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Yes - that's Dave Sims, another Chopper nutter. He's doing a different thing. His Mk3 Chopper is heavily modified: proper seat post and racing saddle, eight speed hub, slick tyres, full sized racing cranks and racing pedals / shoes. This is because he's doing the whole Tour de France route.
I used an unmodified, factory spec 1969 Mk1 Chopper to do the Hour: banana seat, original spec tyres, three speed hub, between knee gear stick and silly 140mm cranks (the left one clips the kick stand every time it goes round) with rubber pedals.
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http://teamchop.co.uk/?p=309 I saw this bloke riding up Tourmalet in last years Etape on a gold chopper!