PBP pre-registration has begun for riders who completed a 1000k or 1200k in 2010.
It appears that the pre-registration page at:
http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/pbp2011/index_inscriptions.php?lang=en
... is updated to reflect the remaining quota places (by country and by total). Starting numbers were 719 (USA) and 6000 (Total).
For the most part, Pre-registration seems to have gone pretty smoothly for folks. Here are some learnings from the first pre-registrations.
If all goes well, rider should get 4 emails:
- PBP acknowledges receipt of preregistration
- Payment processor (klikandpay) confirms payment processing
- PBP acknowledges receipt of payment
- PBP marks registration as validated
The first three should happen pretty quickly, but the last one happens when RUSA brevet secretary validates the entry, so the timing depends on his schedule. (That would be Mark Thomas)
If payment fails, but you get the first e-mail with the receipt of preregistration, then try this:
- Go back to PBP page
- On left side, go to Registration and select "Follow-up"
- Enter your "dossier number" (US-__) and your password from first e-mail
- There should be a payment link
- Try payment again from that link
Some riders have commented that one of the questions on the klikandpay payment processing screen is a little odd. I don't recall the exact phrasing; something like "holographic confirmation", but it's just looking for the 3-digit security code on back of credit card.
One other thing to note: When a rider receives, for example, a "dossier number" of US-258, it means that he's the 258th PBP rider to register, not the 258th US PBP rider to register. In the case of #258, he's actually only the 72nd US rider to register. So our quota is not filling up as fast as it might appear to be.
Any intractable problems? Contact Mark Thomas at:
mark@muthomas.net
... and he may be able to help sort out the issue. If he can't, he'll contact the ACP on your behalf.
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