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Might be a tough one now, but I know of a man who won it on fixed-Maurice Garin.
He used a bike weighing 16 kilos, with 32 mm tubs,no brakes and a* 'developement'* of 5.85metres (about 73 inches or 52x19 - for comparison 42x16 is 69.7 inches, 42x 15 is 74.4 inches.)
His victory was in 1903, he won again in '04 but was disqualified. In an interview he gave in 1949, when aged 79 he said he was still riding 25 miles a day, in defiance of his doctor. He claimed he was still using an identical bike, same gear, same position, same lack of brakes.
He died in 1957 aged 88.
Is this interesting to London Fixed Wheel?
What about actual racing ,today and now,on the road, on fixed?