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AMERICAN RANDONNEUR VOLUME 18 • ISSUE #2 SUMMER 2015 INSIDE THIS ISSUE : Randonneuring on a Tandem Riding The Long Road to Recovery Five Reasons to Design a Permanent RANDO. Ti. PERFECT. Combining titanium and Volagi’s patented frame design creates cycling perfection. Introducing the Viaje Ti. volagi.com volagi.com WHAT’S INSIDE President’s Message Mike Dayton 2 From the Editor Janice Chernekoff 3 American Randonneur Magazine Summer 2015 • Vol. 18 #2 Randonneuring on a Tandem Mary Gersema 6 RUSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Anatomy Of A DNF: Four Case Reports Vincent Muoneke 10 President: Mike Dayton Vice President: Rob Hawks Riding The Long Road to Recovery George Swain 14 Treasurer: Susan Otcenas Secretary: Bill Beck Board Member: Lynne Fitzsimmons Paris-Brest-Paris 101: The Basics Jennifer Wise 18 Board Member: Mark Thomas RBA Liaison: Spencer Klaassen PBP for Speedy Riders: Part III Billy Edwards 20 COMMITTEE CHAIRS Brevet Coordinator: Lois Springsteen Medals and Awards Coordinator: John Lee Ellis Pedernales Double Century Membership: Don Hamilton (An ACP 300K Brevet), Austin Texas Wayne Dunlap 22 Webmaster: Don Bennett Permanents Committee Chair: Crista Borras American Randonneur Committee Chair: PBP Landmark—Château de Fougères Chris Heg 26 Janice Chernekoff Rules Committee Chair: John Lee Ellis Five Reasons to Design a Permanent Scott Elliott 34 Team Event Committee Chair: Paul Johnson Routes Committee Chair: Craig Mathews Souvenirs: Jennifer Wise The 2015 SFR Shasta Mountains 1000K Eric Larsen 38 AMERICAN RANDONNEUR Editor: Janice Chernekoff PBP—How the Big Tent of Randonneuring Came About Jan Heine 40 Copy Editors: Jennifer Wise, Bob Olsen, Mark Thomas Layout: Mary Humphrey New RUSA Members 44 Advertising: Mike Dayton RUSA Board Liaison: Mike Dayton RUSA Awards 47 (EditorEmeritus; RUSA Board Member) American Randonneur is published quarterly Submissions: [email protected] RUSA Board Nominations 52 Advertising: [email protected] RANDONNEURS USA, INC. IS A TAX-EXEMPT 501(c)(3) NON-PROFIT CORPORATION COLUMNS American Randonneur is a publication of Randonneurs USA, Inc. 2266 The Circle, Raleigh, NC 27608 GUEST COLUMN [email protected] Phone: +1 919.821.3153 A Great PBP Story: The Exception To The Rule Jennifer Wise 4 © 2015 All Rights Reserved RANDO(M) THOUGHTS COVER— Graham Ross, Sharon Ross, PBP Without Trauma: What Experience Has Taught Me Chris Newman 30 Susan Otcenas, and Michal Young enjoying the Verboort Sausage Festival, RBA QUESTIONAIRE post fall populaire. PHOTO BY: KEITH MOORE Jim Kreps, Chicago, Illinois RBA Jennifer Wise 36 AMERICAN RANDONNEUR • SUMMER 2015 • 1 President’s Message RUSA has hundreds of riders • A PBP Facebook group, “Advice “I made a commitment to the heading to Paris Brest Paris in August, from the Ancien(ne)s: PBP Planning riders to make sure that we have and we’ve fielded lots of questions Task Force,” can be found at this events for PBP here through this year,” from them about the qualifying process . link www.facebook.com he said in an e-mail. “I also made a Many of those questions had to do /groups/1521339861473393/ . commitment to my wife that this will with the order or type of qualifying • e Google Randon group often be my last year.” events. For example, many folks has lively PBP discussions: John said he will sit down with wanted to know if they could ride a groups.google.com/forum/ potential volunteers and have an honest 600K before the 400K? e answer is #!forum/randon . discussion about what is involved in yes. Others wanted to know if they being an RBA. Hopefully, a volunteer could substitute a longer event for a With the event just a few weeks will step up and take over in time to shorter one. Again, the answer is yes. away, training continues in earnest. submit a 2016 events calendar. If you’re Answers to many of the most On a recent 300K I jokingly told a riding interested, please let John know as frequently asked questions could be buddy, “I don’t usually ride in the rain, soon as possible. found in the official PBP booklet: but when I do, I’m training for PBP.” Again, a tip of the hat to John In the PBP booklet, one official said for all that he has done, and a big • Article 2: Any ACP-sanctioned he hoped riders would enjoy sunny thanks to all of our RBAs who make it brevet of a higher distance can be weather as they traveled the back possible for us to pursue the sport of substituted for a missed brevet. roads through Normandy and Brittany. randonneuring. • Article 6: e registration fee Of course, we all hope for that picture- includes an official reflective vest. perfect weather, but experience tells Election Form • Article 8: Electric bikes, tri-bars us we should not count on it. So if I It’s that