Brevet cards are used in audax rides to prove proof of passage. At each control point you get a stamp on the card. In a sense it is what you get for doing the ride, a set of stamps. Here are some notable ones from my collection
Aberystwyth Boat Club octopus stamp from the Mille Cymru
Alston from LEL 2005
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- Dragon stamp from the Mille Cymru
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- Aberystwyth Boat Club octopus stamp
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- Alston from LEL 2005
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- April Flowers, the first 200 event I rode
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- Boots the Chemist, start stamp for Blackdowns Grimpeur perm
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- Dragon from Brevet Cymru 400
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- CTC stamp from Brevet Cymru
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- elenith is ecstacy
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- Irish Mail 400
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- Lee Valley YHA from LEL 2005
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- Mad March 200
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- Minehead cycling club
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- CTC stamp from the Torplex 200
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- “Wales Welcomes Cyclists” Bryan Chapman Memorial 600
Avalon Sunrise 400
Bryan Chapman Memorial 600km
[...] Stamp Collecting: brevet stamps as mementos of past rides. We don’t seem to have the tradition for brevet stamps in Australia, which is a bit of a pity really. [...]
By: Speedlinking 27 October 2010 | Treadly and Me on October 27, 2010
at 12:16 pm
Wow, nice collection.
You probably really enjoy cycling.
P.S.
Face of octopus in Aberystwyth stamp is so cute.
By: jersuji on November 13, 2010
at 3:06 pm