[Leica] IMG: my 300 km bicycle ride yesterday

[Douglas Barry]

Well done Nathan, you'll have to come over to Ireland and try the shorter 
but hillier Wicklow 200 which is on in June every year 
http://www.wicklow200.ie/the-2016-event-details/

I've never done the actual event, but when I was doing triathlons many years 
ago I've been over variants of the route. Your Spanish climbs will stand you 
in good stead.

Douglas
About to cycle to the shops....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" 
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Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2016 7:37 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: my 300 km bicycle ride yesterday


>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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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