Paris-Brest-Paris

[TrekJeni]

Anyone thinking about doing it? Has anyone done it in the past?

A group of us are planning on doing the qualifying brevets starting Jan 1. It would be great to hook up with other TE girls who plan on doing it also.

Excited and nervous all at the same time. The 200k and 300k will be pretty decently easy barring any catastrophic meltdown on the bike. Just did the RAIN ride which was 160 miles in 12:40 in 100 degree heat plus 5700 ft of climbing!!

It's the 400k and 600k that scare the living daylights out of me!

Jeni

[Trekhawk]

Good luck and let us know how your brevet rides go.

[tulip]

I've been wanting to do PBP for a while! The 400 and 600 also scare me! Count me in. We don't live in the same area, but support (moral, training ideas, etc.) would be good to have.

[maillotpois]

I did a 600k brevet this spring and it was amazing. I'd done a bunch of double centuries, but hadn't been able to do any other rides in the brevet series. Next year I plan to do a complete brevet series and maybe throw in an extra 600k. I don't know about PBP, though. Probably too expensive.....

[TrekJeni]

My friends and I are probably going to do some car washes and garage sales to fund our trip. You have a WHOLE year to save up. Come on it will be great.
Tulip, I agree about the whole training thing. I'll PM you and we can share tips and tricks. Who knows, since there aren't all that many qualifying rides, we might be at the same ones!

Jeni

I did a 600k brevet this spring and it was amazing. I'd done a bunch of double centuries, but hadn't been able to do any other rides in the brevet series. Next year I plan to do a complete brevet series and maybe throw in an extra 600k. I don't know about PBP, though. Probably too expensive.....

[tulip]

My friends and I are probably going to do some car washes and garage sales to fund our trip. You have a WHOLE year to save up. Come on it will be great.
Tulip, I agree about the whole training thing. I'll PM you and we can share tips and tricks. Who knows, since there aren't all that many qualifying rides, we might be at the same ones!

Jeni

I'm with you Jeni! At the very least, if I don't qualify, I'd like to go to support the riders (and hang out in Brittany, what a fabulous part of the world!)
But, who says I won't qualify?! ONWARD HO (or something like that)!

[Nanci]

I would ask for the Gopher Tortoise. Slow- but can still run. Likes humidity- would feel out of place out west.

[maillotpois]

Cool.

We were going to be the Okapi. They can lick their own eyeballs and can go for 24 hours on a ridiculously small amount of sleep. Also, they've just been rediscovered in a park in the Congo where they'd been though to be extinct.

If we do end up doing it next year, we'll probably stick with that. If I do it alone, I may choose something else.

[Geonz]

(Just to clarify: RAIN *is* in Indiana and yes, it *is* flat. LONG!!!! But really, only a few not-quite-up-to-rolling upgrades. Now, when we go to Perrysville for our annual Turkey Run ride on Labor Day, we find hills in Indiana!)

That's a great description of the ride! Vultures, indeed... When I did it the high temp was 83 and we had a tailwind. It was still long!

[PBPdreaming]

I am most definitely thinking about PBP as are a few of my cycling pals in NYC.
I kicked up the mileage this season to 5000 ....a lot for me...and have tested the waters with two 200K so far.
We have our last brevet of the season tomorrow....a 200K and I'm a bit concerned about finishing after dark.
I guess you build up to the idea of night riding.

my life on the bike and my PBP dream...............

http://pbpdreaming.blogspot.com/


feedback always appreciated!

[Grog]

You can always register for BMB (Boston - MOntreal - Boston) next time it comes around!
http://www.geocities.com/b-m-b/