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In a moment of madness i've "pre-registered" for the 2017 French Divide event, anyone done it this year and have any tips or pointers?
If i get a place was thinking of using my trusty Fargo despite the amount of climbing. I figure comfort and reliability go a long way on an event such as this?
http://www.frenchdivide.com/en
Looks all right that.
I did a bit of the Camino de Santiago last year,if it's the same type of mixed terrain,it would be fun as long as it's not full of pilgrims 😉
There was a good article on it of a recon ride before the event with some of the organisers in the Spring edition of 200 magazine.
Rich-Pips did it with his son on the tandem as well. Think it was in an Alp-Kit newsletter.
Thanks for the above gents, found the Rich-Pips article if anyone else was interested:
https://www.alpkit.com/news/a-summer-french-divide
Here you go, this link will give you a bit more detail of our actual trip.
[url= http://minipips.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/tour-de-france-intro.html ]http://minipips.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/tour-de-france-intro.html[/url]
As to what bike, there was everything from skinny CX file treads to full on fat bikes. I'd aim for something tyre wise near to 50mm with some tread.
Cool, I might look at doing that route next year as a relaxed bikepacking trip, but not the actual event.
Thanks Richpips.
Must admit i do like reading your adventures, i can just about get my daughter to ride her scooter with me to the shops and back!