Re: RUSA membership
Marcello Napolitano
As a new member, you will receive a copy of the RUSA handbook, which
is packed with interesting and useful information. By itself, it is
worth the price of your first year of RUSA membership.
RUSA members can purchase RUSA items from the "souvenir" shop on the
RUSA web site. This includes reflective items at below cost, including
leg bands and Sam Browne sashes.
RUSA members can ride on "permanents", brevet routes that are
available year round to those like me, who can't get enough mileage
from a normal brevet season to satisfy the craving for long distance.
Marcello Napolitano
Hillsboro, OR
RUSA #3208
On 9/14/06, Dave Cramer <dau...@sover.net> wrote:
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> > I've never been a "joiner". Is there an benefit to joining RUSA?
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> > LL
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> 1. A good magazine
> 2. If you want to ride PBP next year, you must be a RUSA member for all
> the qualifying brevets (I think)
> 3. Supporting a wonderful organization
> 4. It's not very expensive...
> 5. Fame--your results appear in the results book at the end of the year,
> and on the web site
> 6. I'm sure there are others!
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> Dave Cramer, RUSA #2690
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Lloyd Lemons
Dave Cramer
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> I've never been a "joiner". Is there an benefit to joining RUSA?
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> LL
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1. A good magazine
Alfredo Garcia
Hi,
You also get their Brevet Manual. Great book. As a member, you can buy RUSA's unique cycle gear (Sam Browne belts, jerseys, videos, etc.). If you need a travel box to bring your bike, you can get a discount.
Alfredo Garcia
Five Borough Bicycle Club
New York, NY
RUSA #1292
Lloyd Lemons <ldle...@comcast.net> wrote:
I've never been a "joiner". Is there an benefit to joining RUSA?
LL
Alfredo Garcia
Oops,
Didn't fully explain myself--for the last two years, RUSA has a connection with a bike box manufacturer to sell their boxes at a discount. You may want to ask a RUSA rep for details. I am thinking of getting one myself. Hope it's still alive.
Alfredo
Curtis Stallins <cur...@stallins.com> wrote:
I asked at an online bike shop in June about a discount on a bike box, after someone told me he had received said discount - and the person responding to my e-mail had no idea what RUSA is or what the heck I was talking about.
At what stores is the RUSA discount honored, and what percent might the discount be?
Curtis
Alfredo Garcia wrote: Hi,
Steve Rice
A friend of mine asked Jennifer Wise about this discount this year at
BMB. The discount is gone.
Steve Rice
Alfredo Garcia wrote:
> Oops,
>
> Didn't fully explain myself--for the last two years, RUSA has a
> connection with a bike box manufacturer to sell their boxes at a
> discount. You may want to ask a RUSA rep for details. I am thinking
> of getting one myself. Hope it's still alive.
>
> Alfredo
>
Curtis Stallins
I asked at an online bike shop in June about a discount on a bike box,
after someone told me he had received said discount - and the person
responding to my e-mail had no idea what RUSA is or what the heck I was
talking about.
At what stores is the RUSA discount honored, and what percent might the
discount be?
Curtis
Alfredo Garcia wrote:
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type="cite">
Hi,
You also get their Brevet Manual. Great book. As a member, you
can buy RUSA's unique cycle gear (Sam Browne belts, jerseys, videos,
etc.). If you need a travel box to bring your bike, you can get a
discount.
Alfredo Garcia
Five Borough Bicycle Club
New York, NY
RUSA #1292
Lloyd Lemons <ldle...@comcast.net> wrote:
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d...@pobox.com
There's a list on the web site: www.rusa.org/join.html
Benefits of Membership in Randonneurs USA
Any amateur cyclist can ride and enjoy randonneuring brevets regardless
of their club affiliation or lack thereof. However, there are still good
reasons to join Randonneurs USA (RUSA).
1. You get a quarterly journal devoted to the sport of
randonneuring. You also get a free member's handbook filled with
useful "how to" information that will make you a better
randonneur. This valuable publication is not available anywhere
else. From time to time, RUSA also sends other special
publications to its members.
2. After you finish a brevet, you might want to buy a handsome
commemorative medal from the Audax Club Parisien (ACP). These
are only available to RUSA members.
3. Only RUSA members are eligible to earn prestigious yearly
randonneuring awards from RUSA and the ACP.
4. Each RUSA member's yearly results are automatically tabulated
and posted on the RUSA data base. This can be useful for showing
qualifying ride completion if you want to enter a 1200k event
such as Paris-Brest-Paris, Boston-Montreal-Boston, etc.
5. If you should aspire to ride Paris-Brest-Paris, the Audax Club
Parisen insists that all American entrants be RUSA members on or
before the date of their first qualifying brevet.
6. All the merchandize from the RUSA store is available only to our
members.
7. Entry to RUSA "Permanents" is open only to RUSA members.
8. Another reason to join RUSA is that it is a good thing to do.
The organization is vital to promoting the sport in the US.
Behind the scenes we work to help the event organizers, help
develop routes and events, provide insurance to the local clubs,
etc.
Most of all, joining RUSA shows that you are among the hardy cyclists
who are building a future for randonneuring in the USA.
On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 21:28 +0000, Lloyd Lemons wrote:
> I've never been a "joiner". Is there an benefit to joining RUSA?
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> LL
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