Originally Posted by little_lance
yeah, i saw the riders on the cobblestones, that's gotta be killer rough on a road bike. i here people say those cobblestones are slick as ice too.
Do yourself a favour, and track down a copy of
A Sunday in Hell. It's almost 30 years old, but it's the best bike racing documentary ever. Those cobbled sections you saw on Stage 3 of the Tour are travelled every year during the
Paris-Roubaix spring classic, which is a killer one-day race. They call it the Hell of the North - 26 sections of cobbles, muddy and slick in the rain, dusty and suffocating on dry days. Wait'll you see what those guys can do.
When you're done watching it, you just might want to change your name to Little Eddy, Tiny Moser, or Petit Roger. Or, you could go with a more recent winner, and call yourself the Little Big Dog.
Sorry for the thread hijack.