coming from an under-30 novice randonneur, who is friends with a lot of "serious" cyclists about my age, it's easy to see that randonneuring is a very niche discipline. most of my friends are racing cyclocross right now, talking about file tread and watts. i only have a few friends that would be willing to come along on a brevet, and it's not for the fact that they can't handle it, but more so they just don't find the idea of it very appealing.

i have convinced a few friends to try some, but they fall in two groups: newbie cyclists that are literally up for anything because they want to take in as much as they can, and ultra-types who do ironmans or long distance MTB races and who like the idea of a looong day (or days) on the bike. anyone anywhere in between may have already found their discipline and have decided that's what they want to focus on. to each their own?