PBP List of things to Do

Mike Fulton

 

Get different shorts

 

1.       Bike

Seat Height Bottom of Crank Bolt Cap to top of seat along tube 30 – ¾”

Handle Bar Height Bottom of headset below frame to top of stem along frame 10 – 1/8”

Check Wire on right shifter

2.       Food:

*        Cooler

*        Perpetuem

*        Get 12 Gallons of Good water At Start that I like

Pill Bags

Vivarin

Advil

Endurolytes

*        Don’t drink Perpetuem before start

*        Pre-Race Potato & Egg

*        Cliff Shot – orange, vanilla, chilled 45 total

*        Cliff Bars – Vanilla 39 total

*        Dried, Non Sugared Pineapple – Large Chunks

*        Mango flavored Pinapple

*        2 Camel Backs, Inserts

*        Reflective Triangles

*        Water Bottles

*        V8 Juice – 9 - 12 oz cans

*        Rice cakes with Peanut Butter

*        Turkey jerky from wild oats

*        Cliff electrolyte drink

*        Planters trail mix sweet & nutty

*        Shoestring potatoes, fried

*        Rice??

*        Plastic Bags – Large and Small

*        Camelback cleaner

*        Pill Bags

*        Hot Potato/Egg dish for second night in bottle

*        Big opening bottle to get chunks out easily

*        Custard Dish

*        Egg Dish

*        Boiled Potatoes with Potassium Salt, Garlic in Bag

*        Sticky Rice with Potassium Salt in Bag

*        Potassium Salt

3.       Travel Stuff:

*        Passport

*        Car Rental

*        2 - Cell Phones

*        Hotel Reservation

4.       Race Things:

*        PBP Race Packet

*        First Aid Kit

*        Arnaka Jell

*        Bento Box

*        Thread, velcro

*        Reflective strips

*        2 – Cateye Lights

*        Wheels

*        Lithium AA Batteries – qty of 16

*        Head lamp

*        Duracell 6 V

*        Tail Light

*        Batteries

*        Maps

*        Plastic over computer

*        Tubes

*        Marked Mussette Bags – Packed for each checkpoint

*        Bike Pump

*        Floor Pump

*        Spare Cleats

*        Shoes

*        Clip on Fender

5.       Clothing:

*        Rain Skirt

*        Tet Hose

*        Vest to keep warm

*        Rain Coat

*        Band Aids for Nipples

*        Leg Warmers

*        Arm Warmers

*        Bike Gloves

*        Long Fingered Gloves

*        Smartwool Socks

*        Helmet

*        Bike Shoes

*        Bike shoe stretcher

*        Shorts 3 pr clean

*        Jersey 3 pr clean

*        Desitin

*        Wipes

*        Sun Glasses

*        Night Glasses

*        Sunscreen

*        Lip Stuff

6.       Support Stuff

*        GPS computer

*        Transformer for 12 v for computer plug

*        Route Sheet

*        Clip Board

*        Maps

*        Magnifying Glass

*        Head lamps to see at night

*        Walkie Talkies

*        Cell Phone with programmed numbers

*        Cell phone Charger

*        Stove

*        Pot

*        Coffee

*        No Extra Seats in Car

*        Plastic Tote Box

*        Car Cooler

*        Food for Journey – Sandwiches, etc

*        Know Bike and Clothes, RED Helmet

7.       Box tape

 


Training for PBP 2007

 

 

Work on French

Have several phrases like:

            Do you feel good, Do you want to work together? Do you want to stop? How far to the next control?

Practice Fast Accelerations

Practice 20 minutes at very high Heart Rate for chasing back on

Train with LOTS of standing on short, steep climbs

Fast Climbs

500 mile week 2 weeks before

Pack riding

Max HR at least 1 time per week

Train with Smartwool Socks

Better Night Headlight set up – Battery holder in separate bottle cage?

