http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: PBP 2023 en Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:34:08 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21078#post-362885 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:01:43 +0000 acsimpson 362885@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw some pretty poor group riding on LEL too, although given that it's open to anyone taking a notion to sign up perhaps that's not too surprising.</p> <p>Day 1 saw echelons forming upto and over the centre line but riders would then swerve in front of you if you tried to go up the inside.</p> <p>At least if you rode at your own pace there wasn't generally anything to worry about from other riders. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21078#post-362881 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 18:26:36 +0000 amir 362881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cyclops top tips for PBP? Apart from sharp elbows! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21078#post-362874 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:33:28 +0000 amir 362874@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@acsimpson kind of. I'm put off by the thought of getting to the start line. Also the numbers of rides; as @cyclops notes, and that issue put me off sportives.</p> <p>PBP certainly distorts the home calendar! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21078#post-362873 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:23:08 +0000 Cyclops 362873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>PBP is definitely a ride of extremes. There's all the people who line the route setting out trestle tables with food/drink at all times of the day and night. Then there's the scenery.</p> <p>However, there's also some atrocious riding from riders which makes you wonder quite how they got through the qualifiers in one piece. I had 3 extremely close misses last time.</p> <p>Probably my most memorable ride but I wouldn't do it again in case my luck ran out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21078#post-362872 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:17:50 +0000 acsimpson 362872@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Vaguely Yes, but not in 2023. Being just after the start of the school term put it firmly off the table for me next year.</p> <p>Are you thinking about it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21078#post-362865 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:38:25 +0000 Dave 362865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Before covid I had it in mind to do a second PBP as a 40th birthday present, but after two years without even a commute, it's off the table :( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21078#post-362863 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:51:58 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 362863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21078#post-362862 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:48:03 +0000 amir 362862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone thinking vaguely about doing Paris-Brest-Paris? </p>