Originally Posted by
Giacomo 1
Honest question - what is the difference between touring and randonneuring?
(Don't mean to hijack thread)
Ever noticed [MENTION=136384]unterhausen[/MENTION]'s signature?
Seriously, touring implies stopping for the night, possibly camping, possibly visiting some tourist attractions like Niagara Falls, perhaps even locking up your bike at some point and poking around a town or something. Taking your time over a meal, maybe.
The ride around Lake Ontario is about 1000 km. To do that in a week, but you'd be going close to 90 miles each day; most tourists would take more like ten days or so.
Randonneuring, for a 1000 km like that, you have a 75 hour time limit. You have to ride a minimum of about 210 miles each day, and that doesn't leave much time for resting. So on that Lake Ontario ride, on my first 'day' I rode 299 miles. Assuming you'd call 26 hours a day... which kinda stretches it, right? Anyway, don't tell me it's crazy, I have had ample time to reflect on that aspect of it....
