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My minimal SR for qualification:-
200: Dunno, one of the Henham/Ugley ones. Will probably cycle up from SW15 too.
300: Invicta 300 - Meopham, Kent(9th April, 3am start means I can get a train there and back easily and only be away from home one day.
400: Severn Across 400 from Chalfont St Peter (30th April. Enjoyed it last time...)
600: Kernow & South West 600 - Exeter (28th/29th May. Will take gears for this one as it's a tad hilly).BA Flights to/from Paris also booked (I have to be at a party on the Isle of Wight on the Friday night with no hint of a bike with me), just hope the bike will get to Paris without problems. Extra baggage booked. Bike in clear plastic bag (and pray). Stuff (including tent, sleeping bag, stuff for PBP) in large rucksack checked in too. Arrive at CdG at 10am Saturday, metro/cycle down to StQeY (55km). Pitch tent. Sort out bike. Register + bike check. Relax. Eat. Cheeky beer or two. Attempt to sleep. Eat. Sort out stuff again. Eat. Leave bits and bobs in tent. Do PBP (start for 90 hour riders is between 6pm and 9pm Sunday). Finish by deadline of 5pm Thursday. Pack up stuff. Bike/Metro back to CDG airport. Slump in airport if I haven't booked nearby hotel. Check-in for 8am flight home. Arrive back at home by 10am with no care about whether the bike has made it. Train/tube home (or cycle if I'm feeling up to it). Dump stuff at home. Shit/shower/shave. Pick up pre-packed bag for weekend on Isle Of Wight. Train to Portsmouth (stay awake for changes at CJ and Guildford). Passenger ferry about 3.30pm to Ryde. Collected by Mrs G. Tart self up again. Party like someone who's just cycled 1200km in 4 days and then slept in an airport and traveled for 8 hours to get to a party. Woo!
Considering the FNRTTC/Home/DUN-RUN/Home combo as training. Timing not great but the idea is:-
Friday Night Ride To The Coast starting midnight doing the 'Genteel' ride to Brighton. Turn around and cycle back to London Fields. Rest for a bit at the start of the Dun Run. Do Dun Run, eat food at Dunwich cafe, turn around, cycle home. 577km or so by my calculations, so I could push it out by cycling 23km to the start of the FNRTTC. (P.S. 4 or 5 people did the FNRTTC/Dun-Run combo in 2008. Makes my DIY 400 of the Dun Run and home in 2009 look positively wimpy.)
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Just to let anyone contempating PBP know that Willesden CC are running a full qualifying series from places that are easy for London based rider to reach.
The first three events fan out from Chalfont St Peter. Each offers catering at the start and finish and commercial controls.
The Willy Warmer 200K (22 Jan) takes you across the Chilterns and Newbury Downs on a revised route.
The 3Down 300K (2 Apr) runs to the far side of the New Forest. Hilly stretches alternate with long flatter intervals, making this ride suitable for trying a big distance the first time.
On 30th April, the 400K Severn Across takes in the Cotswolds, the Forest of Dean and the spectacular ride across the Severn Bridge before a stretch of night riding.
The Beast from the East 600K(28th May) runs from Waltham Abbey to Taunton and back Refreshments at the start and finish, award winning roadside catering at two stops, sleep facilities and food in Yeovil are all included in the price.
In addition there will be a PBP warmup ride where you can select either 230K or 300K, on 30th July, starting at Baldock.
You can now enter all the qualifiers (2/300 have online entry) via the Audax UK site (non-members - though to do PBP you really need to join - can use http://www.aukweb.net/cal/calsolo.php?Ride=11-435 to access the 600K form).
There will be medals and free entry to the warmup for anyone who successfully completes all four rides.
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A bit more info on the website about registration:-
http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/pbp2011/index2.php?lang=en&cat=inscription&page=comment_sinscrire
Plus the jersey design is out:-
http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/pbp2011/index2.php?lang=en&cat=preparation&page=habillement
Comedy Eiffel tower placement...
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Anyone care to translate this for me?
“L (1E MRB) $ Basingstoke
Immed R onto Pangbourne Hill & climb J”I'd like to have a go at the Willy but navigation is going to turn it into a 300 for me.. and I wouldn't want to miss the club dinner!
