Originally Posted by
stapfam
By the look of that "Road"- you need a cyclocross or treaded armadillos to ride that. Take it that the bikes are not Fragile C.F. then.
We have a few Gentle trails round here and I have occasionally taken the OCR on them but that is cycling to the extreme- taken the bikes being used. But have to admit that the OCR took the hills very well. Just a pity that I didn't.
It was a cross, my kona 'jake the snake' with gator skins.. I usually take 2 bikes, my lemond sarthe (triple) for good sections, Kona for rough.
I have a madone but don't ride it much. Most locals have carbon but heavy wheelsets. Fraid of wheel damage, not frame damage.
The road before this section is often compared to 'alps de huez' (sp?) in the local books. I barely made it on my triple. I don't know how them pro's do that
