{"id":4492,"date":"2025-11-11T14:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridarandonneurs.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=4492"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:30:41","slug":"600k-acp-brevet-tavares-maxville-polk-city","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/floridarandonneurs.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=4492","title":{"rendered":"600K ACP Brevet &#8212; Tavares-Maxville-Polk City (11 April 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffloridarandonneurs.com%2Fwordpress%2F%3Fpage_id%3D4492&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=arial\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 11 April 2026<br \/>\n<strong>Distance:<\/strong> 600km<strong><br \/>\nStart Time<\/strong>: 0400<br \/>\n<strong>Official Finish Cut-off<\/strong>: 2000 Sunday (40h)<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.choicehotels.com\/florida\/tavares\/comfort-inn-hotels\/fle10\">Comfort Suites<\/a>, Tavares, Florida<strong><br \/>\nClimbing<\/strong>: 8,645&#8242;<br \/>\n<strong>Cost<\/strong>: $50<br \/>\n<strong>Cue Sheet<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/floridarandonneurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/600K-Tavares-Maxville-Polk-City-8-April-2026.xlsx\">here<\/a> &#8211; final as of 8 April at 1200<br \/>\n<strong>Check-in<\/strong>: Evening of 4\/10 or starting 0330 on 4\/11 in the lobby; details to follow<br \/>\n<strong>Registered Riders (6)<\/strong>: Magalhaes, Maxwell, Rozelle P, <del>Rozelle Sa<\/del>, Savchuk, Szymanski, Walter<br \/>\n<strong>Other Requirements<\/strong>: Current <a href=\"https:\/\/rusa.org\/\">RUSA<\/a> membership; sign the waiver at the ride start<br \/>\n<strong>Food &amp; Drink<\/strong>: We&#8217;ll have snacky things at the start and dinner at the overnight &amp; finish. Bring your own coffee. Riders will be on their own for food\/drink on route.<br \/>\n<strong>SAG<\/strong>: None. There is no event\/volunteer SAG. Riders need to make their own arrangements for return to the start\/finish in the event they abandon.<br \/>\n<strong>Brevet cards<\/strong>: Use is mandatory; this is not an electronic-proof-of-passage brevet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ride Description<\/strong>: This is the out-and-back to Maxville returning to Tavares at the 400K mark, followed by an out-and-back to Polk City for the final 200K. There are some lumpy bits on the northern end of Day 1. Day 2 passes twice through the hills west of Lake Apopka, but the Van Fleet offers 40 miles of shaded relief. The route has been run three times, most recently in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where&#8217;s the GPS file<\/strong>? There are no RBA-provided GPS files for ACP brevets. The cue sheet is the official route. Please make your own GPS file formatted and organized and loaded as you like it. You can use one your buddy made, but please check it yourself for errors and conformity with the final cue sheet. Please be wary of anything you find on the internet, and especially a GPS file from past events using this route. It has changed\u00a0 some over the years, especially the part that runs west of Lake Apopka as that area has continued to suffer development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve enjoyed the civilized 300\/300 format of the 600K these past few years. I&#8217;m a big fan of the rule change eliminating intermediate control times, which is what enabled this. Getting back at a reasonable hour is great! But it&#8217;s back to reality, y&#8217;all, for this season and the next. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paris-brest-paris.org\/en\/\">Paris-Brest-Paris<\/a> is in 2027, and the point of these brevets (yes, they&#8217;re fun in their own right) is to prepare and qualify riders to complete PBP. I don&#8217;t believe you&#8217;re well prepared or, frankly, qualified, to be successful on a 1200K, especially PBP, if you&#8217;re riding your 600K as a 300\/300. You need the experience of riding 400km and then following that up with another ultradistance ride. I think it&#8217;s poor planning to attempt PBP as a 300\/300\/300\/300 (even that won&#8217;t work; the ride is typically 1220 to 1230km). Successfully completing a 1200K isn&#8217;t about putting time in the bank, it&#8217;s about putting <em>distance<\/em> in the bank. Putting road behind you. I think that means going to Pontivy (~400km) or Pleyben (~460km) on Day 1. I&#8217;m sure there are people who finish PBP within time by overnighting at Foug\u00e8res, (300km) or Tint\u00e9niac (360km), but I don&#8217;t know any of them. And I know some very strong riders who DNF&#8217;d using such a strategy. So, welcome back to the 400\/200. Civilization and a full night&#8217;s sleep will return in &#8217;28.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"70%\" \/>\n<h1>Registration<\/h1>\n<p>You MUST pre-register for this event!\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">No day-of registrations<\/span>. Preregistration must be completed by no later than April 10 at noon.<\/p>\n<p>There are two steps to completing your registration.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step 1<\/span>. Please fill in the information here.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f4493-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpages%2F4492#wpcf7-f4493-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"4493\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"5.7.5.1\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f4493-o1\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Name (Last, First)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Street Address\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"StreetAddress\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"StreetAddress\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>City\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"City\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"City\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>State\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"State\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"State\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Zip\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"Zip\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"Zip\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Email\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Phone\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"YourPhone\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"YourPhone\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>RUSA#\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"RUSAnumber\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"RUSAnumber\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Emergency Contact (Name)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"EmergencyContactName\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"EmergencyContactName\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>Emergency Contact (Phone Number)\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"EmergencyContactPhone\"><input size=\"40\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"EmergencyContactPhone\" \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control has-spinner wpcf7-submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit Registration Form\" \/>\n<\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step 2<\/span>. 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