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@Wannabe
I've been lurking on this thread for a while, reading and re-reading the tales of insanity with morbid curiosity. I just moved from London to Paris, and have a bit of spare time on my hands.
I really fancy giving this a go. My long-distance cycling experience is pretty minimal, however. I don't mind training hard (marathons and whatnot), and I ride a bit of enduro MTB, so a base fitness of sorts is there...just not quite on the same scale.
I'd also need a bike -- the tifosi audax effort on wiggle looks like good value, albeit I can get my training started on the fixed for now.
Am I being a total dick, trying to do PBP with 18 months training, or would it be possible? I was thinking of daily rides and long weekend jaunts, plus the qualifying series of course.
All advice / abuse welcome!