----- Original Message -----

From: Peter Noris

To: ROChiNa@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 8:14 PM

Subject: Re: [ROChiNa] Randonneurs of China Update

any help, just ask Joe.

BTW, are the characters on the jersey ride long and prosper? Still thinking about that
tatoo...

owe you a story on what happened at PBP - just keep forgetting -

working on a 4 man RAAM team for 08 - have half the money in hand, sill see what happens -
find me a PLA rider and some funding and I'll be there - no, I'm serious! Or a contact...
--- Joe <jkeenan0407@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Nie Hao,
>
> A quick update on Randonndurs of China (ROCn) and what's planned.
>
> As a refresher ROCn is a volunteer organization whose primary goals
> are to promote randonneuring (long distance cycling) in China and to
> serve China's randonneuring community. ROCn also has the goal of
> providing ultra cycling rides to China, such as Metric Centuries, a
> 100km ride.
>
> ROCN HELP: If you'd like to help me keep this alive and well, send
> me an email. Anyone. Qualification: If you can breathe and cycle,
> that'll do. Heck, if you can just breathe, you're in.
>
> CHINESE NATIONALIST CYCLIST: Looking for a bilingual Chinese cyclist
> to help build a Chinese web page and post to other Chinese sites.
> Plus, it would be wonderful to have a Chinese nationalist qualify for
> Paris Brest Paris in 2011.
>
> ROCn website: http://rocn.bikealot.org/ Added some links to other
> randonneur sites.
>
> UPCOMING RIDES, ETC
>
> NOV 10, 11: A 100km ride either in Pudong or Suzhuo. Details by
> next week. I'm scouting out a ride in Pudong next week which would
> start and end at a cool looking pub. A rider in Suzhou has a couple
> of loops that can be ridden as a 100km or 200km.
>
> DAYLIGHT: With the dwindling daylight probably no 200km rides. Hey,
> it's challenging enough riding in the daytime in and around Shanghai,
> let alone at night when even cars sometimes don't use lights.
>
>
> DEC: No brevets or long rides scheduled due to various holidays.
>
>
>
> 2008: 200km Brevets and 100km "Metric Centuries" will be conducted.
> There is a calendar on the ROCn website with dates and times subject
> to change. To get "officialdom" I had to submit a calendar and put
> down a date for each month. Since we be a fairly small group, dates,
> time, places, and anything else is subject to change to meet the
> needs of whoever wants to ride. I'm pretty flexible (grin)
>
> FHL: ROCn will always check with the FHL organizers to make sure a
> ROCn ride doesn't conflict with an FHL event.
>
> Ride Long And Prosper
>
>
>
>
>

Peter

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