PBP After Party: Rob Hawks
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- In this episode of the PBP After Party, I have a wide-ranging discussion with Rob Hawks, Regional Brevet Administrator for the San Francisco Randonneurs. We talk about Rob's 2019 ride, his advice for riders looking forward to 2023, and about the future of randonneuring and PBP.
Rob's experience and expertise are unparalleled, and every randonneur can learn something from our conversation. Check it out!
Topics discussed include:
--Why the rate of abandons was so high in 2019
--International standards (or lack thereof) for qualifying brevets
--Traditional vs modern bikes at PBP
--Future of randonneuring: How to attract and retain younger riders in the sport
--Rob's recommendations for PBP
The PBP After Party is the place for riders to share their experiences at PBP 2019--high points, low points, stories, and advice. Email me for information about how you can be featured in a future episode: campyonlyguy [at] me [dot] com
Great stuff in this episode! Reflections from Rob and you are excellent! I really enjoyed it. Thank you so much 👍🚴✨✨
Wow! Great to see Rob Hawks on your show. That was really great to hear his thoughts on PBP, the future of randonneuring, the equipment, and how he got into the sport. There is so much more I would be interested in hearing about. I wish you could have kept the cameras rolling a little longer. Thank you!
Finisher from Thailand in PBP2015 = 20/75 people (26.66%)
After PBP2015 we set difficulty index for each route using Distance*10/Total climb formular. Easy = < 0.5, Moderate = < 1.0, Hard (we even call it PBP grade) = < 1.5, Insane = > 1.5
For PBP 2019, we recommended people who plan to participate to qualify and practice in Hard (PBP grade) level BRMs. And most of the people who join PBP2019 also did it.
Our finisher rate in 2019 is 11/87 (13.6%) 50% lower than 2015!
What we think now, maybe it is because of climate. Since we normally live in 30c (86f), 24c (75f) is already cool, and 20c (68f) is considering cold. There is no concept of layering cloth, no baselayer, no midlayer, no hardshell. And clothing is very personal matters, it’s difficult to convince or givr a suggestion. To purchase a good merino wool baselayer can only be use once in a life time, for example. 5c + downhill wind, foggy, dampy is beyond our imagination. Maybe it is similar to cycling over 40c (100f), under sharp laser sunbeam, which is normal here but it is a big deal for many people from the north.
However, this thought cannot be apply to Malaysia, where their finisher rate is 40%, impressively high compare to Thailand and India, even we are all coming from the similar climate.
I wonder if the Rob taped his pbp preparations seminars?
Great advice Rob and thanks for sharing. I particularly liked your comment about making the preparations multi-year (and getting a bike hand-built along the way!) - no need to wait until 2023 to do a big ride. I saw some seriously classy and classic DFR rando bikes along the way and it was nice to come across you guys along the route.
What's your average rolling speed in PBP??