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@Davros
To be honest, I wasn't interested in doing the full 250ish ks so I booked the medium route, so I pulled a Klein Attitude frame off of the wall that has been sitting there restored and built it up, gave it to Mrs Davroos as I was riding a Klein Attitude in Dolomite.
The ride was great except the Kleins were way to stiff, every cobblestone I felt. The instructions said, 4 pave and 15 hills, but the pave just kept coming. The ups were ok, it was the flats/down that were killing us both.
Hitting the 2nd loop, the first hill was the Kopperburg and I told Mrs Davroos to get ready to jump off as people were having accidents !!! I managed to weave my way up to the top whereas she jumped ship before someone ran into her near the top. The hills kept coming and coming, but we rode them all. The Paderburg wasn't as scary as people made it out to be, and then we smashed the 11ks into the centre.
It was a lovely day so we parked the bikes up in the town square and we chilled out just drinking a few beers, as you do as this is Belgium !!! 90 minutes later, we took off to finish.
Awesome event, I am taking a Merlin next year, I think titanium will be better than alu !!!