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Absolutely. In a world where everyone is looking for the singular 'best', its great to see how many different, successful, approaches there are. From classic steel frames with twin ortleib panniers to a Pinarello with carbon aero-luggage.
This is part of what makes it fascinating for sure - my latest bike was partially inspired by this race, I'd love to make a bike that was focused purely on being the fastest thing to ride for 4,000Km over this terrain.
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As someone who has been planning on entering next years race since late 2015...
Fastest is a hard term to define. Over that kind of distance I find comfort will come in to play (as many current riders are discovering).
Current plans are for a TI frame, carbon fork plus wide tires/wheels. Relatively relaxed geo but with TT bars.
gillies
Absolutely. In a world where everyone is looking for the singular 'best', its great to see how many different, successful, approaches there are. From classic steel frames with twin ortleib panniers to a Pinarello with carbon aero-luggage.
I am genuinely surprised to see a lack of behind-the-arse hydration though. I know @bananaskid gone for it and I think I probably would too. Some of those bottles look either crazy difficult to get to or open to disgusting wheel crud over the course of a few thousand km. That said, I've never ridden across Europe and I'm sure everyone riding has put more thought into it than me.