Author Topic: LEL - News from/of riders  (Read 79545 times)

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: LEL - News from/of riders
« Reply #475 on: 22 August, 2009, 01:35:03 am »
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I suppose the difference is with the 9pm start I'd be riding through the night,
choose the 5am start on PBP.

= 84 hr limit, so need to ride faster.
Wheel meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

Re: LEL - News from/of riders
« Reply #476 on: 22 August, 2009, 11:44:39 am »
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I suppose the difference is with the 9pm start I'd be riding through the night,
choose the 5am start on PBP.

= 84 hr limit, so need to ride faster.

He has the ability to be fast enough for that

Salvatore

  • Джон Спунър
    • Pics
Re: LEL - News from/of riders
« Reply #477 on: 22 August, 2009, 12:01:39 pm »
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I suppose the difference is with the 9pm start I'd be riding through the night,
choose the 5am start on PBP.

= 84 hr limit, so need to ride faster.

Not very much faster. With the much smaller numbers on the 84-hour start, there are smaller no queues for stamping and food until you start catching up with the back of the 90-hour group. Loudeac was the first place I queued, and that wasn't long. I reckon my faster time in 2007 compared with 1991, 1995 & 2003 was largely accounted for by (a) less time lost queuing and (b) 3 nights on the road rather than 4.

But if it becomes too popular, this advantage will be lost, so please take no notice of me.
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et avec John, excellent lecteur de road-book, on s'en est sortis sans erreur

iqual

  • Rusty Recumbent Racer
    • Das Liegerad
Re: LEL - News from/of riders
« Reply #478 on: 25 August, 2009, 09:44:05 pm »

That's our man, Jedrik, ta very much.
And his name: Joachim Janssen  :)

And a whole shed load of photos he took too. Surprised he had the time to do any cycling!

Hi Guys, i heard from Jedrik you talk about me  :)
Now you know my nick in this forum.
It's very easy to make photos while driving my bike, because the device lie everytime on my waist.

regards JJ