Anjou Vélo Vintage

[BalkanExpress]

2020 dates announced 3-5 July. Registration some time in the spring

https://www.anjou-velo-vintage.com/en/

A really good weekend: lovely setting, events all weekend, fantastic food and drink with a bit of riding in between,
If you want a lot of riding and less food and drink you can do the long route on the Saturday which is rather more serious , then a gentle Sunday ride with a four course linch included

 

[mjr]

Linch?

 

[BalkanExpress]

Linch?

Sausage fingers ..oddly enough, two years ago it was sausage and new potatoes for linch, I mean lunch.

 

[mjr]

All the rides are sold out.

For 2019, isn't that?

 

[further]

Entry isnt until March 2020

 

[BalkanExpress]

Ah, I didn’t read it properly.

Subscribe to their mailing list and you will get advance warning. Rides do sell out quickly , although that means in days not minutes

 

[newfhouse]

I was touring through France a couple of years ago and happened to ride through Saumur on the day of this festival. It looked like a really fun event from what I saw.

 

[further]

My wife and I did it this year,loads of fun.

 

[RMFrance]

Which route did you ride? We know the area well (it's about 90min N of us), but after my experiences in Tuscany with Eroica I've become a bit hill-averse! Have you heard about the new event which launched in Cognac last year? Looks promising, and run by a vintage bike nut.
https://www.lateliervelo.fr/la-rando-vintage-du-Grand-cognac

My wife and I did it this year,loads of fun.

 

[further]

Easy 30k

 

[BalkanExpress]

2021 Registrations are now open for this year weekend of 27-29 August.

Still space on most of the routes

https://www.anjou-velo-vintage.com/fr/randos-retro/parcours

If anyone is thinking of going , I”m down for the long gravel route on Saturday (could be interesting as I have been off the bike for a month) and the early start 40km on the Sunday