2026 Santa Cruz brevets
Bill Bryant
Greetings Randonneurs!
Mark your calendars – the Santa Cruz Randonneurs are getting our 2026 season ready with a variety of brevets, the 3CR 1000k, a gravel 300k, and a Rouleur Week. We’ll have more route info and entry available on January 1, 2026, on the SCR website. We hope you can join us for some good randonneuring around the Monterey Bay region next year.
Note that all our 2026 brevets of 200k and longer have ACP/BRM sanctions and will count toward “priority registration” for Paris-Brest-Paris. The longer the distance of BRM event you complete in 2026, the more choices you will have for your starting group and wave in 2027. (Riders will still need to complete the familiar Super Randonneur series of BRM 200-300-400-600k brevets in the spring and early summer of 2027 to complete the entry process.) Riders with a 2026 BRM 1000k or LRM 1200k get first choice of starting group/wave, then riders with a BRM 600k have second choice, a BRM 400k is third choice, etc.
Sunday, March 1 – Lobitos Creek 200k Brevet. Santa Cruz start/finish.
Saturday, March 7 – Aromitas-La Gloria 300k Gravel Brevet. Carmel start/finish.
Saturday, March 21 – HMB-Marina 300k Brevet. Santa Cruz start/finish.
Saturday, April 4 – Voie Berg/Big Sur 300k Brevet. Carmel start/finish.
Saturday, April 25 – San Gregorio-Greenfield 400k Brevet. Santa Cruz start/finish.
Saturday, May 30 – California Central Coast Randonnée 1000k Brevet. Santa Cruz start & San Luis Obispo finish. 75 hr. time limit.
The 3CR 1000k takes in a lot of California’s most scenic regions, including the beautiful Big Sur coast. It is a hard ride with lots of climbing but hopefully more tailwinds than headwinds. There will be minimal support beyond drop bag service at the overnight hotels. Riders are responsible for their own transportation to the start, and from the finish. There is no bike box transport to the finish. Overnight bags must be <25 lbs. and one bag per rider. A successful 400k (or longer) brevet or permanent in 2026, or 1000k (or longer) brevet in 2025 will be required for entry.
Day One – Santa Cruz to Half Moon Bay to La Honda, to Marina, to King City. Approximately 228.5 miles/368 km. Saturday, 6 AM start.
Day Two – King City to Carmel to Big Sur to Cambria to San Luis Obispo. Approximately 205 miles/330 km.
Day Three – San Luis Obispo to San Luis Obispo loop. Approximately 189 miles/304 km. Riders must finish by 9 AM Tuesday.
NOTE: At present the route south of Big Sur is blocked by the big Regent’s landslide. Caltrans expects it to be open by the end of March, but winter storms may affect the pace of their repairs. If the road is not open by May 1st, we will cancel the 3CR to allow riders time to cancel their travel and lodging reservations and look for another long brevet to ride. We will offer 3CR entry refunds. We will also host our Surf City 600k Brevet on May 30 if the 3CR is cancelled. We have our fingers crossed for a gentle winter!
Saturday, October 24 – Surf City 600k Brevet. Santa Cruz start/finish. A last chance for PBP “priority registration” status for riders unable to make the spring and summer events. There will be a lot of nocturnal riding, but the full moon should help.
Coming in November – A Rouleur Week in Carmel. There will be a 200k, 120k Dart Team Ride, 125k, 150k, and 100k on Monday, November 9 through Friday, November 13. You can enter all the rides or some of them. It will be a great way to earn the Rouleur Award, build fitness before PBP-qualifying arrives, and have some rando-fun! More details and hotel info to come…
Bonne Route!
Bill Bryant & Lois Springsteen
Santa Cruz Randonneurs