Dang, I lost the bet. Great research. Has anyone on this board ever done a 1200k?
On Jul 13, 9:30 pm, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > A little web searching reveals: > > According to the RUSA website, 4,500 PBP riders were expected in 2007, > and in 2011 there will be a cap at that number to prevent 'saturation' > of the controls. There are other 1200's, too. The fastest PBP riders > will do it in the low 40-hour range. 30 or so American riders have > completed PBP in under 56 hours. I used to ride with one of them in > the Davis bike club (Daryn Dodge), and briefly met two others (Lon > Haldeman and Susan Notorangelo). > > 22,000+ runners finished the 2009 Boston Marathon. > > This year's Tour de France will cover 2,200 miles in 21 days. Fewer > than 200 riders start the TdF, fewer than that finish. Now THAT's an > elite group! > > Bill > > On Jul 13, 2:42 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Clearly <7.5 hours for a 115k ride is not a big physical challenge for > > a typically experienced cyclist. > > > That said, I do not think it is difficult to argue that a 200k is an > > impressive day's work, but those 200k rides are these Rando-folks' > > easy rides. 300k is epic. 400k is crazy. 600k, 1000k, 1200k is just > > beyond what I can comprehend putting myself through. How many people > > in the history of humankind have ridden 1200k in under 90 hours? I'd > > wager it's fewer than the number of people that finish the Boston > > Marathon this year. The Tour de France field is not putting in that > > kind of mileage. To my knowledge there is no other physical endeavor > > that anyone would call a 'sport' that comprehends doing anything for > > 90 hours basically continuously. Unless you want to enter Guiness > > Book of World Records for dribbling a basketball or hula hooping. > > > I'm super intrigued to check it out and see how these folks operate. > > > On Jul 13, 2:12 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > on 7/13/10 8:57 AM, Ray Shine at r.sh...@sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > > > Please forgive my general ignorance about randoneuring (heck, I'm not > > > > even > > > > certain how to pronoun it!) but what is the objective? Is it to finish > > > > each > > > > leg or segment in a given time frame? To find your own way without > > > > pavement > > > > arrows? > > > > "Ran-dun-UR-ring" seems to be the most common. But, hey, I never took > > > French... > > > > A good place to start is at the rusa.org site, though it has a bit of a > > > formality to it that seems a trifle at odds with the quality of the > > > camaraderie. > > > >http://www.rusa.org > > > > Basically, it's a ride (not race) over a course of fixed distance, > > > stressing > > > self-sufficiency in the rider and machine. The times are designed so > > > that a > > > reasonably fit rider can complete it. Typically, the distances are 200k, > > > 300K, 400K, 600K and 1200K, building over the season to allow riders to > > > develop endurance and confidence over longer distances. To qualify for > > > Paris-Brest-Paris, you have to do a "series". > > > > The clock is a "rolling time", which means it's always going, so breaks > > > for > > > food, mechanicals, etc. are "on the clock". There is a time limit at each > > > control which is designed to get you to the finish at the maximum allowed > > > time. Riders definitely go faster than the time limits, but there is a > > > range along the spectrum, and most people end up in groups of similar > > > ability. For example, the SFR 200K has a 13.5 hour limit, I finished the > > > last one at about 10:40, and the fastest riders were done at about 8 > > > hours. > > > > No pavement arrows. Route sheets are provided or made available. > > > > > I have ridden this same route on my own a kazillion times and can't see > > > > why > > > > they allow 7.5 hours to finish it. What am I not getting? > > > > Coffee breaks? Pizza at Bovine Bakery? > > > As I mentioned, that time is the cutoff. The times at each control are > > > cutoff times, too, so if you don't make one of the those, you won't get > > > credit for the ride. > > > > The Populaire is a way to test the waters on a ride of reasonable > > > distance, > > > and is a good way to get the idea of the controls, cards, route sheets, > > > etc. > > > > - J > > > > -- > > > Jim Edgar > > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > The Gallery needs your photos! Send 'em in - Here's > > > how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > > > "She edged in to get a better look at the bike, how it was made, the > > > intricacy of its brakes and shifters pulling her straight in. Beauty." > > > -- William Gibson, "Virtual Light" > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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