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@WimVDD
Ride steel bikes and forks if you have them.
When I started cycling (1991) I lived near Oudenaarde and the northern "secteurs" (Carrefour de l'Arbre, Hem, Cysoing) appeared regularly on my longer runs... untill alu bikes and carbon forks appeared. They really killed my appetite for cobbles. When I started riding steel vintage bikes again a couple of years ago, I accidentally hit a cobbled road near Tournai and it was like someone ironed the bumps out of it (even riding only 23's).
Reading this thread makes me lusting after doing the P-R sportive too...