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The Seldom Killer:
Having bashed out a year on the fixed wheel with occasional use of the recumbent, I'm going back to having a geared bike (with some more use of the recumbent). Went out and did a test ride on a nice full carbon bike this evening. It was rather lovely. It's going to come in at around £1200 (£1k on the bike to work scheme) fully built but it could easily be sold for quite a bit more. It's hard to decide on a 20 minute test ride whether a bike is going to be suitable for a 1200k ride but I reckon this could be the one.

ev4n:
What's the 1200km ride?

I currently have the following on my bucket list:
- Transcan, from current location to hometown (380km)
- Pacific Coast Highway, California
- John O'Graots to Lands End
- Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

EDIT Wait, PBP is 1200km, isn't it?  For some reason, I had it as 300km each way, but I bet it's double that.

pwhodges:
When in Cambodia, I was interested to see bikes with bamboo frames.  I was even more interested to see one parked at work today!

The Seldom Killer:
Indeed it is the PBP. Went out in the 90 group last time (2011) bit I'm going to have a punt at the 84 hour group. Did Super Brevet Scandinavia last year which was pretty impressive and there's a couple of others on the list;

Mumbai-Indore-Mumbai
The Silk Road 1200 (political situation needs to stabalise in Uzbekistan before I have a go at that)
Grasslands 1400 in Mongolia

If I even manage one of those I'll be pretty chuffed.

I cycled across Canada in 2006 and Cape Breton was pretty awesome. Even better was the Petit Train du Nord in Quebec which I think is local to you.

I may never actually do Lands End to John O'Groats although I've done a lot of the roads that make it up. Give us a shout if you come over though, I'd be happy to give you come company on the Welsh Marches.

LTK:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 30 Jul 2014, 13:01 ---When in Cambodia, I was interested to see bikes with bamboo frames.  I was even more interested to see one parked at work today!

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I saw one of those for sale online and it was about ten times as expensive as a similar bike made of metal. Guess it's down to the marketing as eco-friendly! and sustainable! and trendy as fuck! but not affordable, oh no.

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