On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 10:01 -0500, robert zeidler wrote: > It has a clock.....
Having a time limit does not turn a brevet into a race. You have to finish within a given time (13.5 hours for a 200km brevet) and must maintain a certain average speed (around 9.3 mph, if I recall correctly) across the entire distance. You get no extra points for exceeding that, and if you go fast enough will run afoul of the opening times for controls, and will be forced to wait for them. So: you get punished for being really fast, get no special points for being fast, get no distinction for being first, and find that everyone who completes the event within the time limits wins equally. You will even find the Big Boys and Girls stopping for an hour or more at a restaurant for lunch. Sound much like a race to you? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