Memorize Towns on Route


At Checkpoints

 

General Checkpoint:

New CamelBack

Try to find Ice for Cooler – Partially Frozen bottles

Musette Bag stocked as per below for the checkpoint and/or time

Bring a bag with clothes – Bike Gloves, shorts, shirt, long sleeve shirt, socks

 

Hot Day Noon to 5:00 pm:

One bottle of water in Musette bag

Water at checkpoint for dousing with

Lighten up on Perpetuem in bottles – Can’t digest food in heat

 

During Night or Heavy rain, or Below 22 deg C:

GET GAS around 6:00 PM, everything closes down at Night

In a heavy rain or water on road:

Give biking hat

Rain Skirt

Night glasses

Arm Warmers

Leg Warmers

Switch batteries – if battery goes all night, Throw it out

Heavier on Food in Musette Bag

In the rain at night, Rice noodles and broth to warm up

If rain lets up, Dry socks in Musette Bag

In rain or at night get biking hat to keep light out of eyes

 

Questions to Ask at every Checkpoint

Cold?

Thirsty?

Flats?

Mechanical Problems?

 

Cell Phone

 

Different frequency in France

Calling US, use country code 011

They call normal number

Get messages normally

Local phone calls me with normal phone number

International # for customer service in France 1-505-998-3793


Checkpoint Checklist

 

Start – 8:00 pm

 

Don’t have perpetuem prior to start (night before)

Have food for after nap, Eat Right away

Start on full stomach 3 – 4 hrs before ride

Night glasses

Batteries

Headlamp

Tail light

1 Cateye

Desitin

Stretch out

Leg Warmers

Arm Warmers

Phone

BandAids

Pill Packets set up identically

1 - Vivarin

1 - Aleve

Three bottles with 3 Scoops Perpetuem in Each Bottle

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

85 miles 3-1/2 to 4 hours

Crew to compare written route to printed route

 

1 - Mortagne Au Perche 87 miles

Next Check 53 miles – 2 1/2 hrs

2 bottles Perpetuem with 3 scoops (night)

½ Camel Back water

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

Pineapple

Pill Bag

 

2 - Villaines La Juhel 138 miles

Next Check 55 miles 2-1/2 –3 hrs

2 bottles Perpetuem with 3 scoops (night)

½ Camel Back water

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

Pill Bag

Smoked Meat – Turkey

Ice In Dreux McDonalds

 

3 - Fougeres 193 miles

Next Check 34 miles 1-1/2 – 1-3/4 hrs

1 Bottles of Water in Camelback

2 bottles Perpetuem with 3 scoops Ice

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

Smoked Jerky

Sticky Rice

 

4 - Tinteniac 227 miles

Next Check 53 miles – 2 1/2 – 3 hrs

Rub on Sunscreen

Lipstuff

If day, take headlights, Batteries

Take night glasses

Get sunglasses

2 bottles Perpetuem with 2 scoops ICE

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

1 Camel Back water & Ice

Pineapple

Pill Bag

V8 Juice in cooler

 

5 - Loudeac 280 miles

48 miles– 2 1/2 hrs

Helmet off, Douse with Water

Full Camelback with Water ICE, ICE

Sunscreen

2 bottles Perpetuem with 2 scoops ICE, ICE, 1 bottle water – drink at checkpoint

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

Power Bar bites

V8 Juice in cooler

Pill Bag

1 bottle water for checkpoint, will chuck, get odd bottle

Bring Floor Pump to top off Front Tire

 

6 - Carhaix 328 miles

53 miles – 2 ½ hrs

Full Camelback water ICE, ICE

2 bottles Perpetuem with 2 scoops

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

1 bottle water for checkpoint, will chuck, get odd bottle

Smoked Jerkey, Pineapple

Pill Bag

V8 Juice in cooler

Bring Floor Pump to top off Rear Tire

Mc Donalds for Ice

 

