I see someone did it on a Roberts Roughstuff! Believe me, they also deserve a bit of awe. I no longer use mine for these kind of rides because I just can't keep up with folk on it any longer. It's a beautiful bike, but it is built for touring tough roads with a whole heap of kit, which it does in style. Bomb proof wheels with tough heavy rims, big tyres. Beautifully built frame. Mine has got me up practically everything with full camping kit. But I have been known to ride it at 2mph on the steepest bits. So slow, for example, you can't out ride the clouds of midges on Arran when climbing up through Glen Sannox. I love it to bits, it's the most comfortable bike, you can ride it all day without any kind of ache or pain. But my decision to get a road bike was sealed when riding a Whistable route recce with Simon, User10571 and a some others a few years back. By the time we reached the turn off to Gravesend I was completely knackered, trying and failing to keep up. Then, when we stopped at the Promenade cafe for a snack, I disappeared to the loo and came back to find Simon lifting my bike up. "Crikey" or some thing like it, he remarked. So, to the woman who rode the Roughstuff, "Cheers".
