And if you finish beyond the time limit? On Friday, January 27, 2012, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 10:01 -0500, robert zeidler wrote: >> It has a clock..... > > Having a time limit does not turn a brevet into a race. You have to > finish within a given time (13.5 hours for a 200km brevet) and must > maintain a certain average speed (around 9.3 mph, if I recall correctly) > across the entire distance. You get no extra points for exceeding that, > and if you go fast enough will run afoul of the opening times for > controls, and will be forced to wait for them. > > So: you get punished for being really fast, get no special points for > being fast, get no distinction for being first, and find that everyone > who completes the event within the time limits wins equally. You will > even find the Big Boys and Girls stopping for an hour or more at a > restaurant for lunch. > > Sound much like a race to you? > > > > -- > 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. > >
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