I'm doing the 134km version which is by far my longest ride of the year so far. Should be painful.
Nope, Paris Roubaix the weekend after. That's painful 😉
The ronde has cobbles too, including the Koppenberg. I'm going to be riding with 25s on the more comfortable road bike; not as quick but less likely to have me walking around like John Wayne for days after.
Flanders cobbles are not a problem on an ordinary road bike with 23/25c I wouldn't use mudguards though as they will rattle. I use old style cages bent for a really tight fit to avoid losing bottles.
Roubaix pave is a whole new ball game, not doing that again as it's not fun,
TBH, I'm most concerned about the climbing than anything else. I have hardly any time on the bike this year and I'm going uphill like an asthmatic sloth. Still, should be fun!
We're going for the [i]worst of all worlds[/i] solution for P-R of 32mm Continental Contact II tires. 28mm GP4Season if its dry though...
My spare tyres are who-knows-where so it's the Duranos for me. Slow. Steady. Comfortable.
Yep, me.
Anything less than the full 250km just isn't taking it seriously.... 😀
See here http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/flanders-cyclo-whos-going-and