Left (1st Exit Mini-Roundabout) Signposted Basingstoke.
Immediate Right onto Pangbourne Hill and climb.The J looks like it's a typo and shouldn't be there...
Roughly this:-
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P.S. Note that the calendar page contains a link to a Bikely track where you can download a GPX tracklog...
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/willy-warmer-2011-track
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Left (1st Exit Mini-Roundabout) Signposted Basingstoke.
Immediate Right onto Pangbourne Hill and climb.Wouldn't the capitalisation mean that it's a* M*ajor Roundabout rather than a *m*ini one.
Depends on the organiser though.
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Wouldn't the capitalisation mean that it's a* M*ajor Roundabout rather than a *m*ini one.
Depends on the organiser though.
Not really, in my experience:-
mrb = mini roudabout
rab = roundaboutBacked up by google streetview (you can zoom in on the sign to see it says Basingstoke too):-
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I've come across both iterations in the past. I usually do a quick google streetview run through of routes to give me an idea though.
How is everyone's planning going. I'm set for the Kennet Valley Run 200k, The Dean 300k, Severn Across 400k and the Bryan Chapman Memorial 600k with the Seething 600k as my back up plan.
Need to start sorting out logistics for getting there and where to stay. I would imagine that 6000 people are going to put a dent in the available space there. -
I am stepping up my practising of choux pastry so that I can make excellent PBP gateaux by September for anyone who finishes..
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Oh God, I wish I hadn't had those 2 glasses of Rioja. I obviously meant anyone from the Forum who finishes, preferably from London, more specifically South of the river, on a steel frame , maybe a Roberts.. who has undergone exceptional difficulty, particularly a bee sting on the knee.
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Oh God, I wish I hadn't had those 2 glasses of Rioja. I obviously meant anyone from the Forum who finishes, preferably from London, more specifically South of the river, on a steel frame , maybe a Roberts.. who has undergone exceptional difficulty, particularly a bee sting on the knee.
I'm in.
London: check
Sarf-of-the-river: check (SW15)
Steel frame: check (Dedacciai SAT 14.5 tubing)
Roberts?: Nope, Condor Tempo, but you did say maybeExceptional difficulties (in advance):
1) little training (except involving >40 units of booze a week)
2) doing PBP on fixedWill work on the bee sting when I'm there...
Anyway, I've decided to sod camping. Formule 1 hotels booked in Plaisir for the Saturday night (Trappes, the closest, is already full) and one near CDG airport for the Thursday night (flying home early Friday morning). £60 in total for both (even at the fully refundable rates).
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If the faint memories crawling towards the neighborhood of consciousness through my suffering, clogged brain are correct, I vaguely recollect that late last night, after a good dinner and plenty of wine and Trappist beers, I seem to have made a deal with my friend Frans to enter PBP 2011. On a tandem?!? I'll check with him and get back to this after the hangover has worn off...
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You're trapped. :)
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^ well... we both came to our senses. Frans has already done PBP twice, but he thinks not having qualified yet (unlike most other Dutch participants) makes it a slim chance to actually get in, and preparation-wise we should have thought of this about a year ago. so we're out. Maybe in 2015!
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How is the qualification going ?
Have you all done your 200km now?
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Chapeau then, so far so good
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Not started yet, and thankfully so, it's been cold and miserable and I've already stacked a few times on ice.
I'm booked on the Kennet Valley Run at the end of the month for starters and I'm hoping the weather stays warmed up.
In the meantime I've been doing some daylight rides and some midweek spinning classes to keep my fitness up.
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200: 12-MAR (Up The 'Uts) DONE
300: 9-APR (Invicta 300) DONE
400: 30-APR (Severn Across) **DONE**Have pre-registered (I did a BRM 400 last year). Just
600: 28-MAY (Kernow & South West)
to go. A little nervous since it's hilly down there and I'm fat and unfit (but I will be taking gears for that one).
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Picked up a bit of heat exhaustion at the weekend on the Severn Across so decided to wait a bit before confirming that I do want to do this. I do and will be signing up this evening. Next up, Bryan Chapman Memorial, bring the pain.
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Does anybody want to ride to Woodbridge in Suffolk from Shenfield/Ingatestone on Saturday, 60-80 miles if the weather forecast stays as it is? Train out and back.