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Randonneur Cycling began in BC when the four founding members - Gerry, John, Dan, and Wayne - qualified for and then completed Paris Brest Paris in 1979. By the mid 1980s the growing group of Lower Mainland randonneurs was looking for a way to introduce new people to the sport. "Populaires" are short, unofficial randonneur events with some of the flavour of official "brevets" or "randonnees" (200 km+). These fun rides had been used elsewhere to introduce people to randonneur cycling. Sometimes populaires are also thought of stepping-stones to 200 km brevets. According to Dan McGuire: "My recollection is that Randy Clelland organized [the 1986 populaire] as a warm-up for the 200 and Marty Wanless promoted it to gain membership, and it went on from there."
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I finished the
2013 Pacific
Populaire @GWMatthews
100 km bike ride
on a cool, wet
spring morning in
Vancouver
With a 9:00 am
start at Riley Park
First out to &
around UBC with a
police escort
Then south over
the Arthur Laing
Bridge to Richmond
To picturesque
Steveston
West to the
Alex Fraser
bridge
East along River
Road to the bike
bridge on the
Canada Line
Back up to
16th Avenue at
UBC
Finishing at (now
demolished) Riley
Park Community
Centre
Next, the 2013
Canada Day
Populaire
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