What a wonderful video Tor, thanks so much for sharing it. Such an epic and iconic ride; I knew a guy also doing it on a recumbent too. Your Vendetta performed very well. Was truly great to enjoy the ride vicariously watching your effort in this great production. Well done mate.
When you watch a video like this, you have to ask yourself why they're not all riding recumbents. Diamond frames are great offroad and for doing the shopping, but for touring and road racing recumbents are just the obvious choice.
Thanks for the video, it was a great portrayal of PBP & the Cruzbike, I see its performance has improved since day 0, wish someone would teach my bike to climb like that too. Congratulations on the great time, you did make it seem easy I am sure it wasn't at times, maybe I need a recumbent
Great video! Now I'm checking the places we may have leapfrogged each other. Your bike was fast but I'm impressed with velomobile overtaking so quickly!
Great video as always 👍Spotted myself at 01:00 in the Audax Ireland jersey, back to the camera wearing shorts & sneakers as I didn't leave till the following morning. Small world, the day after you, I also had a chat and coffee with Martin Schreiber outside that same cafe.
Thank you, Rick! I must have been lucky with form, because I felt pretty good the entire ride. After 300 km, I felt stronger than ever. I never really had any significant mentally challenging episodes. Also, I somehow stayed clear of sleep deprivation. The few times I felt sleepy, I fixed it with quick naps. I did cut coffee over the 2-3 weeks leading up to the event, and of course drank plenty of coffee during the ride. That may have helped (a lot). More than anything, though, the bike made the ride much more comfortable and much easier than it would have been otherwise.
Parabéns!!! Bom trabalho e excelente performance. O melhor vídeo do PBP-2019 que já vi até o momento. Congratulation!!! Good Job and excelent performance. The best video of PBP-2019 that I saw until now. I was there. #J259.
This is no doubt the best video on PBP.... name any data and all are here. Thank you for sharing the video. Noticed that you have taken most of the control station break within 30mins or so. Just wanted to know what was your nutrition plan, are you having meals in the CP's or outside or carrying your own?
Thank you! I did actually carry sports drink powder for the whole ride with me, which was a lot to take on the bike from the start. I didn't bother with that this year. No particular nutrition plan apart from that. I often skipped the hot meal queues at the controls and went for ham baguettes instead.
Great video!! I spotted my bike at 8:57 in Tinteniac (?) - after that point you were ahead of me. Funny to see how French riders recognize your bike 😂. I love the way you have integrated all the data - speed, elevation, temp, location on route. Super! And you were going at a good speed. See you, maybe at PBP 2023!
back in the day when i did long distance touring i'd have loved to do this (on my regular bike). it's a fantastic achievement, but i suppose you can get some extra sleep in on a repugnant which must help. GL
I find that the light on my handlebars is annoying in total darkness. It lights up my legs, and my legs cast shadows where I want to see. I have my light mounted up front just left of the cranks on that little tap that is out there. I also have a light under the pedals pointing down and forward. It's a very diffuse light so it can be seen easily by oncoming traffic. It's not bright enough by itself to light the road up when I'm at speed coming down a hill.
@@TorHovland 2 hours of sleep is absolutely not enough for adequate decision - making by the driver of a vehicle on public roads. According to studies, after 24 hours without sleep, the driver's reactions correspond to a drunk with an alcohol content of 1 ppm in the exhaled air. This is the duplicity of the organizers, fining for violating traffic rules, but lack of sleep is already a violation in itself.
These bags predate the current models. I think they only came in this one size, but they're probably similar to the current M. For PBP I would recommend the Banana Racer, though. The bigger ones are nice for bikepacking with a compact sleeping bag.
For me, about 10-15 minutes. But sometimes I wasn't properly asleep for more than maybe a minute or two. Even so, it's like hitting a reset button, and will help you keep going for a few more hours.
Congratulations on a great ride. I’ve been fascinated by the PBP since I first read about it in the late 70’s. Thank you for bringing it to life for me. What did you use to to record the stats on the screen? I assume you then used editing software to add it to your video.
Thanks! Filmed and edited using Insta360 software, then edited using Garmin Virb. Which unfortunately was quite slow and buggy. Apparently designed for overlaying on one, or a few, clips. With a hundred short clips the whole process was quite time consuming. Hoping for updated software soon.
I am curious as how you transport your bike on the airline...do you use a special bike box. Cruzbike is out of stock of the V2 at the moment, hopefully next year.
This summer I used a big B&W bike.case II, but it got damaged during air travel. For Paris I just used a cardboard bike box, and that's probably the best option. The bike needs to be disassembled either way.
Better late than never, I suppose :-) I didn't power the camera continuously. I had an external battery bank for occasional charging of phone, bike computer, and camera. These days I use a dynamo and a Forumslader to do it.
Beautiful, informative video. It is not entirely clear how the camera independently makes panoramas with your hands on the handlebar aero handlebar in this position workin like the sail? maybe round tubes will give better aerodynamics?
Yes, they are. Or rather, you spend less energy riding them. The top speed going downhill isn't necessarily higher, but you can cruise along the flats doing 30+ km/h at a lower effort.
Great effort, great imagery and editing. 72 hours you averaged 15.2 Kph and with a smile. I look at you and other bents and they (mostly) make sense, I look at normal bikes and wonder why.... I do have Giro 26 but no way distance fit like you clearly are..Well done Where did you finish ?
