April and May 2024 Events!

Greetings NERds. It’s time to bike! We have many classic events starting in April and the return of the Portland Maine Fleche.

April 6th – The Sterling 100k starting from Lincoln, MA. More then 713 riders have finished a variation of this classic NER Route which features a stop in Sterling Center for snacks. Come join us for the traditional season opener.

April 14thNarragansett Bridges & Bays 200k out of Providence, RI. This is a popular early season tour of southern New England. One of the milder NER events in regards to elevation gain and takes in some nice paths. Sunday event.

Apr 28th – NER’s Boston Area 200k. Historically this has most number of riders as the start of the Boston Brevet Series. This year we’re using the descriptive “Five Hills in NH” route. The brevet starts from Medford Center and has post-ride chili and snacks for riders as they return. Sunday event.

May 11th – The 50 Barns 300k and Royal Athols 200k. Both were new routes last year. The 50 Barns route is one of the best tours of Central MA. It passes south of the Quabbin with a stop in Amherst and loops north of the Reservoir on the return. The Royal Athols brevet is a counter clockwise loop with a nice lunch in Peterham.

PORTLAND FLECHE AND TRACE! – Weekend of May 16-19th. By popular demand, the Fleche and Trace are going back to Portland! These are super fun team events where groups of riders design their own routes to Portland. The Fleche is exactly 24 hours and 360km and the Trace is 200km+.


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A few off-season things!

NER Board election: stay tuned!   If you would like to run, please contact the board.    But RUSA elections have opened; please do check them out at https://rusa.org/pages/Election2024

A last-call for ordering 2023 medals has been put out (November 10th) – if you want any, order NOW.

Finally, I (Sarah) am going to try to catch up with the backlog of sending cards back to people during some vacation time in December – if your address has changed since the most recent NER ride you finished, and you would like your cards, please get in touch!

November ride/party and NER 2024 Schedule!

News #1: End-of-year Annual Meeting/Party, and ride on November 4th! Come for the ride, the party, or both!  Starting and finishing at Jake’s house in Medford, and we’ll have a virtual meeting option for the official annual meeting part.  (Sign up for the free party-only option on BikeReg to get the Zoom link emailed to you.)

News #2: The 2024 Schedule is being added to the website!  Links current still lead to a previous years’ page for the event, and registration pages aren’t live yet, but should give riders an idea of what the event will look like.   Each page will be updated with this year’s details as start times and route tweaks are finalized.

We have a new addition to the NER schedule this year: a late summer/fall “mini-series” (200k, 300k, 400k) for riders who would like to try randonneuring with a summer’s training in their legs (and for anyone who would like to ride later into the season).   Routes are still tentative for some of these events.

There’s also been some interest/questions about reviving the monthly 100k training series; while we are not currently calendaring a training series, the new Permanent program at RUSA is very simple to sign up for.  (If there are past NER routes not in the system that people would like to see added, please let us know!)  We encourage riders who want to do more shorter training rides to sign up for permanents together, and use the Google Group/email list to coordinate.