Originally Posted by
Rowan
As a by-the-by, I know of several riders who have used fixed gear to participate in the Boston-Montreal-Boston 1200, including a really wonderful young woman whose enthusiasm for fixed riding is infectious. BMB went through many of the hills in the New England area, including the legendary Middlebury Gap.
The BMB randonee blogs are great to read. I could never keep up the pace and doing it on a fixie is super-human IMHO. In fact going ultralight without a tent etc and trying to average over 100 miles per day turns touring into back to back randonees. For 5 days I averaged 90 miles a day from Ontario, along the Erie Canal and back to MA on a fully geared bike with about 20 lbs of gear and it started to get to me. But I'm over 50 so things begin to ache and I'm no where near the fitness level required for BMB, LEL or PBP.