Dutch brevets in 2020

[quixoticgeek]

Maasland 300 this weekend. Any takers?

Not me. My knee isn't 100% yet

J

[slugbait]

Maasland 300 this weekend. Any takers?

I'm in, combining it with bagging the last non-island municipalities.

[paulk]

Maasland 300 this weekend. Any takers?

I'm in, my first brevet since the corona.
Yesterday I got a message that the start is between 7:30 and 9. Will try to start around 7:30.

[quixoticgeek]

Maasland 300 this weekend. Any takers?

I'm in, combining it with bagging the last non-island municipalities.

ooh, which ones are you missing?

J

[slugbait]

On Friday: Culemborg, Westvoorne and Nissewaard. On Saturday during the brevet: Druten, Zaltbommel, West Maas en Waal, Maasdriel, Tiel and West Betuwe. And on Sunday: Voorschoten en Waddinxveen.

After that only Vlieland and Terschelling remain. I plan to do these as day trips later in the year.

[quixoticgeek]

On Friday: Culemborg, Westvoorne and Nissewaard. On Saturday during the brevet: Druten, Zaltbommel, West Maas en Waal, Maasdriel, Tiel and West Betuwe. And on Sunday: Voorschoten en Waddinxveen.

After that only Vlieland and Terschelling remain. I plan to do these as day trips later in the year.

Until this post i hadn't realised this 300 wasn't the same upto Alkmaar and back route that the Maaaland 300 was when O last rode it. Cool!

Tho wind looks suboptimal...

Enjoy!

J

[Zed43]

Hope to ride as well. Left calf is so stiff at the moment I can only hobble, but cycling seems to work.

I like the route in general, but distances between the controls are odd to say the least. CP1 at 140km, then CP2 5km later, why???

Modified the route a bit adding some additional loops (~ 30km of them) to maximise tile bagging 

[slugbait]

And all 5 controls within 81km...

[quixoticgeek]

And all 5 controls within 81km...

Side effect of the excessively wiggly route. Can you do photo controls? Or do you have to buy something at all of them ?

J

[Zed43]

All photo controls except for CP2 I think

[Ivo]

Maasland 300 this weekend. Any takers?

Not me. My knee isn't 100% yet

J

Neither is my shoulder

[Ivo]

On Friday: Culemborg, Westvoorne and Nissewaard. On Saturday during the brevet: Druten, Zaltbommel, West Maas en Waal, Maasdriel, Tiel and West Betuwe. And on Sunday: Voorschoten en Waddinxveen.

After that only Vlieland and Terschelling remain. I plan to do these as day trips later in the year.

On several weekdays Doeksen offers a special ticket out and back including bike hire.

[slugbait]

On several weekdays Doeksen offers a special ticket out and back including bike hire.

I know, but this autumn is going to be very busy at work. So, weekdays are off the table (unless internet on the train/boat is good enough for work purposes).

[farfetched]

Until this post i hadn't realised this 300 wasn't the same upto Alkmaar and back route that the Maaaland 300 was when O last rode it. Cool!

Tho wind looks suboptimal...

Enjoy!

J

The wind was definitely suboptimal, but as far as I am concerned infinitely better than hills and 35c plus. Really nice route the only downside was the last 10km in and around Rotterdam, industrial units etc... Didn't get in until after midnight, spent too much time at CP2 waiting for the rain to stop. It's good that we can ride Calander events and that Randonneurs NL are willing to put them on.

[slugbait]

The wind was definitely suboptimal, but as far as I am concerned infinitely better than hills and 35c plus. Really nice route the only downside was the last 10km in and around Rotterdam, industrial units etc... Didn't get in until after midnight, spent too much time at CP2 waiting for the rain to stop. It's good that we can ride Calander events and that Randonneurs NL are willing to put them on.

The wind was very annoying, indeed. I liked the bit through Rotterdam; lots of interesting architecture and we don't cycle through big cities that often. Nice for a change, I thought.

[quixoticgeek]

The wind was definitely suboptimal, but as far as I am concerned infinitely better than hills and 35c plus. Really nice route the only downside was the last 10km in and around Rotterdam, industrial units etc... Didn't get in until after midnight, spent too much time at CP2 waiting for the rain to stop. It's good that we can ride Calander events and that Randonneurs NL are willing to put them on.

The wind was very annoying, indeed. I liked the bit through Rotterdam; lots of interesting architecture and we don't cycle through big cities that often. Nice for a change, I thought.

Even with my approach to red lights, my opinion of Rotterdam is the place is too full of the bloody things...

J

[quixoticgeek]

Looks like quite a few RNL members are riding RatN, based on the RNL team kit in evidence at the start. Does anyone have a definitive list?

J

[slugbait]

Looks like quite a few RNL members are riding RatN, based on the RNL team kit in evidence at the start. Does anyone have a definitive list?

If you have some programming skills: match the recent homologations on randonneurs.nl with the start list of RatN? A quick count gives me (at least) 6 members who are participating.

[paulk]

Anyone going to Groningen this weekend for the 200?

[quixoticgeek]

Unfortunately not. I've yet to make it past the 90k mark since March. I doubt I'll do another 200 until December

J

[slugbait]

I appear to be one of the organisers, so I'm there but not riding.

[Zed43]

Yes, riding 

[farfetched]

I have signed up for Saturday but I am anticipating wet and windy weather, (which might put me off) that said its a part of NL I havent really visited much.

Any news on how late we can pick up the brevet card and leave 8.00 to 10.00 as at other venues ? might not be able to make 9.00am

[Zed43]

Running a 39 degrees  fever at the moment and a covid test planned this Friday. So definitely not coming to the start/finish and very unlikely to ride it as an x-rated event avoiding all contact (my house is pretty much next to the outgoing route). 

Oh well, the GPX is in Basecamp, I can ride it some other time as a DIY 

[slugbait]

I have signed up for Saturday but I am anticipating wet and windy weather, (which might put me off) that said its a part of NL I havent really visited much.

Any news on how late we can pick up the brevet card and leave 8.00 to 10.00 as at other venues ? might not be able to make 9.00am

You'll be receiving a mail with additional information after I've had my supper (you understand Dutch, right?).

The route is designed with maximum wind shelter in mind. There are long stretches through the woods. A bigger concern is leaves, sticks, acorns etcetera on the bicycle paths. Wider tyres that offer some puncture-resistance may be a good idea.

@zed43: Beterschap! I hope the fever goes down a bit.