When I was in Savannah, GA this spring, I happened to be standing on the dock when a very tired looking guy rode up on a bike. Turns out that this was the finish line for his Southern Tier, from LA to Savannah. I mention it because he was riding a Raleigh road bike with very little gear on it. He did the Tier solo and without support.
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"Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen." Louis L'Amour
There are two types of road bikers: bikers who are faster than me, and me. Bruce Cameron - Denver Post