London to Paris on a trackbike? Rather you than me

LONDON TO PARIS from Amazing Grace on Vimeo.

I've thought about doing the London to Paris bike ride many a time before. The closest I have got is the Essex 100, which is the equivalent to one stage of the London to Paris.

By the time I'd finished that, I was done. Every sinew in my body was killing me. And that was on a racer. To attempt a cycling feat of that magnitude on a fixed gear or a track bike? No gears, no freewheel, no brakes? That is madness. I'm wincing at the mere thought of it.

But that's what a bunch of fixed gear riders have done. The London to Paris on track bikes. That's more than madness, that's self harm.

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