Thanks! I also have a Giro 26. I did a 400 km brevet on it last year, before I got the Cruzbike. You should try a 200 km brevet, and then keep going longer events if you find it works well! I never thought I could do a 400 myself :-) The PBP start and finish was at Le Bergerie Nationale at Rambouillet.
@@TorHovland Again well done! And very inspiring. Watched the entire video and your 600k brevet that you seemed to knock out in amazing time as well. Which is the better bike in your opinion the stick bike or the MBB bike ?? Do you still ride the Giro?
Hei Tor Hovland Har sett på sykling din mellom Paris og Brest og retur i dag. Du gjorde en kjempe innsats med din Cruzbike Vendetta. For en bragt du gjorde i 2019. Jeg sykler selv også med liggesykkel en Challenge Chamsin opdatert med annet forskellige nytt utstyr for å sykle i fjellet siden jeg bor i Søndre land kommune. Interessert i Cruzbike Vendetta V20 og den nye Cruzbike S40. Kan du kanskje fortelle om den tekniske delen om sykkelen din ? Kjøpte du sykkelen Vendetta brukt eller ny/brukt med fult utstyr eller kun rammen for å bygge den opp selv? Siden gaffel har en 74 % graders vinkel på din sykkel synes du om det er behagelig å sykle på den siden det ligger med en 20 grader bakover i sætet med hodestøtten ? Bruker du Rotor ovale drev på kranken din ? Ellers utstyret på sykkelen din hjul,dekk,gear kasette,lys ? Cruzbike S 40 har den samme gaffel vinkel men setet/hodestøtten har en 30 grader % vinkel og sykkelen er noen kortere! Har du prøvd en slik liggesykkel å hva mener du om denne? Vennlig Martinius Berg. martinius.berg@bbnett.no Facebook side liggesykkel.Norge
Hello Tor, who’s Marcel whom you’re talking of with Thomas in the firsts minutes of the vid ? I rode twice with an « old » French man called « papy volant » (« flying grandpa’ ») and he used to ride a Bachetta ! And I like your videos, the post-prod is really good !
@Tor Hovland, could you please tell me what that front light is, and how coud you keep ir running for so long? Thank you and congratulations for the successful PBP on your Vendetta!
Thank you! That's a Fenix BC30, bought specifically because it uses replacable 18650 Li-ion batteries. I had one set of rechargeable batteries (but no charger), as well as 3 sets of non-rechargeable ones. That should be enough for 4 nights if I saved power. I used the backup light until it got properly dark, and then I put the light on one of the two lowest modes out of the 4 possible. The brightest mode runs through a set of batteries in an hour or so. The light setup was the single item I was the least happy with. Not because of the light itself, but because the downward-facing boom on my Vendetta made it hard to get the light pointing sufficiently up on the road ahead. I have since built a Son 28 dynamo wheel and bought a B&M Luxos 90. I hope to be able to mount that a bit better on the bike. I currently run it on my upright bike, and I really enjoy not having to think about batteries.
@@TorHovland Hi! Thanks for the reply! I've also found out the dynamo hubs (Son or other) are better in the longest brevets (no hassle with the batteries) and leave me less worried about running out of juice. Furthermore, when we add up the weight of the batteries, the dynamo doesn't weight more than the replaceable batteries.
@@TorHovland - If you have trouble finding a perfect clamp for your light and don't have access to a 3d printer try poly-morph. These plastic pellets become moldable why you put them in hot water, let cool a bit then form them into any shape like clay. I did that for my Carbent as I have a commercial one for the Silvio.
@@mv80401 NIce tip! Although for any upcoming trips I'll be using a B&M Luxos U 90 dynamo light mounted with a metal band around the boom. See www.strava.com/activities/3450997402
Actually I had 25 front and 23 rear, and that worked well, although I did have one front wheel puncture near Tinteniac on the return leg. I would normally choose 25 on both wheels, it's just that 23 is what I currently had on.
@@TorHovland - I have tubulars on my Silvio 2.1 and this season upgraded to 30mm Schwalbe One - very smooth compared to the 23 and 25 Contis and Gatorskin I had before. My rims aren't actually ideal for the 30mm size but work just fine, no issues.
@@TorHovland I am also considering to buy a V20, however many people suggest that it has a very harsh ride on bad roads because of the aluminium frame (potholes, cobblestones...) which makes me doubt (and consider the pelso brevet instead). Did you do any particular modifications (other seat?) to make it more comfortable, because 25 and 23 mm does not sound like plenty of air cushion from the tires? Anyway, great performance in PBP and in your other brevets, congrats!
@@wouterwalt Hi! When I first tried a Vendetta, I noticed that, but that was mostly because the neck rest didn't fit very well. On my own Vendetta I ride unmodified with the quite thin stock seat pad. I do have a partly inflated tube in my neck rest, though. I've ridden lots of long rides, and I've never felt the bike to be too harsh. But it is a race oriented bike, so don't expect it to be super smooth. And it's not a gravel bike. If I wanted a more cushioned ride, I would have chosen the Cruzbike S40 with wider tires, or maybe even the brand new Q45.
I have enjoyed just by watching this show. I also want same bike. I am also Athlets my record is reached to Siddhivinayak Temple from Andheri West Station within 85 minutes. Second time 90 minutes non stop ❤️👍🇮🇳 14 kilometres roadways.
