Sterling populaire

[Melinda Lyon]

Congratulations to our 8 riders who arrived to the start in near white out conditions but happily rode off into the snow lined streets!

We had several new to rando folks so a great day overall. 

My favorite comment from a few was “I didn’t think it would be so awful “.  Getting to a brevet in a snowstorm should be a clue☃️ 

Thanks to volunteers Tsun, Jacob, Bill , Amitoj, Sarah for helping make this happen.

[Tsun Au Yeung]

Results have been submitted!  Thank you all to those who showed up.  We will add a 100km permanent later next “celestial season” since we did one in “false spring” today.  

Tsun

Silly goose NER president

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On Apr 12, 2025, at 5:41 PM, Melinda Lyon <melinda...@gmail.com> wrote:



Congratulations to our 8 riders who arrived to the start in near white out conditions but happily rode off into the snow lined streets!

We had several new to us folks so a great day overall. 

My favorite comment from a few was “I didn’t think it would be so awful “.  Getting to a brevet in a snowstorm should be a clue☃️ 

Thanks to volunteers Tsun, Jacob, Bill , Amitoj, Sarah for helping make this happen.

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[Jake Kassen]

Congrats to everyone. It takes a lot of chutzpah to start a ride in conditions like these and even more so when it's not predicted to get much better later in the day. I tip my helmet to you.

The Sterling 100k route is also a perm (#4693) so for anyone who wimped out like me, you can still ride it for RUSA credit on a nicer day. It feels like a completely different route in mid-summer when everything is lush and green.

Jake

> -------Original Message-------
> From: Melinda Lyon <melinda...@gmail.com>
> To: NERds <ne-rand...@googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [NER] Sterling populaire
> Sent: 12 Apr '25 17:41
>
> Congratulations to our 8 riders who arrived to the start in near white
> out conditions but happily rode off into the snow lined streets!
> We had several new to rando folks so a great day overall.
> My favorite comment from a few was "I didn't think it would be so

> awful ". Getting to a brevet in a snowstorm should be a clue??

>
> Thanks to volunteers Tsun, Jacob, Bill , Amitoj, Sarah for helping
> make this happen.
>

[Phillip Stern]

I’m impressed by the 8 that showed up to ride in the snow (and the 6 volunteers who supported them).

My very first NER event was Sterling…and it was in the snow. Tsun tells me that was exactly 10 years ago. Though the math doesn’t quite work since this will be my 10th Fleche and there were a couple of years I couldn’t ride the Fleche. 🤷‍♂️

[Sarah B.]

Congrats to all the riders, including the rider who stuck it out to finish over time.  

Yes, 2015 was the big snow year - we had moved the ride earlier because of moving the whole schedule up for PBP qualification, and it ended up being super miserable. 

And we did have two fleches (technically one was a RUSA arrow)  one year, maybe that's how?  Plus if you'd done every ride from 2015 to now this would be your 11th fleche. 

[Phillip Stern]

Thanks Sarah. I guess I only missed one year of Fleche. I know I didn’t do 2 in one year. I’m not that crazy. Haha. 

I can’t find any record of me doing the Sterling 100k before 2015.

Here is my Strava: 

https://strava.app.link/CYY4xVuVwSb

I had to look for photos from that date. Here is a photo of me and Darren in Sterling in the snow. 

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[Phillip Stern]

No one cares but it was bugging me so…

My first Fleche was 2014. I didn’t join RUSA until the next year so it doesn’t show up in my results. 

There wasn’t a spring Fleche in 2020 or 2021 cuz COVID and I didn’t ride the Fall 2021 Fleche. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fk3EWSsSIOv6bIWz6QgtcZqzMzwSL_vChvGj7LMgN3s/edit?usp=drivesdk

[Bruce...@gd-ms.com]

Thanks again to Melinda, Sarah, Tsun, Jacob and everybody else behind the scenes.

I arrived at the start with a knee injury, inadequate rest and the intent of going straight home, but stuck with it anyway and my drivetrain thawed out to yield its full range again. My feet are still recovering from the cold and my GPS (Edge Touring) is probably due for replacement from partial de-lamination and water intrusion, but I've experienced far worse and nothing really bad happened.

I rode in 2015 and recall riding my cargo bike with studs in sleet. This was comparable.

thanks, Bruce