Damien
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You mean Super Randonnées r 200/300/400/600 km brevets?
London Edinburgh London 2025
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Good luck with that, as a FYI you don't need a SR series or any sort of qualifying ride to do LEL.
linh Nguyen
New Member
Yes, it's my limit test
linh Nguyen
New Member
I got a spot
Damien
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Right after the Grunwald – Trakai – Grunwald brevet, and after a good wash, I decided to pack my Cruzbike into the EVOC bike bag. I managed to do it! It’s not all ready yet, but I hope to pay as little as possible for excess baggage (Ryanair’s bike weight limit is 20 kg). I’m excited!
Boreen bimbler
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Good luck to you both.
Andreas
Active Member
Yes, we all made it back safely, thank you Beano.
But I was super sad because we were forced to turn around halfway. I didn’t meet storm “Floris” personally, only its fringes — apparently, it even managed to overturn some trucks.
I didn’t have the Vendetta with me, but I did wear my Cruzbike jersey, and I was surprised at how many people commented on it.
I won’t write much about the event itself here, but if anyone’s interested, you can read my summary on Strava:
Because of the cancellation, I also had plenty of time for photos and videos and it took me a long time to reduce them to just over 100:
From the elevation profile, the part I was allowed to ride would have been ideal for the Vendetta and easily doable, as it was mostly very flat. On some long straight stretches, I surely would have had a lot of fun chasing DFs, since I passed most of them even on the VTX.
However, the horrible road surface over large sections of the route would have spoiled the fun. For that, I would have needed 35 mm or wider tires with 40 psi tubeless — which doesn’t work with my V20.
If everything goes well, though, it’ll be there in Paris in 2027.
And I met Damien in person which was a great pleasure.
But I was super sad because we were forced to turn around halfway. I didn’t meet storm “Floris” personally, only its fringes — apparently, it even managed to overturn some trucks.
I didn’t have the Vendetta with me, but I did wear my Cruzbike jersey, and I was surprised at how many people commented on it.
I won’t write much about the event itself here, but if anyone’s interested, you can read my summary on Strava:
Because of the cancellation, I also had plenty of time for photos and videos and it took me a long time to reduce them to just over 100:
From the elevation profile, the part I was allowed to ride would have been ideal for the Vendetta and easily doable, as it was mostly very flat. On some long straight stretches, I surely would have had a lot of fun chasing DFs, since I passed most of them even on the VTX.
However, the horrible road surface over large sections of the route would have spoiled the fun. For that, I would have needed 35 mm or wider tires with 40 psi tubeless — which doesn’t work with my V20.
If everything goes well, though, it’ll be there in Paris in 2027.
And I met Damien in person which was a great pleasure.
IyhelM
Létrange MBB
Sorry for you and all other riders, August used to be a safe bet weather-wise in the UK but it is becoming ever more impredictable…
English roads are something indeed. Now every time I start complaining about the quality of tarmac in France or Italy, I think back about the century I rode last year in Kent and go: « meh it’s not so bad ».
English roads are something indeed. Now every time I start complaining about the quality of tarmac in France or Italy, I think back about the century I rode last year in Kent and go: « meh it’s not so bad ».
Damien
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Even though the event got renamed to London – Floris – London, it was still worth coming. I made it to the control point in Richmond – covering a total of 590 miles (950 km). Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see Scotland, and I think next year I’ll fly to Edinburgh and finish the missing kilometres – after all, I’ve now got a direct flight from Kraków!
It was great meeting so many like-minded, slightly crazy people. In fact, it turned out to be the biggest Cruzbike meetup in Europe I met @Andreas and @linh Nguyen in person – but I was the only one riding a Cruzbike. Soon I’ll make a video from the whole route, but for now I’m sharing a short clip showing what the control point in Richmond looked like.
YouTube:
It was great meeting so many like-minded, slightly crazy people. In fact, it turned out to be the biggest Cruzbike meetup in Europe
I met @Andreas and @linh Nguyen in person – but I was the only one riding a Cruzbike. Soon I’ll make a video from the whole route, but for now I’m sharing a short clip showing what the control point in Richmond looked like.YouTube:
vmi1056
Well-Known Member
Awesome video and Nessun dorma was a great way to end it! It appears you climbed fairly well compared to some of the diamond frames. Were you happy with the decision to take your S40 instead of a diamond frame on this one?
