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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-
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.
We (Talbot) can make an entire bike that's focused entirely on the challenge - so the riders morphology, the kit etc, I'd love to work with a luggage designer from a clean sheet starting point to look at how we could design bike, luggage, electronics, hydration and so forth as a complete system that majored on comfort at (long distance) pace alongside aerodynamics. It's a fascinating challenge when you consider all the various parts that go into it.
Dammit
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.