London to Paris with one gear?

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I'm thinking of doing London to Paris in June on my Langster (for charity)

The route is

Day 1 - London – Newhaven - Dieppe 104km
Day 2 - Dieppe – Gournay en Bray 87km
Day 3 - Gournay en Bray – Paris 99km

I'm a regular cyclist doing 25 km each day on the nice flat roads of London, and found London to Brighton OK, though I did that on a MTB (with gears).

Is this quite ambitious to do on a fixie? I think its quite undulating.

Cheers
Ben

I regularly ride 100k + organized rides on my track bike and love every mile. It's definitely doable. I would train some to build up, but your mileages do not sound extreme. Good luck.

Don't be a wussy-kins, you'll be fine.



I'm thinking of doing London to Paris in June on my Langster (for charity)

The route is

Day 1 - London – Newhaven - Dieppe 104km
Day 2 - Dieppe – Gournay en Bray 87km
Day 3 - Gournay en Bray – Paris 99km

I'm a regular cyclist doing 25 km each day on the nice flat roads of London, and found London to Brighton OK, though I did that on a MTB (with gears).

Is this quite ambitious to do on a fixie? I think its quite undulating.

Cheers
Ben

I am sure I saw more than one fixie on the PBP (1200km) so yeah, it's do-able.

This year at the Cape Epic, like the Trans Alp and Trans Rockies, there were a team of single speeders with rigid frames and forks completing the gruiling 900km.

I'm thinking of doing London to Paris in June on my Langster (for charity)

The route is

Day 1 - London – Newhaven - Dieppe 104km
Day 2 - Dieppe – Gournay en Bray 87km
Day 3 - Gournay en Bray – Paris 99km

I'm a regular cyclist doing 25 km each day on the nice flat roads of London, and found London to Brighton OK, though I did that on a MTB (with gears).

Is this quite ambitious to do on a fixie? I think its quite undulating.
If you have reservations about the terrain, then consider packing a BMX freewheel with the same tooth count (or, +1 or +2) AND the tools you'll need to remove the lockring on your rear hub ...

Being able to freewheel might become attractive ... or, not!?!

3 x 100km days on a fixed wheel? No worries.

For real hard arsed fixed wheel stuff, the Aussie pro brothers from the 50's Max and Keith Rowley used to train 250km+ a day on fixed wheels in the lead up to big events.:eek: