Can You Say Brevet?

What is a Brevet? You might ask.

Brevet, or randonnée, is an organised long-distance  bicycle  ride in the sport of randonneuring. In a Brevet cyclist follow a designated course passing through checkponts. At each checkpoint a brevet card is stamped and marked with the time. The courses range between 200k and 1400k and must be completed within a time limit. This is not a race and rides may only recieive assistance at designated checkpoints.

Randonnée is a French word which loosely translates to 'ramble or 'long journey' (in French the verb 'randonner' originally means 'hiking', but is nowadays also used for bicycle and even motorized tours). Brevet means 'certificate' and refers to the card carried by randonneurs which gets stamped at controls; it is also used to refer to the event itself, ie: a certificated ride.

We are discussing plans for a 200K brevet in July. More information to follow.