next pbp is august/september 2007. ill see you there. i rode in 2003 for the first time, and resolved immediately to ride it every 4 years until i cant. :)
if all goes according to plan, ill be riding this:
http://www.blackbirdsf.org/
i say 200k to 300k isnt the big jump - if you can ride a 200k in 13.5 hours, you can probably ride a 300k in 18. i found the 400k significantly more difficult than the 300k, and then the 600k was only more difficult because of the time constraint. (half the distance of pbp in less than half the time.
im planning not to beat my 2003 time of 89h17m, but to get more sleep, eating, and sightseeing in during that time :)
-joel (my pre and post pbp log at
http://www.blackbirdsf.org/
At 06:50 +0000 12.10.2005, brianbaylis@juno.com wrote:
>I know for sure I won't be able to do enough riding before the framebuil
>ders show to go beyond the 200KM. I will however start to ride with the
>group that does centuries every weekend after the show and begin working
> up to the greater distances. I'm thinking PBP in maybe 2008 or 09, but
>you never know. Perhaps if I can have the pesky 3rd arm growing out of m
>y back removed, the savings in weight and energy to operate it might be
>enough to get me there. We'll see, but I suspect 2007 will be a tad too
>soon for me. What time of year is PBP?
>
>
>-- "Matthew Gorski" <bikenut@verizon.net> wrote:
>Brian,
>Count me in...I'll ride the red Rene Herse with Christmas fresh
>Dugast fatties (thanks Sterling) ....but what about the 300K/400K
>
>600K rides ;^) Should we plan an all-vintage PBP outing in 2007?
>AeroTour in Paris?? AutoMoto on parade?? Quel est prochain ?
--
joel metz : magpie@blackbirdsf.org : http://www.blackbirdsf.org/
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portland, oregon
==
i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...