dimspace said:with a freewheel or not?
mickkk said:I am interested in what people would think if Le Tour was to return to fixed wheel bikes, or perhaps 3 gears like the good old days when men were men.
Would it result in mass abandons? Would it lead to 12 hour stages? or would the peleton just adapt?
elapid said:I recently completed the Bicycle Tour of Colorado. This included 600 miles over 6 days with 40000 feet of climbing including Grand Mesa (10889 feet), Cottonwood Pass (12126 feet) and Independence Pass (12095 feet). One guy did this on a fixie. It was hard enough on a compact with 12-27, but the guy on the fixie was a truly impressive effort. Although I don't see it happening main stream, there are single speed world championships, so why not a fixie TdF?
Rupert said:And Stingray Phil did it on a 5-speed schwinn stingray (like he does almost every year).
elapid said:I recently completed the Bicycle Tour of Colorado. This included 600 miles . . .
Weirdwrench said:I did the 2009 BTC also. It was actually more like just over 500 miles, as advertised. Unless you did the Colorado National Monument option, which would have added about 40 mi. Of course, if you were starting from distant hotels or something and used that measurement. . .
Also, pretty sure it was Stingray Bill, not Phil.
Weirdwrench said:I did the 2009 BTC also. It was actually more like just over 500 miles, as advertised. Unless you did the Colorado National Monument option, which would have added about 40 mi. Of course, if you were starting from distant hotels or something and used that measurement. . .
Also, pretty sure it was Stingray Bill, not Phil.
As far as fixies in the TDF goes, obviously won't happen. Originally, Henri DeGrange insisted that the riders not use freewheels, but he was a sadistic SOB, and the Tour is well rid of him. He also thought that an ideal Tour would be where only rider finished.
I think he must have been reincarnated as a producer of 'reality' TV shows.