Hi Rene. Jim sums it up nicely. I'll chip in by saying that speed on the bike does not have to be great. But, speed while off the bike is critical. The saying we came up with in our post-mortem over beers was "every minute off the bike is a minute you may need to make up while on the bike."
We did a pretty bad job of limiting our time while off the bike. Part of it was ignorance where folks didn't know how to gauge how long they were taking and that the clock is *always* running. Part of it was inexperience in riders never having ridden the route, having no idea how much distance was left to be covered at any given moment, and therefore not knowing when maybe they ought to push themselves. Finally, part of it was politeness in trying not to rush someone during stops and giving people a break at the top of climbs, etc. Throw in a few unexpected problems (losing riders three times in our case) and some expected issues (flats, including one in which the back up tube had a hole), and suddenly you realize, uh oh, we've got to move it! In hindsight, I should have talked over some details with the crew. Mostly, I should have let them know that when we stop, everyone is in charge of taking their own business and getting back on the bike, ready to roll, asap. Maybe I should have given a time limit to each stop. On the other hand, despite it all, we finished in time--maybe with a generous clock by the SFR folks ;) And, it was quite a memorable finish! I highly recommend it. Best, Lee On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the details. Perhaps at some future time I'll give it a try. > > Sent from my iPad > On Jun 26, 2011, at 6:48 PM, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > on 6/26/11 2:55 PM, Rene Sterental at orthie...@gmail.com wrote: > > How fast do you need to ride to finish it on time? What happens if you > don't? I've never done one of these... > > Time limit on this ride was 7.5 hours for 115K. If my math is right, you > are looking at about ~9.5 mph. Bear in mind, that for brevets, the clock > never stops, so that average includes breaks, controls, etc. > > If you don't finish within the limit, you receive a DNF. If you come in > before the time limit, you are a "Finisher", along with the folks who scorch > the course. It's a little different paradigm than racing, even though there > is a time limit. Essentially, you get credit for completing the ride within > the time limit (and "completing", meaning passing through the controls > within the time limits and completing whatever requirements those have). > That credit can be used towards qualifying for something like > Paris-Brest-Paris (this year is a PBP year), or for R-12 Awards (someone who > has completed a 200K each month for twelve consecutive months.) > > More here: > > http://rusa.org > > http://sfrandonneurs.org > > > - J > > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the > anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." > > William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties" > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
