Who needs lotsa gears.
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biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
That's a good ride
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
According to Google that's four and a half days 2148km, 3% cycle lanes and very steep hills.
Are you sure there isn't a suburb called Vienna in Birmingham?
Are you sure there isn't a suburb called Vienna in Birmingham?
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
I have just been contacted by a chap I sold a Claude Butler too. It was in good condition, then I fully serviced it and it rode well.
He was a nice chap and we left on good terms. I never expected him to get back in touch and say he had ridden it to Vienna.
It means nothing to me ..... ooooh Vienna.
sleuthey
Legendary Member
- Location
- South Gloucestershire
Are you sure he didn't say Veryan? IE. Tried a LEGOG and didn't get very far.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
If Harry Enfield were a cycling enthusiast I can see him doing a good skit.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Yup - just one more gear
like just having one more pint at the pub
or one more piece of chocolate
like just having one more pint at the pub
or one more piece of chocolate
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
You could say it has Midge Gure
I thought the same, 25'' possibly.
Once a Wheeler
…always a wheeler
That bottom gear looks like about 40x24 which gives ±3m 58cm. Not low by modern standards but easily low enough to make it to Vienna comfortably — just avoid the walls and wind your way up the cols steadily. Most importantly, keep the load light. Nice bike, nice trip.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
His name wasn't @HobbesOnTour was it?
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
There's only one gear that really counts, and that's the bottom one. I'm guessing that in this case it's 34/28. A bit high for my taste, but then I'm rubbish at going up hills. It'll be fine for some cyclists.
Mind you, there aren't any mountain ranges between Calais (assuming a channel crossing there) and Vienna so it's entirely possible. There will be some hills, sure, but no mountain passes.
Epic ride, kudos to him.
Mind you, there aren't any mountain ranges between Calais (assuming a channel crossing there) and Vienna so it's entirely possible. There will be some hills, sure, but no mountain passes.
Epic ride, kudos to him.
