The San Francisco Randonneurs would like to invite you to participate in our Point Reyes Populaire, to be held on June 2, 2012. The Populaire is 115 km in length (71 miles) and has a time limit of 7.5 hours. The Populaire is intended to introduce riders to the sport of randonneuring.

Check in will begin at 6:00 am in front of the restrooms at the South end of the Golden Gate Bridge. The ride will begin at 7:00am. The finish location will be in the grassy picnic area of the Crissy Field Center.

Register using your credit card via PayPal or complete your signed registration form, sign the release form and mail to the address on the form.

The San Francisco Randonneurs will be co-hosting two Bicycle Handling Skills classes in March run by Paul Skilbeck. If interest - signup for the first session on March 17th exceeds the 15 person limit, the session on March 24th will be a repeat. If interest matches space available then the session on March 24th will be an advanced session.

Location: Sports Basement in the Presidio, on Mason Street.

Dates:
March 17th, 11am to 2pm
March 24th, noon to 3pm (level and topic determined by turnout for March 17th.

Pre-registration required.

Cost: $10 per session. Pre-payment can be made by cash or by check made out to San Francisco Randonneurs and sent to 5630 Santa Cruz Ave., Richmond, CA. Contact if you need to pay using other methods. Attendees will sign a waiver at the start of the class session.

Each session includes indoor classroom presentation and discussion, and an outdoor on-road training session. (Participants in the outdoor portion must have attended the classroom presentation.) The road session will be in two parts. Please plan for up to 3 hours for both the indoor and outdoor sessions. Rain postpones the outdoor session.

Elements of the Skills training includes both theory and practical application of: vision, line, braking, body position, breathing and muscle tension, contingencies and emergencies. The sessions will conclude with a summary and a question and answer period.

rob hawks
sfr rba

The San Francisco Randonneurs would like to invite you to participate in our Point Reyes Populaire, to be held on March 31, 2012. The Populaire is 115 km in length (71 miles) and has a time limit of 7.5 hours. The Populaire is intended to introduce riders to the sport of randonneuring.

Check in will begin at 6:00 am in front of the restrooms at the South end of the Golden Gate Bridge. The ride will begin at 7:00am. The finish location will be in the grassy picnic area of the Crissy Field Center.

Register using your credit card via PayPal or complete your signed registration form, sign the release form and mail to the address on the form.

Most current list of registered riders for the Golden Gate 1000

Most current list of registered riders