The Dart Populaire is a team ride. Teams form (minium of 3 bicycles and maximum of 5 bicycles, tandems count as 1 bicycle) and choose their own route to the destination, planning to arrive 8 hours after the start and covering at least 120km.
Destination for this event is in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood of Cleveland. The start location listed above gets you to the neighborhood. I
More details on the rules here.
Please contact Josh if interested.
On registration, please enter your team name / team leader in the 'comments or other relevant info' field.
Thought a 'normal 600k' was too easy? Thought Ohio is flat? Well, welcome to the crazy world of the 8k600k.
600km. More than 26,000 feet of climbing. Still only 40 hours to do it. Successful completion is a step towards your Randonneur 10,000 award.
MOSTLY UNSUPPORTED RIDE: don't expect even the semi-customary meet-and-greet at controls.
Note: official elevation calculation is via OpenRunner - current route is 8,164m / 26,784 ft of climbing: openrunner
8/12/2024 - Route updated
Final route: here
Recommend using the following routes for your GPS, as many GPS units like to barf on long out-and-back routes:
Leg 1: here
Leg 2: here
Leg 3: here
Leg 4: here
Cue sheet here. Please print and bring with you. Suggested even for those using those new-fangled gps thingys.
Brevet card here. Please print and bring with you if using. As usual, backup options to a gps trace such as timestamped photos or a brevet card are recommended.
TBD
The Dart is a team ride. Teams form (minium of 3 bicycles and maximum of 5 bicycles, tandems count as 1 bicycle) and choose their own route to the destination, planning to arrive 13.5 hours after the start and covering at least 200km.
This Dart will finish in Columbus.
Please contact Josh if interested in this.