SUZHOU 200KM OCTOBER 25, 2008

On October 25th, seven riders signed up for the Suzhou 200km brevet and fun loops ride.  Two of the riders chose to do the official ACP 200km brevet and successfully completed the course in under 9 hours.

Congratulations to two Randonneurs of China, Staffan Geronsson and Wayne Roberts, who  completed the three loops in a time of 8 hours and 45 minutes, leaving at 7:00 a.m. and finishing before dark.  From their report, the weather gods were good to them and just a smattering of rain dampened the ride.

ROCn submitted a brevet schedule for December 2008 to November 2009.  As soon as the schedule is approved by the ACP, the dates will be posted, subject always to change based on rider interest.

ROCN 200km BREVETS

ROCn now has three official brevet or ride for fun 200km routes.

SHANGHAI to SUZHOU to SHANGHAI (this route will change because of the major construction work for the new transportation hub)

PUDONG 200 KM (Goes from the ferry station out past the airport and back)

SUZHOU 200 KM (3 separate loops totaling 200kms)

ROCN IN AUSTRALIA

ROCn was seen "down unduh".  A recumbent virtual friend of mine, Peter Heal, completed the Audax Australia 1200km Grand Southern Randonee,   http://www.audax.org.au/public/   wearing a ROCn jersey to start the quest. 

Peter finished with the 3rd best timewise.  But as we know for brevets they are equal opportunity finishers so  he actually finished tied for 1st with 24 other randonneurs and randonneuses.