"Bunn Warmer" -- a perm-pop developed by MickH #6109 and me.  Fifteen start groups ridden for twenty-seven completed / credited rides.   If you look at the finish times, adjust to include that most times a long lunch was taken.  "Bunn Warmer" -- a Populaire copied / modified from the perm-pop by JerryP #3525.  First used as the "100k" for a NC-rando-year-end party 2012/11/24.   At the time of this scouting ride, that was the only time that Populaire was used.      COVID curtailments on rando rides coming to an end, or already ended ..read more

Did U ever get High in Durham County? Iva and I did.  That is, we rode up to the highest elevation in Durham County.      We also intended to get High in Person County, but when we got to Mountain Brook Rd, we realized that we had the wrong bikes. We needed gravel grinders or one similar to one in the Pamela stable or a bike fit for Lon Haldemann's Route 66 Tour. In other words, TOO MUCH gravel for our 25-mm road bike tyres. (Wish I had taken a pic at the bottom of Mountain Brook Rd.)     link to the RWGPS of the route intended:   ( to get High in ..read more

All veteran NC randonneurs, some veterans from around the country (MarkT from Seattle comes to mind), and at least a few new local randonneurs know that one of the several hobbies of Raleigh RBA "Fearless Leader" Alan [note that at the time of the ride and brewing this post is ostensibly about, Alan was RBA; however, at the time this post is being composed, Alan has retired as the active RBA and is now our Emeritus RBA (or should that be RBA Emeritus?)].    I'm not sure when I first started helping Alan with his homebrew process.  It is possible that a VERY careful and detailed ..read more

I had committed to RBA Alan that I would help him on the 11th, the scheduled day of the Centenary 200.  My help would mostly consist of making Alan's garage suitable for gathering inside.  I may have also been committed to assisting in going to the grocery for "burger burning" supplies.    BobB may have had a conflict early on the 11th,  So he rode with me as a ride-along-partner.    We had a pretty good ride.  Here immediately follows the info from my Excel log,  And that will be followed by the photos I took that day.  Boring photos, mostly t ..read more

First, from my Excel log, notes on the route I did ride:    -> Honeycutt-Norwd-MVC-CP-Coley-CP-Panoramic-Norwd-Honeycutt ->  which is a modified version of this route, i.e., my "TT" - cadence route.   and some previous posts of rides on that route.  0758 start  --  no one at TLC -> did my own thing  45.0-miles, 3:03 in-motion, avg 14.7-mph in-motion    I written, er, typed, quite a few times about rides on this route (see above),  Or more correctly, variations of the route,  So I'm going to limit this nearly-3-yea ..read more

The intent was to ride the "Assault on Flat Rock."  But when I got to Grissom, I apparently was lost in thought, and  Went the wrong way. ?    Here's a link of the route I actually rode,  "Complete" with color-coded information regarding  Where / how I went off course, and  Where / how I got back on course.  [I recall realizing I wasn't riding what I intended, and  Considering what I should do / needed to do,  To get back on course as  I definitely wanted to ride the core of the "Assault on Flat Rock" course.]    Going to "tell ..read more

I decided to check out a prospective 150+ km route for a possible RUSA Populaire.  Years ago, Apr-17-2010, to be exact, a group of Irregulars had ridden a Mayo Lake 100-miler.  Occasionally when doing the "Denny's Store Sortie" 138-km Perm-Pop  I've thought about making the 20-mile detour to ride up to and across Mayo Lake.  But I never did.    However, with me putting on RUSA Brevet-Populaires under Alan's auspices, and  A change in RBA for Raleigh likely to occur in the near future, and  Me still looking for post-COVID lockdown rides (other than RUSA B ..read more

Cuz I always said / wrote / typed that the Denny's Store route was my favorite perm-pop.  And to at least pretend that I was checking out the route for possible re-activation.  And also, I knew that I would soon want to check out possible Mayo Lake routes,  And that makes sense since  The Mayo Lake route is simply the Denny's Store routes with a loop up to Mayo Lake.    Following a pattern of reporting what is in my Excel ride log:  essentially "Denny's Store Sortie" (but starting / finishing at my sleep quarters),  0504 start    --  &nb ..read more

 R-B-R not re-activated, but I wanted to do the route as it is easy, yet serves as a training ride, and also is a decent way for me to measure my progress toward getting into shape or staying in shape.    As noted in my Excel ride log:  R-B-R test ride, start Strickland-6Forks, finish Honeycutt,  0452 start, 1003 finish,  5h11 elapsed  67.8-miles, 4:44 in-motion, meaning an avg 14.3-mph in-motion.     A few photos:  Although I snapped this photo on the return, it makes more sense to include in the outbound flow because one needs ..read more

My Excel log indicates that I did the following "route":  to BayLeaf CVS, then to PUE, then the R-B-R route, stopping at LowesFoods, and back my HQ;  0538, 5h23 elapsed -- stops in Berea, Creedmoor, LowesFoods  good for:  70.0-miles, with 4:53 in-motion, which gives 14.3-mph avg in-motion    I don't know why I rode from my place to the Bay Leaf CVS.  Was I expecting to meet someone there at 0600?    I don't know why I then made note of stopping at PUE.  Was I still looking to meet someone there just after 0600 (instead of at the CVS)?  ..read more