2013 pacific populaire
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Randonneur Cycling began in BC when the four founding members - Gerry, John, Dan, and Wayne - qualified for and then completed Paris Brest Paris in 1979. By the mid 1980s the growing group of Lower Mainland randonneurs was looking for a way to introduce new people to the sport. "Populaires" are short, unofficial randonneur events with some of the flavour of official "brevets" or "randonnees" (200 km+). These fun rides had been used elsewhere to introduce people to randonneur cycling. Sometimes populaires are also thought of stepping-stones to 200 km brevets. According to Dan McGuire: "My recollection is that Randy Clelland organized [the 1986 populaire] as a warm-up for the 200 and Marty Wanless promoted it to gain membership, and it went on from there."TRANSCRIPT
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I finished the
2013 Pacific
Populaire @GWMatthews
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100 km bike ride
on a cool, wet
spring morning in
Vancouver
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With a 9:00 am
start at Riley Park
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First out to &
around UBC with a
police escort
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Then south over
the Arthur Laing
Bridge to Richmond
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To picturesque
Steveston
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West to the
Alex Fraser
bridge
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East along River
Road to the bike
bridge on the
Canada Line
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Back up to
16th Avenue at
UBC
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Finishing at (now
demolished) Riley
Park Community
Centre
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Next, the 2013
Canada Day
Populaire