7 - Brest 381 miles

50 miles - 2-1/2 –3 hrs GET GAS for Night

Full Camelback with ICE, ICE

2 bottles Perpetuem with 2 scoops

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

1 bottle water for checkpoint, will chuck, get odd bottle

Beef Jerkey

Pill Bag

V8 Juice in cooler

Water for Dousing head

Wheels

Up t he hill 1st major intersection go left, Bar on Right for Ice, Go Right at intersection to store

 

8 - Carhaix 431 miles

48 miles - 2-1/2 –3 hrs

Head Lamp

1 Light

If raining, two lights

Night Glasses

Change Shorts & Shirt if Time or Next

Vest

Arm Warmers

V8 juice in cooler

Pineapple

Pill Bag

2 bottles Perpetuem with 3 scoops

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

Mc Donalds for Ice

 

9 - Loudeac 479 miles

53 miles - 2-1/2 –3 hrs

If raining, two cateyes

2 bottles Perpetuem with 3 scoops (night)

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

½ Camelback water

New Pill Bottle

Pill Bag

Gum

V8 Juice in cooler

Leg Warmers

Biking Hat

7 eleven Jersey

Vest if rain

Change Shorts & Shirt if Time or Next

 

10 - Tinteniac 532 miles

34 miles 1-1/2 – 1-3/4 hrs

If raining, two cateyes

2 bottles Perpetuem with 3 scoops (night)

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

½ Camelback water

Pill Bag

Gum

Vest for sure

½ Camelback

Floor Pump to top off Tires

 

11 - Fougeres 566 miles

55 miles 2 1/2– 3 hrs

If raining, two cateyes

2 bottles Perpetuem with 3 scoops (night)

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

½ Camelback water

Gum

Change small headlight

Hot Salty Rice & Chicken Broth – Have large opening to get rice and chicken out

Pill Bag

 

12 - Villaines La Juhel 621 miles

51 miles 2 1/2– 3 hrs

Sunscreen, Lipstuff

If day, take headlights, Batteries,

Take night glasses,

Give sunglasses

Take some Clothes

2 bottles Perpetuem with 2 scoops, ICE, ICE

Cliff Shots - 3

Cliff Bars - 3

1 Full Camelback ICE, ICE

Pill Bag

Gum

V8 Juice

 

13 - Mortagne Au Perche 672 miles – LAST SUPPORTED CHECKPOINT

88 miles 4-1/2 – 5 hrs

3 bottles Perpetuem with 3 scoops, ICE, ICE One frozen if possible

Cliff Shots - 6

Cliff Bars - 3

1 Full Camelback ICE, ICE

Pineapple

Qty 2 Pill Bags

Gum

V8 Juice

Extra Bottle for Dousing for heat

Pump to top off tires

 

Nugent Le Rou – Self Support

Fill Camelback

Fill Bottles with Bags of SE & water

Ask for Ice

 

 

Guancourt 759 miles

Change of Clothes and Shoes - Shampoo

Stretcher

 

 

 


Directions for Crew

 

Check Accompanying Vehicles Recommended Itinerary

You are allowed 2-3 km from Checkpoint on Route

 

N-12 towards Dreux – Mortagne Au Perche

Map 2 Mortagne 1st exit is N912 or D930 if missed.

 

Out D912 to N12 to Alencon N12 just past pre-en Pail

D20 to Villaines

Out of Villaines D13 North to N12

 

N12 to Fougeres

D155 to St. Brice to Antrain & Bonne Fountain but go left before reaching it, then short distance to Tremblay D796 to Combourg or to St. Domineuc and South on N137 to Tintineac

 

Out of Tinteneac South on N137 to Hede tehn go west on D80 to Pleumeleve just past Pleumeleuc to N12 – E50 to La Boulais and N164 to Loudeac

 

out of Loudeac on N164 towards Carhaix

Out of  Carhaix N164 to Port Laicnay then N West on E60 to Brest