and if you are lucky to live in the boston area and can ride to the start - it is even easier.


i struggled with this last year - i'm 3-4 hours from both NE brevet series - add in ride time and drive time - and events get $$ in both money and time.

i'm certainly hoping to get some permanents on the books up here, and there is budding interest in town and nearby for this type of riding - so hopefully we'll have our own series. if the rides are local i totally agree with your statements above. if they require travel - then it can be a logistics trick to make it all happen.

my first brevet season was '06 - i was single, living in s. vt. and working in boston nearly twice a month. (i was also only 2 hours from the boston start line, and 1 hour from westfield) logistically i would set up work appointments for thursday or friday, bill my hotel and travel time - and then stay the extra days on my own dime and time to complete the events. this worked great - and with some juggling i thought i would do it again in '07 - but then you meet a girl, move to the big city (burlington), and 8 hours of driving to ride in a great series (the BBS) seems like a stretch - add hotel, $$, etc... and it became unmotivating. i focused on the century a month for most of '07 and felt mildly satisfied.

for '08 and beyond i'm thinking about how to juggle this, especially for a 1200k. hopefully bmb will come back - it was nice seeing riders head right through town and right past my office in '06. i'd like to make that ride happen as it crosses landscapes that are right in my backyard.