Originally Posted by
jackbombay
Yea, and to be in accordance with rule
#5 there is only one route option at Eroica, not 4, that route is of course the 108 mile with 8000'+, everybody here says I'm going to walk my bike, because my low gear is only 28/28, in light of this, there is no way anyone is showing up and riding the 108 mile route with a corncob freewheel and not doing a lot of walking, just not possible on gravel as you can't stand to climb.
Who exactly cares if you walk your bike? Some dumbass/tongue-in-cheek rule that has nothing to do with this event?
And honestly I don't care if you want to be heroic or not, but what I don't understand are all the hand-wringing threads about equipment. It's just a bike. Ride it.