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Good Luck Dave!

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  • Started 13 years ago by ruggtomcat
  • Latest reply from LaidBack

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  1. ruggtomcat
    Member

    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!

    Posted 13 years ago #
  2. crowriver
    Member

    What he said.

    Posted 13 years ago #
  3. gembo
    Member

    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)

    Posted 13 years ago #
  4. steveo
    Member

    Good luck mate.

    Posted 13 years ago #
  5. DaveC
    Member

    All the best Dave.

    Posted 13 years ago #
  6. chdot
    Admin

    Don't forget

    "
    In case anyone is interested, you can follow my progress on the live tracker web facility (entering the frame number 6487).

    "

    Posted 13 years ago #
  7. Min
    Member

    Good luck Dave!

    Posted 13 years ago #
  8. LaidBack
    Member

    He's also been on twitter.
    McCraw's live'ish twitter from the PBP.....

    Posted 13 years ago #
  9. LaidBack
    Member

    360º Panorama from SQY's iPhone on twitter

    Le départ du Paris-Brest-Paris en 360°

    http://twitter.com/#!/sqy
    Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

    Posted 13 years ago #
  10. LaidBack
    Member

    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.

    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
    TINTENIAC 2330
    LOUDEAC 914
    CARHAIX-PLOUGUER 119
    BREST 0

    Posted 13 years ago #
  11. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    Thanks for the update - can you keep them coming?

    Posted 13 years ago #
  12. LaidBack
    Member

    I can... not that I'm obsessive or anything!

    Just heard that the front group of riders have reached Brest - incroyable.

    les premiers ont pointés à Brest vers 12h54
    Allez Michel ! (le N°6)

    Allez Dave, Alf et les autres....

    Posted 13 years ago #
  13. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    So at 3pm this afternoon he was 449 km in, about 118km from the half way point at Brest.

    Posted 13 years ago #
  14. LaidBack
    Member

    His latest tweet.....

    DM 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..

    He's well up field - 900 riders through Carhaix. 300 are past Brest. Around 4500 in event.

    Anther LB recliner is past Carhaix at 525km - Alf is from Penicuik but not on forum. Amazing to see stats on this.

    Posted 13 years ago #
  15. LaidBack
    Member

    Update as Dave enters his second night on the long roads through Brittany...

    PBP Tracking estimates that he'll get into Brest between 01:31 et 03:38 tomorrow morniing...
    PBP live stats - where event is up too

    Ahead of him is another 600k.
    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...!

    With him are a group of around 1700.
    Behind him are the rest - around 1900 I think...

    So he is doing very well in an extreme event with some extremely fast riders...

    He said he wasn't really that bothered about going - just warming up for 2015 ;–)

    Posted 13 years ago #
  16. LaidBack
    Member

    He's made Brest and is on return leg.... well done to him. Can only imagine what that was like.

    PBP home run post now with some more details

    Posted 13 years ago #

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