{"id":1302,"date":"2021-09-12T08:44:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T12:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.randonneursontario.ca\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2021-09-12T08:44:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T12:44:29","slug":"ride-report-beaver-valley-400km-brevet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.randonneursontario.ca\/?p=1302","title":{"rendered":"Ride Report: Beaver Valley 400km Brevet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Carey Chappelle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Huron Chapter hosted the Beaver Valley 400km Brevet this past Wednesday. Scenery – Drop Dead Gorgeous! The Route – CHALLENGING! The Weather – NASTY!Congratulations to John Cumming (1), Charles Horslin, John Kieffer (2), Matthew McFarlane and Tiago Varella-Cid on successfully completing this 400!!Chappy, Charles, Matthew, John 1 and John 2. Photo taken by Tiago at the Start!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original Start time was 0400hrs., the Randonneurs showed up at 0330 and enjoyed the Rain, Thunder and LIghtening\u00a0for the next hour and a half. No one even considered heading out until 0500hrs when things started to look better! You can see me (Chappy far left) checking out the weather forecast for the day … I simply wished everyone WELL and headed back to bed!After 4 hrs of sleep, I double checked the weather forecast for the day. It hadn’t changed. Temperature to feel like 39 deg C, Occasional Strong winds from the SW at 100km\/hr, along with Thunder and Lightning to happen in the evening and into the night! It wasn’t hard convincing myself I had made the right decision to provide SUPPORT!Heading NE, the participants enjoyed a decent tail wind until Matthew Mcfarlane experienced a flat tire! Quick fix and everyone was back on the road heading \u00a0towards the first Control – Dundalk (114km). When Chappy arrived, the only Randonneur he could find was\u00a0pedalliing\u00a0in circles … John Kieffer (a new Randonneur) had refuelled and was having trouble getting back on route! Chappy was able to get him in the right\u00a0direction!<\/em>
Now heading out of Dundalk, roads were closed but cyclists were able to stay on track. I had to detour but eventually was back on route. Another road closure left me wondering where everyone was. Headed through Flesherton, down into the Beaver Valley then up towards the next turn, then decided to message one of the Randonneurs to see where everyone was. Heading back to Flesherton,\u00a0Tiago Varellla-Cid\u00a0was in the middle of the climb and low and behold … the new Randonneur … John Kieffer wasn’t far behind!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Cumming heading down into Beaver Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John Kieffer’s first 400<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n