.  We will have a celebratory picnic in the Laguna Niguel Regional Park (nearby the start location) at the end of the ride.  This day is a big deal for the ACP- they have made special commemorative medals for all randonneurs who ride a 200k on this day.  When you finish the ride we will present you with this awesome medal. (We ordered enough medals for the first 24 riders who register for (and finish) this ride.  For any additional finishers there should be medals available for individual ordering on the RUSA store after 9/11.)

Here is some history from Bill Bryant:   A little background-- The Audax Club Parisien was founded in November of 1904 to participate in the new "audax" 200k endurance rides that were starting to take place. "Audax" signified always riding in a group at about 16-18 kph with a road captain who kept the group together the entire time, and from going too fast. The rides often lasted from dawn to dusk and were fairly popular around the Paris region. Upon a successful completion of the ride, participants were awarded a certificate or diploma (brevet in French) for their athletic feat-- no small thing in a time of dirt roads and cobblestones and fairly primitive bicycles and cycling clothes and equipment

Over time some of the riders began to itch to go faster than the steady audax pace, others wanted to also include audax hiking activities with the group cycling, while others wanted the club to remain true to its audax group cycling format. Club meetings became pretty heated affairs and in the summer of 1921 it all exploded. A majority of the ACP members voted to start doing "allure libre" or free-pace brevets that allowed riders to choose their own pace so long as they stayed inside the minimum and maximum speeds, and they could ride alone or in a group-- the same as we do today. The audax cyclists angrily decamped and formed their own organization, as did the hiking contingent.

So, there was no more "audax" in the Audax Club Parisien. On Sunday, September 11, 1921 the ACP held its first free-pace brevet of 200 km. The route was a big loop that went west and south of Paris to Dreux, Chartres, and then back to Paris. Twenty-six randonneurs and randonneuses completed the ride, arriving at intervals back in Paris. Brevet #1 was issued that day, starting a continuous string of numbered brevets that we still earn today. The free-pace randonneuring begun that day eventually spread through France in the 1920s and -30s, around the globe starting in the 1970s, and here we are in the 21st century, still out earning our diplomas while choosing to ride our own pace and how many people we want to ride with. This is the formula of the Brevets de Randonneurs Mondiaux, or BRM that you see on the front of brevet cards sanctioned by the ACP.

The route has some moderate climbing early as it travels through Santiago Canyon.  Then it works its way through Orange over to the SART, taking the bike trail all the way to the coast.  The remainder of the ride will be up and down the coast where the temperatures should be moderate, even on a hot September day.

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