It is with personal sadness that I report that John Hughes - friend to so many in the rando and ultra communities and to RMCC - passed away unexpectedly on February 4.  His widow Carol will be publishing details of a Boulder memorial scheduled for next month, plus his obituary. John was my friend, and a wonderful riding partner to me and to others in the RMCC after moving to Boulder County in the 90's from the Bay Area. He also volunteered on Last Chance and other rides of ours.  A bit more about John ... after a brevet, relaxing with friends while sitting in my RAV4 Palmares  ..read more

    Here are Colorado randos who've earned RUSA, RM, and ACP awards in 2023! For some of these awards, you need to apply to be recognized. You don't need to purchase the physical award. What's important is the goal and the accomplishment. For some, the physical award is a nice memento. Some are challenges within the current year or a twelve-month period. Others recognize achievement over a number of years. We congratulate our fellow randos for their persistence in achieving their goals! You can see our cumulative awardees across the years here: Super Randonneur · R ..read more

It's December, and the snow is flying in Colorado - a good time to be inside planning, so it's time to take a look at next year's Grand Randonnées! Nine US Grand Randonnées are scheduled for 2024: 3/21 - Golden Falcon   FL   FOUR-LOOP  5/30 - Shenandoah 1200   VA   TWO-LOOP  6/23 - Colorado High Country   CO   TWO-LOOP  6/24 - Land of the Sky 1300km   NC   NEW   7/19 - Glacie ..read more

I had the good fortune to pre-ride the Roggen Roundabout 200k on a very pleasant day.  In fact it wasn't just the pleasant weather: everyone from store clerks to truck drivers to a locomotive engineer were friendly. On a culinary note, I verified that the Hudson Barn Store still offers a good variety of fried and otherwise cooked food, including this corndog: The staff at the Roggen store was as friendly as always, and remembers everyone from past brevets and permanents. And yes, as the window proclaims, they are still open. My token calories there were this Snickers bar. Heading ..read more

 Scenes from Stage 2 - Glen Haven Dustin Harding photos from Glen Haven Deciding how many delicious cinnamon rolls to buy. Vernon Smith resting comfortably ... ... and Vernon heading back down the canyon. Over the halfway point! -jle ..read more

 Colorado Front Range 1200 - Report #2 Brilliant sun, but brisk winds climbing Lefthand Canyon! Turnaround before the stiff climb up to Ward. A smile at turning around here? Roger Peskett descending. Sawmill Rd. upper right in picture. Pascal Ledru lending some ride insights. Mike Turek vying with Miluna for a snack item. Pascal, Mark Thomas, Mike, and Patrick Chin-Hong Peeling out for a fast descent! Winds supposed to diminish later today, with a tailwind coming back from Wellington. Will be cross-posting on the CFR Blog. - - - jle ..read more

 Some photos from Vernon, Oksana, Tom, and Dustin ..read more

Photos Courtesy of Patrick Chin-Hong   ..read more

Paul Foley - One of the vast highlights from this years Quartier Lantern Rouge Team Flèche ride, to me, was our many sightings of animals along the way.  We started with a rafter of Turkeys with the Tom’s in full display attempting to entice some hens.  As always there were glorious song birds and a few eagles along the way.  We also saw pelicans and herons around some of the lakes.  Early in our ride, a trio of horses danced with us along a stretch of dirt road before disappearing into the trees.  Many deer and elk were seen in various locations.  Our n ..read more

Hard things can be fun, but frustrating things, while hard, are almost never fun. We set out to have a good ol’ hard time on this year’s flèche by engaging in the borderline excessive climbing that everyone on the team relished, while keeping logistics to a minimum by starting somewhat near the finish. Setting off at a fashionably late 8:10am we traded warm-up for straight-up on Olde Stage Rd headed towards Lefthand Canyon. After nabbing 700ft in the first 3 miles we would proceed to pile on another 6500ft before lunch, stopping only briefly to admire the peaks blanketed in snow, and to fill o ..read more