Paris Brest Paris (PBP) 2023

Tracking link here, if anyone would like to follow.
Starts on Sunday afternoon:

https://track.rtrt.me/e/CC-2023#/tracker/

I'm No. S138

I’m W224

Hang on are they issuing GPS trackers this year, or will the tracker show a more simple progress through controls by rider?

The latter, progress through controls. If only...

Got you. My head started imploding from the logistics of the former

Could you imagine looking at a map with that many dots on it, haha!

I’m M208, depart Sunday 7PM.

Got goosebumps arriving at the check in today seeing all randonneurness, such good vibes. But so not used to riding in heat. I'm P078.
Some bikes, which I think are volunteers' (foot retention-less skidders) and show bikes

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I'm just about to head over to pick up my stuff.
F007

C114 just picked my stuff up :). Hope to see some of you on the road

Any pics of the bike with that lovely yellow/pink colour way?

good luck everyone! if you see someone from Pune Randonneurs say you know a guy from Pune.

Saw that fixie skidder lopro today when I registered.

Spotted some other nice bikes as well. Some super high-end carbon kicking around, too.

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Surprised by how many other people there are riding fixed. Must have seen around 15 others.

Audax Bristol have a good few riders, there’s a rider in the same hotel as me from Southampton, and a couple of American riders I shouted FIXED GEAR, YEAH! at much to the embarrassment of my girlfriend.

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Lo Pro coasted past me at some point today, not so fixie skidder after all. I shed a single tear.

Some good stuff in there. Saw that pink Bianchi with the pink CK (?) hubs. The fork on that Bates is wild.

Looking at the pic of that lopro it does have a coaster brake 🥲

F007

'My name is Bond. Frank Bond.'

Good luck, everyone!

It's a pretty fixed friendly route, there's usually quite a few.

The German triplet

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That's great!

Reminds me I also saw a tandem with two guys on it who had matching kit, matching hair and matching moustaches.

Sure you weren’t just seeing double?

We had to abandon on the first night at Mortagne, 10% of the way round.
Stoker's pedal fell out and the threads were shredded. Mechanics couldn't help.
Better luck everyone!

Shit! Such a shame.

What a shit thing to happen.