25th Infantry Bicycle Corps - 1896

andy9964
andy9964 Posts: 930
edited April 2016 in Road general
Doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun, then again, I suppose it wasn't meant to be.
Single speed, 59lb bike with a similar weight in kit 2000 miles and it wasn't flat at all.
Not an energy bar or padded bib shorts in sight

http://www.upworthy.com/the-black-soldi ... ?c=reccon3

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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,272
    last time I did the Eroica in Tuscany, there was a bunch of Swiss men with army bikes of the beginning of the 20th century... about 60 lb each, to carry up the 16% slope of Monte Sante Marie... quite something
    left the forum March 2023
  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Pah, that article does not use the word EPIC at least once so therefore they must have been a load of big jessies. FWIW, I did an EPIC 18 miler at the w/e.

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