Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Your time would have allowed time for a tattoo.... On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 2:50 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yesterday, I participated in a 200 km brevet, organised by a local cycling > club. The route is here: > > https://www.openrunner.com/r/9304251?fbclid=IwAR0U5RYln7CnKY1WKGpH_f409pWAnSjILfWHOvaeLJ2mKRE8TO6caX0-48Y > > A brevet is a type of bicycle race that is not a race. It does not matter > who comes first. You get a medal as long as you check in at the checkpoints > within the defined time windows, and you have to complete the ride within > the maximum time, which for a 200 km ride is 13.5 hours. There are other > rules; for example, you are not allowed to receive any assistance along the > route except from other participants (so no spouse following you in a car > with tools and refreshments). The rules of the sport are regulated > world-wide by the mother club in Paris, where this flavour of cycling was > defined more than 100 years ago. > > Usually, a route sheet (the brevet) is handed out before the ride, and you > are expected to have it stamped in the villages that are defined as > checkpoints (usually at a gas station or convenience store). But in these > Covid times, we were supposed to use selfies instead, so there are a couple > of cheesy photos of me in the gallery. The first 100 km of the ride were > quite hard because the terrain was hilly?but also pretty. The second 100 km > were easier because it was flat. > > I took a few pics along the way besides the required selfies: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/Brevet-200-km-Alicante-Sur-2021/ > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com