pullingteeth
Retro Guru
Eroica
We got up at 5am, short ride to gaolie in chianti, set off for ride in darkness at 5.50am, they insist on lights and it would be mad to attempt a downhill in the dark.
135km later, 3 rest stops where ate and drank too much ,as it was so good, the 2nd stop was a bit cruel as the next 20 ks were the toughest and done on a belly full of bean stew topped with raw egg.most pushed a bit, traction and too high gearing the problems for most, it was very hilly, you seemed to be either going up or down all the time.
6 of us had one puncture iin 6x135km on rough roads which was remarkable, we met one guy that had 4 puntures on tubs by the first rest stop, that was in 50km.
You have the option of a split and forking off to do the 205km, we stopped at this junction for a brief chat, no Takers for the longer route, it was way too hot.
I puked up 10 km to go(possibly the raw egg)likely to have been heat exhaustion.
Great atmosphere at the finish, we never made the free post race meal , but it looked good.
Merino wool works very well by the way
We got up at 5am, short ride to gaolie in chianti, set off for ride in darkness at 5.50am, they insist on lights and it would be mad to attempt a downhill in the dark.
135km later, 3 rest stops where ate and drank too much ,as it was so good, the 2nd stop was a bit cruel as the next 20 ks were the toughest and done on a belly full of bean stew topped with raw egg.most pushed a bit, traction and too high gearing the problems for most, it was very hilly, you seemed to be either going up or down all the time.
6 of us had one puncture iin 6x135km on rough roads which was remarkable, we met one guy that had 4 puntures on tubs by the first rest stop, that was in 50km.
You have the option of a split and forking off to do the 205km, we stopped at this junction for a brief chat, no Takers for the longer route, it was way too hot.
I puked up 10 km to go(possibly the raw egg)likely to have been heat exhaustion.
Great atmosphere at the finish, we never made the free post race meal , but it looked good.
Merino wool works very well by the way
