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2008 NM Brevet Series
Please be at the starting location
15 minutes before the start of the brevet for announcements. We will include information about the course, current road conditions,
construction issues, and a discussion about the weather. We are usually camped in our old Airstream and therefore not necessarily current on developing weather, your
collective input is helpful for others who might be new to the area and/or less experienced, or less connected to current
information for whatever resaon. This is team work all around. Those who will finish the quickest, usually
have the most knowledge to impart...please impart as needed and please ask more experienced riders as you need. Ultra-distance
riding makes all this elemental anyway, so ask or impart away. Knowledge fosters comfort which fosters exploration, let's
help each other out in this regard. We are all here for the love of long distance cycling and few informational 'secrets'
are worth withholding compared to the mutual gain from sharing to where you all gain. The greater the distance the more need
of sharing the pain. This being said, don't give up on your personal goals as your partners may change. That is
creedo with randonneuring, do your best! Forming teams is important,encouraged, especially if conditions change. Be
ready to help each other, but there are times when your preparedness cannot overcome your new found partner's lack thereof.
Preparation and anticipation are the keys to success. We ask you to get to know your riding partners. How and why are
you together at this moment? Ultra-distance riding is more about relating to and diminishing your fellow riders pain than
inflicting it. You both will do better with each other exponentially as the distance grows. Ultimately, this is about
everyone finishing safely. As you sign we will ask to see your lights and reflective gear. RUSA rules require reflective
gear to be worn during night riding. This is especially helpful in our longer brevets as there are many narrow, winding roads
where visual sighting is restricted. Reflective tape on moving parts such as ankle bands or heel tape, several pieces of tape
on rims all give drivers a sense that #1, you know what you are doing and you will be treated more respectfully by them.
NM State laws require a headlight and a tail light that can be seen 500'. We find that a blinking headlight is helpful
in dawn and dusk conditions and while the law states that the tail light is a constant light, we find blinking lights to much
more visible and we often use more than one. When you show up at the start you
should already have already checked in and received your brevet card, route sheet, have your gear and cycle in order, have
said thanks for creating this challenge, because you are going to hate us afterward...kidding of course...hopefully.
200k- MANZANO MOUNTAIN AIR
March 29, 2008 - Start - 6:45 AM 300k - EL MAILPAIS
April 26, 2008 - Start Time 6:00
AM
400k - SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN SACRIFICE
May
31, 2008 - Start 5:00 AM
600k - EL SANGRE DE CRISTO
June 28, 2008 - Start 5:00 AM
300k - BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE
October 25, 2008 - Start Time 5:00 AM
200K - RADIUM SPRINGS
December
6, 2008 - Start Time 7:00 AM
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In 2008 our 200k, 300k, 400k,
600k in the spring are ACP sanctioned and the fall events are RUSA sanctioned only...we ride all year and we hope you do too.
The 400k and 600k are new this year and they are ACP approved. If any riders have 'others' that would
like to help out as a NMBS volunteer we would greatly appreciate the help. The 400k and 600k will certainly need additional
help. This year we are offering anyone who volunteers for an event a free pass for another
NMBS event of equal or lesser distance. We also will usually have a volunteer's ride up to a RUSA apprvoved, 15
days before the brevet and which count in the results. These events are often done without any sag or outside help,
therefore, depending on the route, plan on riding with most of what you need. These must be ridden as a group on a day
as agreed upon by the RBA.
Stay tuned throughout the year as we will be adding additional
brevet routes and permanents in '08 as well.
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