jmaurice

Your thoughts please. What does the rule "A brevet cannot be counted as participation in, or as credit for another event held in conjuntion with the brevet." mean?

Marcello

I am not too sure, but here are my thoughts:

Here in Oregon, during our spring brevet series, the same day of our 400k we also have a 200k that is a shorter version of the same ride. Same thing when we have the 600k, and riders can choose to ride most of the first day course as a 300k brevet. Let's assume for a minute that the 200k route is exactly the first 200k of the longer 400k brevet (it is not). The way I interpret that rule, you couldn't ride that 200k and get credit for it, and then continue to ride and get credit for finishing the 400k. One or the other. Not both. And if you ride the 400k and DNF near the end, you can't get credit for having finished the 200k portion of the ride.

Another example. Some of the 1200k randonnees (the Cascade 1200, for example) offer the option of doing the ride as a 1000k followed by a 200k. In that case you can get credit (for RUSA mileage awards, for example) for finishing both 1000k and 200k, but if you do you can't also claim credit for finishing the 1200k (even though you did, and with less total time to do it).

You can always ask your RBA to see what she thinks is the meaning of that rule.

supcom

Marcello's interpretation is correct. You can only get RUSA credit once for a given ride. It simply plugs a possible loophole.