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18-02.-2007, 02:01 AM
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London to Paris with one gear?
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 |
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08-06.-2007, 11:42 PM
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Re: London to Paris with one gear?
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.
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12-06.-2007, 02:39 AM
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Re: London to Paris with one gear?
Don't be a wussy-kins, you'll be fine.
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03-10.-2007, 03:01 AM
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Re: London to Paris with one gear?
I am sure I saw more than one fixie on the PBP (1200km) so yeah, it's do-able.
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03-10.-2007, 09:27 PM
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Re: London to Paris with one gear?
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.
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05-10.-2007, 06:10 AM
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Re: London to Paris with one gear?
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Being able to freewheel might become attractive ... or, not!?! |
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05-10.-2007, 09:42 PM
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Re: London to Paris with one gear?
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.  |
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