time of year when we and all forms of extended bars can pass along one pearl of wisdom, nominate members to serve on are forbidden. it’s this: just in case, prepare for a cool RUSA’s Board of Directors. If you are • Article 8: Flashing LEDs at the rain during PBP and know how to interested in helping out at the national rear are forbidden. dress for it. level or have a friend who would make We love participating in PBP, and a good Board candidate please fill For other questions, we needed we know you will, too. Here’s hoping out the nomination form on page 43. guidance from our friends in France all of our members who head to PBP RBAs can also nominate someone for at Audax Club Parisien, the hosts of this year have a safe, successful—and the RBA-Liaison position. the grandest of all Grand Randonnées. sunny—event. Mark omas has been invaluable in —Mike Dayton corresponding with Jean-Gualbert Volunteer Sought for St. Louis Region RUSA President Faburel, who has patiently fielded It’s a shame when a region goes multiple e-mails with questions from dark. at can happen when an RBA our members. RUSA Vice President retires and no one steps up to fill his Rob Hawks graciously volunteered or her shoes. e locals lose their to update our PBP wiki site with the regular brevet series, and the rest of latest information. us lose the chance to explore a new Hopefully, all of your questions region while earning ACP credit. have been answered by now. But just John Jost has been the RBA in the in case, allow me to once again list greater St. Louis region since 2004, several online forums where members putting in long hours running events are sharing PBP tips and strategies: from March to June out of nearby Edwardsville. He recently announced • RUSA’s PBP wiki is linked through plans to retire after completing his RUSA’s website and at this address: 11th year as RBA. His last event will sites.google.com/a/rusa.org/ be the 600K on June 6. His retirement pbpusawiki /. will free up valuable time for his family. 2 • SUMMER 2015 • AMERICAN RANDONNEUR From the Editor going to Paris and will no doubt be this issue by experienced riders and interested in some of the wonderful writers, folks whose blogs and events taking place closer to home. randonneuring adventures are followe d In that case, Eric Larsen’s article by many. Mary Gersema (chasingmail - on the Shasta Mountains 1000K boxes.wordpress.com), based on her scheduled for late September might extensive and successful tandem and draw your attention. Elliott Scott’s life partnership with Ed Felker, offers article about designing permanents advice to randonneurs considering the will hopefully encourage some to tandem experience. Vincent Muoneke design new permanents in their areas, (spokesong.blogspot.com), who has a contribution to our community that completed 1200K rides the world over, is much appreciated by others when writes in this article about the 1200s traveling as it affords the opportunity in which he didn’t succeed, at least not to ride in new places. Wayne Dunlap’s in the expected way. And George Swain report on a Valentine’s Day 300K in (thehudsonvalleyrandonneur.blogspot Texas sort of reiterates the fact that .com) writes about recovering from some people get to ride all year (even a serious bicycle accident and what on Valentine’s Day, hmmm), but he it has taken for him to return to also reminds us that all of Texas isn’t randonneuring and to setting his flat as this route includes over 10,000 sights on PBP 2015. Since this is the last issue before feet of climbing! By now, many readers will have PBP 2015, you’ll see that this major To a large extent, the articles registered and qualified for PBP. I know event was on my mind when I solicited appearing in American Randonneur that on NJ events, the PBP excitement articles. I’m grateful to Jennifer Wise are determined by the interests of is palpable. Many miles on the road for gathering information about the members of our community and their are spent dreaming aloud about the registration process as well as for willingness to write for the magazine. route between Paris and Brest, what providing a story about an interesting We are fortunate to have articles in time to start, when to sleep, what to bit of PBP history. Jan Heine offers an eat, how to be efficient at controls, overview of PBP history along with and more. PBP is such a big and some wonderful photographs. When I glorious dream that the excitement is put out a call for a piece about a town understandable. Careful preparation or site along the PBP route, Chris Heg “PBP is such a big is wise, of course, and still, part of the graciously took up the challenge and and glorious dream adventure of such a ride is not knowing wrote an informative article about the how it will unfold.