Friday, July 22, 2011  PBP: Kind of Like the Tour de France for
Old Slow Guys from Seattle  If you're riding in Paris-Brest-
Paris and you haven't found your way to the PBP Wiki yet, you
should definitely go take a look. It has some great information
and tools that can help with your planning.  One section I found
to be particularly interesting is the statistics on who from the
U.S. is registered. They have a complete list of all U.S. riders
along with a bit of demographic information about them. You can
go there and see all the details for yourself, but I thought I'd
pull out some of the highlights here just for fun. (Yes, I'm one
of those nerds who think statistics are big fun. Woohoo!)  In
total, 438 U.S. riders have registered for PBP. Not
surprisingly, the vast majority are men.  Ages of the riders
cover a wide range from 21 to 70. The average age is 50, and a
sizable majority (about two thirds) fall between the ages of 45
and 60, clearly supporting the stereotype of randonneurs as a
bunch of grumpy old m