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April Boston Events and Dirtier Bakery 200km on 5/3 and Volunteer Plea

April 6, 2025

Hey folks,

Kudos to all who showed up yesterday to brave the cold rain on the second half of the ride of Providence 200km.  Makes one wonder if we can ever have a Providence start ride that doesn’t go South (literally in terms of weather and route direction…).  Thank you Ted’s family for opening his home to a bunch of wet cyclists some random Spring afternoon/early evening (and obviously for being the ride leader).

We have next Saturday (April 12) at 8:30AM start of the Sterling Populaire at Lincoln Station.  Registration is open on BikeReg and route has been verified.  Minor tweaks have been implemented as specify on RWGPS and on ride info page.  Please remember to register by Friday.  Thank you Melinda L for leading this iconic ride.

The event after that will be on April 26 at 7:00AM for the 5 Hills of New Hampshire start from Sir Kassen and Madam O’Brien’s estate in Medford.  Expect same route as last year.  Registration is open on BikeReg.  Thank you for Jake and Emily agreeing to host once again.

The 1st VT event will be held on May 3rd at 6:30AM for the Dirtier Bakery Brevet with a revised start at Waterbury Park and Ride and finishing at a nearby hotel.  Expect increase of dirt segments in comparison to past event (31 vs 22%).  Registration is open on BikeReg.  Thank you Robert for agreeing to get his toes wet to lead a ride.

All our rides are volunteer run and if you want to help out at one of the upcoming event, please get in touch with the board by sending an email to board at ner dot bike.  I think Jake is looking for a volunteer or 2 for his 300/200km on May 10 and we certainly can get some not sleepy heads to help out at the finish for the longer brevet in June in Woburn.  I will also shout out to our Mainer friends who definitely is looking for a volunteer or 2 to help at the lighthouse on 6/14.

Thank you for your attention and happy Spring/4th mild Winters of 2025 in New England

Tsun

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Note about Printed Cue Sheets

April 6, 2025

In an effort to save paper and time, for the 2025 season riders who want a printed (physical) cue sheet should print one themselves. The most up to date cue sheet can always be found in the RWGPS page linked on the event page. We recommend waiting until the night before the ride before printing and downloading just in case a last minute route tweak is needed.

Should someone want a printed cue and be unable to print themselves, please email the organizer and we’ll do our best to bring a physical copy.

All riders will continue to receive a physical brevet card with a list of controls and the emergency contact info for the organizer.

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Vermont Events 2025 and Explanation of Delay Registration Opening

March 30, 2025

Hi folks,

There are exciting development that NER will revamp the Green Mountain 200km to be more dirt-y and still same amount of baker-y, and probably more gorge-ous since I am promoting it as the route “modifier” (I can’t claim I design the route since I am just adding elements that I like to the existing route…). Still same planned date 5/3/2025 and start will be 06:30 am to allow maximum amount of available sunlight.  Details at the ride page and registration should be up by midweek.  As communicated before, the NEW start will be at Waterbury Park and Ride instead of Middlesex Park and Ride.  This allows more post-ride nourishment choices on ride participant’s own dime as well as closer to more lodging choice (albeit quite steep price for still technically mud season VT…).  Light snacks and soda pop will be provided post ride in lieu of traditional pizza.  Feel free to bike-dash/meal delivery/walk across the street to the Thai place or Chinese place/Ride up the hill to get ice cream if you are speedy and get a factory tour or just getting Ben and Jerry unassumingly from the Shaws kitty corner to the finish.  Thank you to Robert L to agree to lead the ride so the Prez here could enjoy the route he modified.  Please ALWAYS thank the volunteer after your ride.

We are going to also bring back the challenging North East Kingdom-300km and it is scheduled for August 9, 2025.  The start for this ride would also changed to Morrisville VT.  Ride start time would be the half hour mark before sunrise at 5:30AM at the Dunkin across from Sunset Motor Inn.  More detail to come but essentially it follows existing RUSA Route 1596 but start and finish at the published route penultimate control.  The ride leader (me) has yet to decide running the ride clockwise or counterclockwise (Most likely clockwise since the Richford control would have the most limitation on closing time), so that could be a “brand-new route” with same road…  More detail will come after route approval and registration will be up probably by July.

There is some behind the scene administrative situations we are sorting out as we go on the registration system front, hence, we appears to be slacking on putting up rides registration on BikeReg.  Fear not, thou shall past soon.  I appreciate your continuous support and understanding that this is an organization ENTIRELY run by volunteers.  (On that note, please consider to volunteer this season so others could ride.). Did I mention ALWAYS thank the volunteers already ;)?

Tsun, aka still the silly goose NER Club President