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Yeah pm would be down my list of stuff needed for most.
A hr monitor would do 7/10 of the job for little cost.I think you can do it just fine without electronic shifting and a dynamo. They’re nice but not essential.
If I come back I’d like to do it on an old steel bike with down tube shifters and all that. Just to show it’s possible to still rip it up. It’s nice to have all the gear, but you really don’t need it. As we see every year, people finish on cheap piles of shit. But they’ve strong minds.
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The reverse.
A power meter is a great training tool, but as I imagine your goal is to finish, then the best training you can do is as much time in the saddle as you can manage. With a dynamo, that can include training at night when the kids are asleep.
Someone like @skinny gets a lot of benefit from a PM, but he’s training his body to run as efficiently as he can. For someone aiming to finish, that’s less of an issue.
Electronic shifting is great but it’s another thing to go wrong and another battery to worry about charging.