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LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Sep 29^th, 2008, 7:26pm

Once again, the LSR gang is doing their regularly-scheduled multi-distance option brevet ride, this time from the Italy start location. Start time 7AM. I'm in for the 300K, on the XS, as are Bud, Steve, and Peggy.

http://lonestarrandon.tripod.com/brevet_schedule/2008/2008_brevet_schedule.html

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K Reply #2 - Oct 6^th, 2008, 2:28pm The weather's looking a little iffy for this Saturday, but it could still be a nice day for this... Richard, ya wanna try your first 200K? Any other takers? I'm still planning for the 300K...
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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #4 - Oct 6^th, 2008, 3:04pm

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Oct 6^th, 2008, 2:28pm:

The weather's looking a little iffy for this Saturday, but it could still be a nice day for this... Richard, ya wanna try your first 200K? Wink

Any other takers? I'm still planning for the 300K...

I think perhaps by early spring I might be ready to do another brevet so I'll see y'all next year Wink

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #5 - Oct 6^th, 2008, 3:37pm

Quote from evblazer on Oct 6^th, 2008, 3:04pm:

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Oct 6^th, 2008, 2:28pm:

The weather's looking a little iffy for this Saturday, but it could still be a nice day for this... Richard, ya wanna try your first 200K? Wink

Any other takers? I'm still planning for the 300K...

I think perhaps by early spring I might be ready to do another brevet so I'll see y'all next year Wink

Mark ,those corn fields that you so fondly saw(and remember in August & 109 degrees)are calling. It's can't be any warmer than you rode the brevet then.

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #6 - Oct 6^th, 2008, 3:39pm

Quote from evblazer on Oct 6^th, 2008, 3:04pm:

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Oct 6^th, 2008, 2:28pm:

The weather's looking a little iffy for this Saturday, but it could still be a nice day for this... Richard, ya wanna try your first 200K? Wink

Any other takers? I'm still planning for the 300K...

I think perhaps by early spring I might be ready to do another brevet so I'll see y'all next year Wink

Heck, we're in the easiest stretch of the year, now!

I will be there for at least the 200. I could be convinced into doing the 300 if y'all don't try and kill me.

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #7 - Oct 6^th, 2008, 4:33pm

Quote from aikigreg on Oct 6^th, 2008, 3:39pm:

Quote from evblazer on Oct 6^th, 2008, 3:04pm:

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Oct 6^th, 2008, 2:28pm:

The weather's looking a little iffy for this Saturday, but it could still be a nice day for this... Richard, ya wanna try your first 200K? Wink

Any other takers? I'm still planning for the 300K...

I think perhaps by early spring I might be ready to do another brevet so I'll see y'all next year Wink

Heck, we're in the easiest stretch of the year, now!

I will be there for at least the 200. I could be convinced into doing the 300 if y'all don't try and kill me.

Greg, I can only speak for Peggy & I...we are there to have FUN & SURVIVE our first 300K. I'm using the Ray Torrey 5 hour-for every 100k ridden theory . Although we may have to cut time at controls a little short(remember Dixie's closes early) ,so we'll have to hustle a little to get there(and then cruise from there)throughout the day ,without hammering too much.

This uncharted territory for a lot of us. I think If we all look after one another ,we should be fine.

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #8 - Oct 6^th, 2008, 6:21pm

Right now the forecast is just calling for scattered thunderstorms, so let's hope they're scattered somewhere other than where we're riding.

As I recall, Dixie's closes at 7:00 pm and we're starting at 7:00 am, so we'll want to keep a good enough pace to make Dixie's (somewhere around 150 miles) in 12 hours. Otherwise, we'll have to send a post card from the Mount Calm post office, and there really isn't a good store anywhere else around there (that I know of).

We shouldn't have a serious heat problem, so if we keep our earlier control stops brief, we can enjoy some food and a long break at Dixie's, and plan on doing the last 38 miles in the dark. Sound like a plan?

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #9 - Oct 6^th, 2008, 6:35pm

You've talked me into it. They're open till 8, but will often stay open just a bit later for us randonneurs if we need to and call them. On my 300k last time, we didn't get there till 8:30 and they still fixed us up. After that though there's N-O-T-H-I-N-G but soda pop machines, so bring some change.

And yeah, we should have no problems getting there even with a moderate pace, since we won't need the hours of breaks like I needed on the last 300k.

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #10 - Oct 6^th, 2008, 9:10pm

Quote from Bud_Bent on Oct 6^th, 2008, 6:21pm:

Right now the forecast is just calling for scattered thunderstorms, so let's hope they're scattered somewhere other than where we're riding.

As I recall, Dixie's closes at 7:00 pm and we're starting at 7:00 am, so we'll want to keep a good enough pace to make Dixie's (somewhere around 150 miles) in 12 hours. Otherwise, we'll have to send a post card from the Mount Calm post office, and there really isn't a good store anywhere else around there (that I know of).

We shouldn't have a serious heat problem, so if we keep our earlier control stops brief, we can enjoy some food and a long break at Dixie's, and plan on doing the last 38 miles in the dark. Sound like a plan?

Yes, that's a plan(as far as I'm concerned). So Greg ,are you joining the 300K group? We did 127 miles in 10 hours Saturday at a very leisurely pace(and long control stops).

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #11 - Oct 7^th, 2008, 9:15am

We may have some "bonus miles" this Saturday -- just saw this on the LSR forum:

<<According to TXDOT this morning, we'll have some bonus miles this
weekend between the Dawson and Mexia controls. There are two bridges
under construction north of 27, and one of them is impassable even on
foot. As George mentioned a while back, the shortest paved route is
31/171 via Hubbard, which adds about 4 miles each way. >>>

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #12 - Oct 7^th, 2008, 9:23am

Quote from Strada177 on Oct 6^th, 2008, 9:10pm:

Quote from Bud_Bent on Oct 6^th, 2008, 6:21pm:

Right now the forecast is just calling for scattered thunderstorms, so let's hope they're scattered somewhere other than where we're riding.

As I recall, Dixie's closes at 7:00 pm and we're starting at 7:00 am, so we'll want to keep a good enough pace to make Dixie's (somewhere around 150 miles) in 12 hours. Otherwise, we'll have to send a post card from the Mount Calm post office, and there really isn't a good store anywhere else around there (that I know of).

We shouldn't have a serious heat problem, so if we keep our earlier control stops brief, we can enjoy some food and a long break at Dixie's, and plan on doing the last 38 miles in the dark. Sound like a plan?

Yes, that's a plan(as far as I'm concerned). So Greg ,are you joining the 300K group? We did 127 miles in 10 hours Saturday at a very leisurely pace(and long control stops).

Yes, if we keep the pace moderate. On the v-rex, I can't roll out at 25mph to the first control like those clowns did last time. The bike is too heavy and isn't aerodynamic enough for me to do that and make it the whole way. I should be able to maintain a 16 average assuming we don't have ridiculous wind, but I don't plan on being the first up any hills.

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Re: LSR Brevet Oct 11 -- 200/300/400/600K
Reply #14 - Oct 7^th, 2008, 4:08pm

Quote from aikigreg on Oct 7^th, 2008, 9:23am:

Yes, if we keep the pace moderate. On the v-rex, I can't roll out at 25mph to the first control like those clowns did last time. The bike is too heavy and isn't aerodynamic enough for me to do that and make it the whole way. I should be able to maintain a 16 average assuming we don't have ridiculous wind, but I don't plan on being the first up any hills.

Well, if you get stranded, just make sure you're carry one of these in your pack... Wink

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