Technical-ish question; as said before, dipping my toe in with a 500km event at the end of the month. Going to adapt my bikepacking setup for the ride itself, but pondering cassettes. After 200km or so, I've got the Ventoux to go up from Malaucene and thinking about moving from my 11-34 to a -36 or even a -40. Good idea? Pointless? I found the Ventoux a bit tough last weekend and that was without 200km and a 4am start in the legs.
On the plus side, the route has changed, cutting out climbing the gorges de verdun in the middle of the night which was my least favourite part of the whole thing.
Technical-ish question; as said before, dipping my toe in with a 500km event at the end of the month. Going to adapt my bikepacking setup for the ride itself, but pondering cassettes. After 200km or so, I've got the Ventoux to go up from Malaucene and thinking about moving from my 11-34 to a -36 or even a -40. Good idea? Pointless? I found the Ventoux a bit tough last weekend and that was without 200km and a 4am start in the legs.
On the plus side, the route has changed, cutting out climbing the gorges de verdun in the middle of the night which was my least favourite part of the whole thing.