Fred Whitton Challenge

[stevefoster]

You're all a bunch of puffs!! What's wrong with an 11-21 matched up with a 55 ring???....

Wondered when Jan Ullrich would come out of retirement

[AllanT]

Here he is hard in training:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AohpW...eature=related

[dominion]

You're all a bunch of puffs!! What's wrong with an 11-21 matched up with a 55 ring???....

Nothing on the downhill bits....

[stevefoster]

Here he is hard in training:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AohpW...eature=related

Flippin eck, he's slimmed down, must have been the 'Death by Chocolate' diet

[Trimm Trab]

Nothing on the downhill bits....

I'm going to start seeing this route profile in my dreams the amount of times I've studied it - I'd really rather forget about all the little buggers of climbs in between the passes!

That Jan Ullrich clip is class

[lantern rouge]

You're all a bunch of puffs!! What's wrong with an 11-21 matched up with a 55 ring???....

I must have a mechanical problem on mine. If I come to anything greater than a 25% gradient on the 55 ring, the cranks won't go round... beats me.

[nikalas]

I'm in and have no shame about fitting tiny little gears!

[idler]

Try and get a couple of 100 mile rides in. And hill reps. I did the Etape 2 years ago off a diet of 500' hill repeats ...but I think the Fred will be harder than my Pyrenean outing. Enjoy!

[stevefoster]

Tandems, Recumbents, Hand Bikes and knackered people, anything's possible if you possibly gain an entry Think the guy who says its easy is fibbing though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6p1A5Bxwig

[AllanT]

Wow great film, love the two Scottish Lads at the End "This is fun,.... or something like that"... the other replies "It's 'easy'"!!!....

have to do it some day I think, dig out my polka dot jersey!!...