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  • Straw Poll: Take the road bike or mountain bike to the Alps next week?
  • mtbtomo
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    So, I’m off to Alp d’Huez for the tour next Thursday and will be able to get a few days biking in beforehand.

    It might be a biased question, this being predominantly a mountain bike forum, but should I take the road bike or the mountain bike??

    Posted 10 years ago
    philipft
    Free Member

    Both, of course

    Posted 10 years ago
    Superficial
    Free Member

    I had a friend who rode up the 27 switchbacks on his hardtail with a seat that didn’t go all the way up. No need for the road bike.

    Posted 10 years ago
    cmadd
    Free Member

    Ya goanna watch Le Tour right, so take ya road bike

    Posted 10 years ago
    peteimpreza
    Full Member

    Both

    Posted 10 years ago
    JEngledow
    Free Member

    It doesn’t really matter as whichever one you take you’ll wish you had the other 😉

    Posted 10 years ago
    souldrummer
    Free Member

    If you are going to Alpe D’Huez you have to do the climb on your road bike; it’s so iconic. Hopefully for you it won’t be in excess of 100 degrees as it was when I did it last year!!

    Posted 10 years ago
    mtbtomo
    Free Member

    Only got room for one (in my dad’s camper), and yes I will wish I took the other for sure!

    This will be my fourth year in a row to Alp d’Huez. Not really intended, just the way it panned out.

    Did the climb on my road bike the one year I did take it, and I was ready for crawling off into the verge with 3 switchbacks to go…. Barring that, every trip has been mountain bike orientated.

    Posted 10 years ago
    Blazin-saddles
    Free Member

    I had a friend who rode up the 27 switchbacks on his hardtail with a seat that didn’t go all the way up. No need for the road bike.

    Have they added a few to the top?

    Posted 10 years ago
    Superficial
    Free Member

    Yes. They have.

    Posted 10 years ago
    kayak23
    Full Member

    All that way to ride UP hills?
    Roadies are proper weird…
    Take your mountainbike 😀

    Posted 10 years ago
    Northwind
    Full Member

    You can ride up tarmac hills any time you like in the UK, and if they’re not tall enough you can ride them twice… but we lack a decent uplift infrastructure. Therefore, mountain bike.

    Posted 10 years ago
    mtbtomo
    Free Member

    I’ve just fitted the DH tyres to the mtb….

    Posted 10 years ago
    wobbliscott
    Free Member

    Take your MTB and a pair of slick road tyres.

    Posted 10 years ago
    mangatank
    Free Member

    Take road bike but fit a Sram With Fli kit first…

    Posted 10 years ago
    vickypea
    Free Member

    Take both!
    We went there last July and took both road bikes and MTBs. Rode up Alpe D’Huez on road bikes but took MTBs down the road to Les Deux Alpes. We’re off to Ventoux tomorrow!

    Posted 10 years ago
    tomhoward
    Full Member

    Take you mtb then rent a road bike when out there. The trek store will give you a top end bike for £40 a day. Much cheaper than renting a dh bike, and much less risk of breaking it…

    Posted 10 years ago
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