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Randonneur Round the Year

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Roll of Honour - RRTY

Roll of Honour - RRTYx5

Roll of Honour - Ultra RRTY

Are you capable of completing a Brevet de Randonneur (BR) in each of any 12 consecutive months? Not many can, as this is an award only the hardiest of riders can aspire to. In order to qualify for inclusion in the RRtY Roll of Honour, you need to complete a Randonneur (minimum 200km, either calendar event or Permanent) in each of any twelve consecutive calendar months.

What events can be counted for an RRTY?

Well, any Calendar or Perm marked as 'BR' will count, and that includes DIY Perms of at least 200km completed at Randonneur pace. BRM events also count, and in fact I'll probably consider any validated ride of over 200km, but you will need to convince me that it was ridden at Randonneur pace, (see regulation 5.7)

Most people find it difficult keeping a continuous run going over the winter months, with the vagaries of the British weather to contend with. Only the fastest of riders are able to complete these without at least some riding in the dark. Others have difficulty in keeping a 12-month run going because it clashes with summer touring schedules.

If you want to ride something shorter than a 200km Brevet de Randonneur, you could try for the AAA Round the Year award - an AAA event in any 12 consecutive calendar months.

Don't forget that you have to claim this award - it's too complicated and important to trust to a simple computer, so you need to attract the attention of a human adjudicator.

Thirty days hath September ...

January 2010 became a 59-day month. The requirement to undertake a ride during January 2010 was relaxed, in light of the prolonged and widespread period of icy weather. You may make an RRTY claim with both your January and February rides completed before the end of February 2010.

But don't expect us to be this lenient during a more normal winter!

However, we will be extending February 2012 to 29 days to give you just that little bit of extra time in which to complete your RRTY rides.

Ross Bentley-Davies: 'I think I'm actually more proud of (completing my RRTY) than I was of completing my first SR in the process!'

Phil Dyson: 'Oh dear! I've gone and done it again. I thought I could stop. Thought it would be easy to stop. But the evidence of the AUK Results service says otherwise. I am well and truly addicted.'

Some Frequently Asked Questions

Phil Dyson was the first rider to claim the feat of riding two Randonees per month (2RRTY). Several others have since repeated this feat and Toby Hopper has done it twice, including one epic month when Toby rode both the Hellfire 600 and the Mille Cymru 1000. He needs to stay in more!
Linda Johnston has the distintion of riding all her qualifying rides backwards on the back-to-back tandem.

Rhisiart ap Gwilym with his Rohloff
Dave Larrington rode his RRTY 'inna-lying-down-stylee' as he puts it.
Shaun Gregory (not to be confused with Shaun Gregory senior) becomes the youngest member of the RRtY club with the completion of his 12th qualifying ride while still only 14.
Steve Abraham qualified for his RRtYx5 all in the one season (2006/7) by riding at least 5 BRs in every month.
Nik Windle and John Harwood both achieved their x6 status by riding events over a continuous period of 72 months .. and they're probably still out there.
Duncan Parkes managed his RRTY on his Brompton folding bike.
Rhisiart ap Gwilym completed an RRTY using a Rohloff.
Margaret Philpotts cyled the Dorset Delight 200 in each month of 2008.
Tandonneurs Round the Year (the same tandem crew on all 12 qualifiers) include Tiho Obrenovitch & Jutta Urenjak, Jonathan & Emma Dixon, and Mike Hunting & Linda Johnston.

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