South Downs way, end-to-end, TBC

Thoughts for the next ride:

1. The ride is hard. You can do it singlespeed/fixed/CX but it will just make it worse. You need to find ways to make it easier. Short travel full sus would be perfect.
   
2. Pictures make it look like it's never-ending chalk paths. This is not true. There are miles and miles of lumpy, bumpy, bouldery, chattery, gravelly paths which beat you up.
   
3. Suspension is a godsend.
   
4. The descents are amazing.
   
5. Don't fuck about in the hills between Brighton and Eastbourne. The are big, isolated and exposed. You need quality clothing there in anything but perfect sunshine.
   
   

And a couple of pics.

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