Originally Posted by freddiesan
Two guys (one was Boe here on BFSSFG) participated in a 200k Randonneur race on fixed gear here in Sweden. A few conservative roadie guys didn't like it and wanted them disqualified becuase of their missing brakes. In the end their fixed entry in the race was accepted and recorded but no more fixed riders are welcome in the other randonneur races here in Sweden.
That's cool. I read up on the rules and apparently the only rules I could find dealt with visibility at night and that the vehicle must be human powered. Pretty broad rules.
Oh and eyefloater, I'll be doing this around Houston which has no hills. I figure it will be a welcome relief considering I live in the Texas hill country right now. I do push 80gear inches though so I'd most likely want to tone it down just because of the distance.