New England Randonneurs

Hello NERds! Season Pass, Membership, and registration for the first few events of 2026 are up.

We also have a last-minute spring addition to the calendar: on Sunday, March 29th, there will be a 100k out of Ferris Wheels Bike Shop in Jamaica Plain (Boston). See the event page for more details.

The Season Pass gets you $50 off all 2026 NER events, making all events 400k and shorter completely free. NER Membership is completely optional and gets you voting rights in any NER official votes as well as showing your support for randonneuring in New England. It is NOT required for riding events with us. RUSA membership, available through RUSA at https://rusa.org IS REQUIRED for all events; please join/renew in advance.

Events with registration open (more to be added over the weekend):

• March 29th Jamaica Plain to Hopkinton 100k
• April 12th Hell’s Hollow 200k from Providence, RI
• April 18th Sterling 100k from Lincoln, MA
• April 25th Purgatory 200k (Wachusett/Oakham/Purgatory) from West Concord, MA

The registration for the New England Six Pack 1200k/1000k is going live on Tuesday, March 10th. See the event page for the details.

With the cold weather and early darkness, NER now takes a breather until April when the season starts back up. (See the calendar of events for NER and the Westfield MA regions.) But in the meantime, there’s a lot of planning and options for informal riding.

NER’s inaugural 1200k, The Six Pack 1200, is scheduled for September 2026. The route is being continuously tweaked and other details being finalized. More information will be found here in the next few months. A new discussion group / email list has been created for those who want to stay informed about the event. (No content there yet.)

Randonneurs USA (RUSA) has now dropped the addition fee for riding permanents. Perms are a great way of riding a randonneuring type route on your own schedule, obtaining RUSA “credit” for the completion, and unlike Brevets you can modify all aspects of the route except for the control locations. Perms are a lot of fun and it’s good motivation to keep riding throughout the winter.

You can see a list of perms in the Boston area as well as search for perms anywhere in the US.

Occasionally people announce their intention to ride a perm on the NER Discussion Group for others are interested in joining the attempt.

After the candy has been safely distributed, NER plans to close out 2025 with one last ride and a members meeting / Party. More information here. The route is rolling 83 miles leaving from just north of Medford Square. With 3800′ of climbing it will keep you warm. This is a free event but a current RUSA Membership is required. If you aren’t a RUSA member, joining now will keep your membership active for all 2026.

The Members Meeting is at 3pm. These are short open forums for members to discuss any topic of their choosing. Normally we just continue chatting about the past season and rides scheduled for 2026.