Friday Night Ride to....Paris-Brest-Paris

[StuartG]

May be it clashed with 'lunch': http://twitter.com/#!/swarm_catcher

 

[User10571]

Looks like they've got some proper weather to contend with at the moment...

 

[ianrauk]

blimey , that weather looks right propa nawty..

 

[StuartG]

Won't they now be to the west of that? Tweets suggest they got it earlier and it is better now.

 

[User10571]

Won't they now be to the west of that? Tweets suggest they got it earlier and it is better now.

Indeed, some will be.

 

[Aperitif]

Rimas has checked in at Brest - he's possibly at sea now...

 

[StuartG]

Rimas has checked in at Brest - he's possibly at sea now...

Have you been adjusting his brakes again ...

 

[Baggy]

Meanwhile, Rimas and Hummers are somewhere near...

I really hope that Rimas isn't pronounced Rimmers. But then I suppose Rimmers and Hummers make a natural pairing

 

[Aperitif]

Reem 'ass' is a gent - like Hummers. It is a good show by both but Rimas (just gentle cyclist usually) is going with a vengance. Remember, he is the engine that did the London Marathon in about 2 1/2 hours 'without really training' <Now where's that envy emoticon?>

 

[Aperitif]

May be it clashed with 'lunch': http://twitter.com/#...!/swarm_catcher

Fougeres is now on Els' list of 'done'!

 

[PpPete]

Fougeres is now on Els' list of 'done'!

As is Carhaix - on the outbound leg.
Hummers done Carhaix on the homeward leg, as has Rimas

Meanwhile the leading riders in the 80h group are back through Mortagne already.

 

[dellzeqq]

Rimas passed Carhaix-Plouguer on the way back just after mindnight - that's 703km down

Louise passed Carhaix-Plouguer on the way out at 6 this morning - that's 525km

Els was just 8 minutes behind Louise - are they riding together?

Frank went through Brest at 9 this morning - that's 618km

Ian H went through Carhaix Plouguer on the way back about half past eight this morning

 

[Aperitif]

And, Rimas is 867kms into the ride...at Tinteniac again. This tracking business is great! I perused the philosophy of the PBP on the site earlier, and it is gentle and a nice read. If any of the riders have had to endure persistent rain and thunderstorms (well, we know there has been...) as a 'bonus' to being tested by this event, then they must be called 'proper cyclists' indeed.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Anyone who makes it from Paris to Brest, in one hit, let alone all the way back again, is worthy of the title of "proper cyclist" in my book!

 

[dellzeqq]

Els has arrived at Brest - at 11.20

Louise is still on the outward stretch, so they're not travelling together