http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Good Luck Dave! en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:48:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-39047 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:38:22 +0000 LaidBack 39047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He's made Brest and is on return leg.... well done to him. Can only imagine what that was like.</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3713">PBP home run post</a> now with some more details </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-39025 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:20:31 +0000 LaidBack 39025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Update as Dave enters his second night on the long roads through Brittany...</p> <p>PBP Tracking estimates that he'll get into Brest between 01:31 et 03:38 tomorrow morniing...<br /> <a href="http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/pbp2011/index_inscriptions.php?page=stats_controle">PBP live stats - where event is up too</a></p> <p><strong>Ahead of him is another 600k.<br /> Just to cheer him up he'll now have seen the 300+ riders heading back the way to Paris. At least if it's dark he needn't wave...!<br /> </strong><br /> With him are a group of around 1700.<br /> Behind him are the rest - around 1900 I think... </p> <p>So he is doing very well in an extreme event with some extremely fast riders...</p> <p><em>He said he wasn't really that bothered about going - just warming up for 2015</em> ;–) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-39005 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:44:16 +0000 LaidBack 39005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>His latest tweet.....</p> <p><strong>DM</strong> <em>Drat. Sleep. 44k to st nic but ~1730 too early. 76k to carhaix, but ~1930 also early. Not going to brest in a day or ride in dark.. </em></p> <p>He's well up field - 900 riders through Carhaix. 300 are past Brest. Around 4500 in event.</p> <p><em>Anther LB recliner is past Carhaix at 525km - Alf is from Penicuik but not on forum. Amazing to see stats on this.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38993 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:55:59 +0000 Cyclingmollie 38993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So at 3pm this afternoon he was 449 km in, about 118km from the half way point at Brest. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38961 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:15:36 +0000 LaidBack 38961@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can... not that I'm obsessive or anything!</p> <p>Just heard that the front group of riders have reached Brest - incroyable.</p> <p><strong>les premiers ont pointés à Brest vers 12h54<br /> Allez Michel ! (le N°6)</strong></p> <p><em>Allez Dave, Alf et les autres....</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38931 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:45:53 +0000 Cyclingmollie 38931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks for the update - can you keep them coming? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38920 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:26:21 +0000 LaidBack 38920@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>19 hours in and around 380km covered - that's pretty fast and was averging over 23.5km/h on one stage. Think he had rest at TINTENIAC and will now be heading west again. Other LB (Alf C) rider has gone ahead of him at moment - slightly. </p> <p>The fastest group are already closing on Brest I think.... amazing. These show numbers at Tinteniac with the fewer lead numbers pushing on into Finisterre<br /> TINTENIAC 2330<br /> LOUDEAC 914<br /> CARHAIX-PLOUGUER 119<br /> BREST 0 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38865 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:25:49 +0000 LaidBack 38865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>360º Panorama from SQY's iPhone on twitter</p> <p><a href="http://360.io/UJMzSn">Le départ du Paris-Brest-Paris en 360°</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/#" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/#</a>!/sqy<br /> Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38855 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:06:42 +0000 LaidBack 38855@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He's also been on twitter.<br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/david_mccraw">McCraw's live'ish twitter from the PBP.....</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38827 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:06:56 +0000 Min 38827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good luck Dave! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38821 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:46:02 +0000 chdot 38821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't forget</p> <p>"<br /> In case anyone is interested, you can follow my progress on the <a href="http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/pbp2011/index2.php?lang=en&amp;cat=randonnee&amp;page=suivi_participants">live tracker web facility</a> (entering the frame number 6487). </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38820 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:40:30 +0000 DaveC 38820@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All the best Dave. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38788 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:09:10 +0000 steveo 38788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good luck mate. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38784 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:41:42 +0000 gembo 38784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did the rules for PBP get tightened at some point in the past? I know someone who did it but unless they have become more relaxed in their training I cannot see them completing it in the 90 hours (or whatever the time frame is) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38783 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:38:17 +0000 crowriver 38783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What he said. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3691#post-38781 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:30:14 +0000 ruggtomcat 38781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I spect PBP is gonna start soonish. Just posting to say good luck and keep the pedals turning, All the audax riders are a great inspiration to me when I'm on the road and its a long way to the camping. Chapeau! </p>