General Information

If you're new to Randonneuring, check out our comprehensive page of Question & Answers.

Here's a bunch of detail information (directions to the starts, preregistration requirements, etc). All rides average about 3000 feet of climbing for each 100 kilometers.

Current cue sheets are available at the start of every ride. Should you choose to ride a brevet using an old or preliminary cue sheet and wind up off course as a result, don't blame us!

2010 Boston Series

All Boston rides start and end at Hanscom Field in Bedford, MA.

Routes are subject to change, but we're tentatively planning to use the same Boston routes used in 2009. Preliminary cue sheets for the 2010 series are posted below; final versions will be posted once they're available, usually the week of the event. Preliminary cue sheets are subject to change without notice.

Length (approx.)		Start				Pre Registration
km	mi	date	time	Time limit	Lights?	NER Member	Non-Member	Route	Destination
107	62	4/17	08:00	7h	optional	$5	$10	#429MA	Sterling, MA
200	125	5/1	07:00	13h30m	optional	$20	$25	#196MA	New Boston, NH
300	190	5/15	04:00	20h	required	$25	$30	#206MA	Voluntown, CT
360	225	5/21	You Choose	24h	required	New for 2010, the Boston Fleche! Click Here for more info about this fun team event.
400	250	6/5	04:00	27h	required	$30	$35	#510MA	Meredith, NH
600	375	7/10	04:00	40h	required	$45	$50	#231MA	Bennington, VT
350	220	8/7	04:00	23h20m	required	$25	$30	#509MA	Westfield, MA

The Boston series include the following: 

• Detailed cue sheets
• Entry fee includes water, fruit, cookies, etc., at all checkpoints. (All Checkpoints staffed by NER Volunteers.)
• Bag transport to some checkpoints for the 400k & 600k
• Shower, hot dinner, hot breakfast, and swimming pool on the 600k

2010 Vermont Series

Vermont rides start at Old Spokes Home in Burlington, VT.

Information (Cue Sheets, descriptions, etc) for Vermont rides is currently posted on a separate website run by Mike Beganyi. (Link to be posted when site operational.)

Length (approx.)		Start				Pre Registration
km	mi	date	time	Time limit	Lights?	NER Member	Non-Member	Route	Destination
100	62	6/13	07:00	8h	optional	$5	$10	TBA	TBA
200	125	7/24	05:00	13h30m	optional	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
300	190	7/24	05:00	20h	Required	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
200	125	9/25	06:00	13h30m	optional	$20	$25	TBA	TBA

Vermont Riders should note the following: 

• Not all controls are staffed, though all should have food options and restrooms.
• Ferry crossings will need to be paid for by riders. These crossing are on route and represent controls.
• Higher entry fee on combined 200/300 event includes cost of one charted ferry crossing.
• Complimentary coffee and restrooms at Burlington start.
• Check the link above for more information about these rides as it becomes available.

Package Deals to be announced soon.

GPS Route Files

GPS files posted on this site have NOT been created, verified, or even opened by the ride organizers! They are being provided here as a courtesy to aid riders programming their own GPS units and are not an official route publication. Deviating from the printed cue sheet distributed at the start of the ride is grounds for disqualification, even when following a GPS route downloaded from this site.

If you find these files helpful, be sure to thank the GPS file creator. If you've created a GPS file you'd like posted, please email it to the webmaster.

• Boston 200k gdb (2007) by Harry Spatz
• Boston 300k gpx (2008) by Glen Reed
• Boston 400k gdb (2007) by Harry Spatz
• Boston 600k gdb (2009)
• Boston 600k gpx (2009) by Glen Reed
• Boston 350k gdb (2007) by Walter Page

2009 Results

We'll post the 2010 registations and results when they start coming in.

Registration Form

Click here for information about the New England Randonneurs, Inc. including membership details.

Permanents

We now have a page of detailed information about Permanents -- Brevet length rides which the rider chooses the start date and time.

Jerseys

Additional Events

Bruce will be hosting a Charles River Wheelmen ride in mid-February, starting at the Framingham town green, with options of 20 and 35 miles; non-members are welcome, and there will be a post-ride party afterward.

Other domestic events may be located using the Randonneurs USA website.

History

Click here for results back to 1993 and cue sheets back to 1995.

Resources