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Old 03-23-10 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Dheorl
LMAO. I'm pretty sure that's about the average speed of the winner of the tour de france. If you can average that speed solo in europes terrain I'd advise definately coming. Idealy july next year with some team support.
But you're looking at the wrong metric. Time trial speeds for the Tour de France are closer to 30mph, with the record being over 33mph.

If you can't do 25mph solo, on a conventional road bike for a couple of hours you really shouldn't go to Europe.
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