Here is my story of my first PBP completed in 46h56. In total I stopped for 2.5hrs in total (44h30 riding time), no sleep, so around 10min per control point. This plus riding in a group, getting some food/drinks from other people's support crew only at control points from a bit before Brest explain the relatively fast time.Being French but leaving in the UK since 2017, sorry in advance for my English!
It is getting dark, one German guy screams about my fixed rear light being too bright. No worries I have another one less bright, but ask him to be a bit polite, your are way too nervous Sir!
Quote from: vorsprung on 27 August, 2019, 08:43:01 pmQuote from: Chris S on 27 August, 2019, 08:23:50 pmI would like to think you'd get mitigation for some of those I've applied for extra time but if I've asked the right people in the right way who knows?The mystery of PBP will work itself outLet's hope your request is viewed sympathetically. I was following you on the tracker and wondered why your 'pace' had suddenly trailed off. On Thursday I was checking in about every 15 minutes to see if you were going to make it!ISTR that jsabine had a similar experience, helping another rider, in 2015 and was given appropriate latitude. Good luck.
Quote from: Chris S on 27 August, 2019, 08:23:50 pmI would like to think you'd get mitigation for some of those I've applied for extra time but if I've asked the right people in the right way who knows?The mystery of PBP will work itself out
I would like to think you'd get mitigation for some of those
Indeed - I got two hours knocked off, having spent them waiting for a controller to arrive to assist a French rider who was by the roadside, sans vélo, somewhere between Mortagne and Dreux. I did get that signed off in my brevet card by the roadside though - hope whoever you spoke to has the power to get appropriate adjustments made.
Here is my story of my first PBP completed in 46h56. .... What an incredible experience! ...."It is nice reading your stories and there are some many ways to ride PBP that I understand why people do it every 4 years!Claude
Quote from: jsabine on 28 August, 2019, 10:14:00 amIndeed - I got two hours knocked off, having spent them waiting for a controller to arrive to assist a French rider who was by the roadside, sans vélo, somewhere between Mortagne and Dreux. I did get that signed off in my brevet card by the roadside though - hope whoever you spoke to has the power to get appropriate adjustments made.Yeah although I went to to the Fougeres control to check on the crashed rider no one signed anything at the time. The control people didn't think of it and neither did I. The bike was picked up etc so the incident is recorded in some way. I've emailed Thiery Rivet (apparently the right person) but whether it will work out ok, who knows? I emailed in English, which won't help TBH as a 2x Ancien helping people is more important than homogulation so it's not the "oh you must be gutted" that other people are saying to me
Yes , but vorsprung is from DEVON- a very odd type of english. Is spoken . Even the English don't really understand it.
Quote from: vorsprung on 28 August, 2019, 10:48:02 amQuote from: jsabine on 28 August, 2019, 10:14:00 amIndeed - I got two hours knocked off, having spent them waiting for a controller to arrive to assist a French rider who was by the roadside, sans vélo, somewhere between Mortagne and Dreux. I did get that signed off in my brevet card by the roadside though - hope whoever you spoke to has the power to get appropriate adjustments made.Yeah although I went to to the Fougeres control to check on the crashed rider no one signed anything at the time. The control people didn't think of it and neither did I. The bike was picked up etc so the incident is recorded in some way. I've emailed Thiery Rivet (apparently the right person) but whether it will work out ok, who knows? I emailed in English, which won't help TBH as a 2x Ancien helping people is more important than homogulation so it's not the "oh you must be gutted" that other people are saying to meThierry speaks enough English to handle emails in English.
HiGood news, we took in account your request and you will be finisher with the time of 90 hours.RegardsThierry Rivet
Quote from: Ivo on 31 August, 2019, 03:15:49 pmQuote from: vorsprung on 28 August, 2019, 10:48:02 amQuote from: jsabine on 28 August, 2019, 10:14:00 amIndeed - I got two hours knocked off, having spent them waiting for a controller to arrive to assist a French rider who was by the roadside, sans vélo, somewhere between Mortagne and Dreux. I did get that signed off in my brevet card by the roadside though - hope whoever you spoke to has the power to get appropriate adjustments made.Yeah although I went to to the Fougeres control to check on the crashed rider no one signed anything at the time. The control people didn't think of it and neither did I. The bike was picked up etc so the incident is recorded in some way. I've emailed Thiery Rivet (apparently the right person) but whether it will work out ok, who knows? I emailed in English, which won't help TBH as a 2x Ancien helping people is more important than homogulation so it's not the "oh you must be gutted" that other people are saying to meThierry speaks enough English to handle emails in English.Email back from ACP todayQuoteHiGood news, we took in account your request and you will be finisher with the time of 90 hours.RegardsThierry RivetWhich is cool
At some stage would you like me to feed back your issues to the organisers?Have had a good chat with the president of the Rambouillet cycling club, he is a really nice. So can feedback your thoughts to him.
Quote from: Gattopardo on 27 August, 2019, 01:02:59 amAt some stage would you like me to feed back your issues to the organisers?Have had a good chat with the president of the Rambouillet cycling club, he is a really nice. So can feedback your thoughts to him.My take:I thought the finish was unnecessarily chaotic. I came in around 1300 and there were hundreds of oblivious people walking, riding, and driving on the road to the finish before and during the cobblestones. The gravel/cobble stretch to the timer seemed confusing and potentially dangerous for exhausted riders. I would recommend at least putting the timer at the finish kite. The trip to bike storage and to the tent was also very crowded and slow and prominent signs would have helped. Overall, not circling around in the Bergerie would have greatly simplified the whole process and putting up something like cones and caution tape to separate the finishers from the crowd on the road up from the park entrance would have helped as well. I didn't like he ride into SQY either but I thought the finish layout in 2011 was much better and more obvious than either 2015 or 2019.
Email back from ACP today"HiGood news, we took in account your request and you will be finisher with the time of 90 hours.RegardsThierry Rivet"Which is cool