Black Mountain 300k Brevet
Big Wheel Racing made a big showing at the inaugural Black Mountain 300k Brevet as part of the New Mexico Brevet Series, founded and run by Big Wheel Racing Team members John and Liz Mazzola. John, Donnie Cole, Jeni Turgeon, and Matt Turgeon all completed the 186.6-mile route, with nearly 12,000-ft of climbing, out to the remote back roads near Beaverhead, NM in the Gila National Forest. The New Mexico Brevet Series is an affiliate of Randonneurs USA which is a relatively new organization and style of long distance riding in the US that emphasizes completion and camaraderie rather than competition. The origins of randonneuring are over one hundred old from France and this year is a Paris-Brest-Paris year, the culminating event held once every four years.