Welcome to the official group of the San Francisco Randonneurs (SFR) cycling club, serving as a network, forum, and information hub to encourage and faciliate bicycle cyclo-touring and randonneuring activities in and around San Francisco, California!
This list is for discussions of routes, equipment, weather, rides, etc. -- to further the enjoyment of randonneuring, facilitate our own interpersonal connections as members of SFR and/or RUSA, and to encourage others to join us on our rides. SFR is a volunteer-based club – the people who contribute to the smooth running of the club, maintain the club calendar, ensure route accuracy, coordinate the staffed controls for our rides, and administer the email list and website all do so on a volunteer basis. The SFR mailing list is open to anyone with an interest in cycling. You need not be an SFR member or RUSA member to subscribe.
Participants are expected to be civil and respectful towards each other, SFR volunteers, RUSA officials, and anyone else participating in our branch of randonneuring. Inflammatory/disparaging personal remarks, off-topic posts, and unsolicited commercial email (spam) will not be tolerated and should not be posted to the group. At the discretion of the group administrators, non-compliance with these rules may result in either a private warning or immediate removal/banning from the group.
Randonneuring: Randonneuring is long-distance unsupported endurance cycling. This style of riding is non-competitive in nature, and self-sufficiency is paramount. When riders participate in randonneuring events, they are part of a long tradition that goes back to the beginning of the sport of cycling in France and Italy. Friendly camaraderie, not competition, is the hallmark of randonneuring.
