PBP 2015 / Paris - Brest - Paris Audax

Don't they use this fast rider they have who carries a bit of baggage?

Come on Oli..
http://www.lfgss.com/post3755638-941.html

No! Must not. Audax is for sandal-wearers. You can't navigate out of your own house. Must not consider. Must not.

Good job they don't put up big, easy to read, easy to spot signage all the way along the route then.

Oh...

hang on...

Yep, apparently they do.

PBP is signed? That's not a bloody audax then! I've been lied to!

LEL was signed but only when you're approaching/leaving checkpoint.

Hippy, do you even Garmin?

I Garmin the shit out of everything. If I didn't, I'd still be in my bedroom trying to work out where the front door was.

Righty ho, one pair of sandals for hippy.

Size 9?

I Garmin the shit out of everything. If I didn't, I'd still be in my bedroom trying to work out where the front door was.

It's not there. The Garmin made you climb out of the window.

Righty ho, one pair of sandals for hippy. Size 9?

9? I don't wear children's shoes.

If Serk does it, I'll do it...

Done! Although, I thought we were aiming at 2019? Isn't this is an endurance event for gentlemen and women who, through experience, have acquired the ability to suffer through pain and lack of sleep in ways that younger people can't?

So - what's the programme then? 200/400/600/PBP in 2015 with a 400 in 2014 to get early registration? Loic, you'll have to fly over to America to do one here with me. The rest of you are welcome to come along.

A 400 in America? hmm, make it either a 600 or a 1200 and I'm games...

Loic, you'll have to fly over to America to do one here with me. The rest of you are welcome to come along.

Flying to US with the Roberts, or for you to fly to Europe with your _____ (insert bike of choice here)... is that uber pricey?

Nah, especially with long haul flight something offer free sport equipment travel, such as Virgin Atlantic.

No! Must not. Audax is for sandal-wearers. You can't navigate out of your own house. Must not consider. Must not.

There's a danger PBP would damage your speed for the 24.

I'm only bothering to make this comment because it gives me another chance to post one of my favourite cycling pictures. This is Muller and Diot (leading) in the last PBP race in 1951. Diot won.

If they look this tired even with the magic potion (I'm only guessing here of course) just think how bad you would look without it.

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PBP is signed? That's not a bloody audax then! I've been lied to!

If you're riding with the Vedettes (i.e. people aiming to do <50h) then you could probably survive without a Garmin. Just try and keep on the wheel of someone in the peloton and take your turn on the front on the really long straight bits.

clubman, I look worse than both those blokes after just 24 hours, I would really not like to double it.

Greenbank, I didn't think we'd met but you know me well...

If I was going to do it I'd want to do it fast. Riding in a bunch would be less mental strain than the TT I reckon (until one of them falls asleep and you're required to do some high speed avoidence!) and you have the advantage of drafting, chit chat, maybe food sharing or whatever if you know people or are a group of friends.

Wait, what? No audax! Trickery!

You don't get award for doing it quickly but you do get recognised for it.

You don't get award for doing it quickly but you do get recognised for it.

They do get the award. On PBP the upper speed limit is removed for the vedettes (the 80h group). More formally the control times are unrestricted:-

http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/pbp2011/index2.php?lang=en&cat=randonnee&page=reglement

A few of the fast Audaxers (who regularly do the 24) had a go at staying with the Vedettes with varying degrees of success. Howard Waller, John Barkman and Toby Hopper are three off the top of my head.

hippy, you can get a crate of Vedett with your own picture on it: http://www.vedett.com/ (somewhere on the main website which is shit and you can't link to that part directly.) Expensive tho, £44.36!

You don't get award for doing it quickly but you do get recognised for it.

It's more about the point of me doing it.

I would prefer to do a self-paced tour than scrape through PBP at 15kph but if I entered PBP as 'a race' then the whole mindset is changed and I would be trying to win and/or achieve a particular time. I know I could complete it so that's not enough of a goal for me.

hippy, you can get a crate of Vedett with your own picture on it: http://www.vedett.com/ (somewhere on the main website which is shit and you can't link to that part directly.) Expensive tho, £44.36!

I'm not that vain. :)

There was a crowd-funded type company in Oz doing the same thing a few years ago. Not sure if they're still going or not.

So, how do you enter as a Vedette?

"Maurice Diot had set the record that stands to this day (though the route has been changed over the years) of 38 hours and 36 minutes."

So, can I ride my TT bike? :)

no aero bars allowed on PBP if I'm not mistaken?

So, how do you enter as a Vedette?

You enter as normal (including doing an SR in 2015 to qualify). You then select the 80 hour timelimit.