the curious randonneur: 02/01/11

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

A Curious New Banner, Part 2!

I forgot the most important part of yesterday's post about my new blog banner: Aaliyah's website, so you can see the variety of her work. Above is a piece from her Heart collection.

Please do check out her website here. To see my post that has more of her work, a little bit about Aaliyah, and about my new Curious Randonneur blog banner, go here.

Keep it pumping,

CurioRando

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What the heck is a Randonneur?

In General

In general terms, the French word randonneur is what in English we'd call an ambler or a rambler.

In Cycling

In cycling terms, a randonneur is a long distance cyclist who participates in non-competitive, organized cycling events called brevets. Brevets are typically 200k, 300k, 400k or 600k in length with specified time limits. The grandpapa of all is the Paris Brest Paris event which is 1200k in 90 hours. It is held every four years; next up is this August 21 - 25.

In France

Randonneuring began in France when the limits of cycling as a practical form of transportation were being explored and the bicycle was perhaps the central form of transportation for work and leisure for the masses.

As for me...

See my first post (May 31, 2009) for more on why I began this blog, and my personal randonneuring objectives.

Of Interest to the Curious

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

A Curious New Banner, Part 2!