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I'm planning to ride the Paris Roubaix route next year with friends and thought it'd be great if others from here would like to join or give some wisdom on the route equipment etc.
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It's very early stages of planning, but the idea would be:
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Evening Eurostar to Paris
Ride to Compiegne
Stay overnight in Compiegne
Wake up early
Ride the Paris Roubaix route
Maybe even ride on the velodrome for the full experience (I have no idea if this is possible and if it is we may not arrive in time)
Ride to Lille
Eurostar back to London (I might actually go via Amsterdam on the way home)
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I'm not intending this as a tour so at most I'll have a saddle bag with the essentials. Any extra luggage would only make the ride more uncomfortable.
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I'd like to keep*a reasonable*pace but have no idea what average speed can be maintained over cobles on that sort of distance. Something equivalent to 16mph on English country lanes.
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I'll be reccying the route in late March or early April, albeit over two or three days, as part of a tour of Europe. So I'll have a much better idea about the fine details then.