Bryan Chapman Memorial 600km photos

vorsprung
vorsprung Posts: 1,953
edited May 2013 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
Some photos of the Bryan Chapman Memorial 600km at the weekend on my blog here
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  • Philip Whiteman
    Philip Whiteman Posts: 470
    That was a good set of pics on your Blog. Someday I may enter this epic event.
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    Me too, it's on my list.
    My hour on the plinth
  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    ** bump ** if you do want to enter the event this year (2013), the deadline is next week
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    vorsprung wrote:
    ** bump ** if you do want to enter the event this year (2013), the deadline is next week

    It looks good but I think theres a typo - somehow you've foolishly put 600k :lol:
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  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    vorsprung wrote:
    ** bump ** if you do want to enter the event this year (2013), the deadline is next week

    It looks good but I think theres a typo - somehow you've foolishly put 600k :lol:

    The overall elevation gain is zero however, the start and the finish are at the same level
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  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    Looking forward to it! Hope it's going to be a season highlight.
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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    Got to get the Brevet Cymru out of the way first! ;)
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  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    Grill wrote:
    Got to get the Brevet Cymru out of the way first! ;)

    That's done now I hope it went as well for you as it did for me
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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    vorsprung wrote:
    Grill wrote:
    Got to get the Brevet Cymru out of the way first! ;)

    That's done now I hope it went as well for you as it did for me

    It was a lovely ride. I would have finished long before 1am, but my front light crapped out at Talybont so I limped to Usk in the dark where I was fortunate enough to find someone who let me sit in their wheel (and very powerful light) until Chepstow.

    Looking forward to the BCM. No matter what anyone says, you can totally audax on a Foil! ;)
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  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    What actually happened on the Byran Chapman

    img_20130518_194100.jpg?w=500&h=375
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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    The BCM was fantastic. Can't wait to do it again next year.

    You even have a picture up of me (well the side of my head at least) from the Brevet :)
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  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    Write up of my experiences (it was awesome):

    http://marcusjb.wordpress.com/2013/05/2 ... 00-part-1/
    http://marcusjb.wordpress.com/2013/05/2 ... al-part-2/

    Grill - you passed me somewhere near Builth (unless there was someone else on a Foil!) - you were in a fast group of three, otherwise I would have said hello! I assume from the speed you were travelling, you finished in a decent time?

    Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!
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  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    Yup, that was me :)
    I finished just after 4pm. I was originally planning to ride straight through, but it was nice to get my head down for a few hours at Kings.

    Brilliant ride, and the weather was perfect.
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    marcusjb wrote:
    Write up of my experiences (it was awesome):

    http://marcusjb.wordpress.com/2013/05/2 ... 00-part-1/
    http://marcusjb.wordpress.com/2013/05/2 ... al-part-2/

    Grill - you passed me somewhere near Builth (unless there was someone else on a Foil!) - you were in a fast group of three, otherwise I would have said hello! I assume from the speed you were travelling, you finished in a decent time?

    Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

    Excellent write up - really enjoyed that - why has nobody invented the 'snooze bike' haha

    Out of interest what are the dull reasons why you only get 40hrs to complete the ride.
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  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    OK - under Audax UK regulations you get the total distance of the ride (in terms of the shortest distance between controls) divided by 15kph.

    So the shortest distance between controls on the BCM is 619km - so, you should get 41 and a bit hours to do the ride.

    BUT, the BCM is run under BRM rules (the international body) rather than Audax UK rules. This doesn't give any extra time for over-distance - so you get 40 hours to ride a 600, no matter if it is 605km or 630km distance. It means your results are recorded in a dusty tome somewhere in Paris (and can then be used for qualifying for certain awards etc.)

    Most rides, outside of a PBP year, are run under AUK rules - but some are always BRM.

    Audax does have some weird and wonderful rules!
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  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    but turns out that most people with 400km in their legs and 3 hours of sleep are indeed willing to wait for bacon!

    Here is another writeup, from the point of view of someone feeding the riders at the over night stop. Really gives a feel of what it's like
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