Monthly Archives: January 2011

Types of Brevets

January 31, 2011

Posted by spokes under Brevet

The classic distances for randonnées are 200 km, 300 km, 400 km and 600 km. To complete one of each during a given year is known as completing a “series”, which entitles you to be called a Super Randonneur. A randonneur is required to complete an Auduax Club Parisien series to qualify for Paris–Brest–Paris. There are brevets of distances greater than 600 km but none under 200 km. The organizations recognize and run events called Populaires for those events less than 200 km.

The time limits for the distances are as follows:

200 km – 13.5 hours
300 km – 20 hours
400 km – 27 hours
600 km – 40 hours
1000 km – 75 hours
1200 km – 90 hours

Paris-Brest-Paris

January 1, 2011

Posted by spokes under Events

One of the most famous brevets is the 1200 km Paris-Brest-Paris, first held in 1891 and now held every four years. The next PBP will be in August 2011 and Minnesota randonneur members will participate alongside over 6,000 riders from dozens of countries.