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Watch Joff Summerfield as he rides Tour of Flanders sportive on a penny-farthing
Remember our story earlier this week about Joff Summerfield who plans to ride parts of the course of the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège on his penny farthing? Well yesterday he tackled the first of those - and a film crew from Belgian TV sporza followed him throughout.
You can watch the report - much of it in English - here to see how he got on over the cobbles and bergs as he took part in the Tour of Flanders Sportive alongside around 17,000 other riders.
One fellow cyclist at the start, an Irishman, wishes him "good luck."
"Have you done it before?" asks Joff.
"Yes," replies Sean Kelly - three times a runner-up at the Tour of Flanders, the only one of cycling's five monuments he never won.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
What a load of bollocks. Leave the hype to the motor manufacturers. It's just riding a bike, that's all.
The whole "As is customary at major sportives" falls flat on it's face when you then cite the 22mph limit. I've worked in major sportives and I've...
The Plod Twitter for the area asked for it to be submitted. Not neccesarily action would be taken but at least it shows some awareness from them.
If memory serves, it's more like 6ms-2 or 0.6G. Try and brake any harder than that and you go over the front.
Hmm, for someone who complained about slower riders on Ride London and was completing it in 22+ mph, you seem to have changed your tune now Nige.
Damn cyclists! Getting in the way of the train. slowing it down!
It's probably going to be less than with most other wheel on trainers because (a) there's a limited amount of play in the system that could help to...
As I said below, the only reason I did not submit it to the police is because I know from experience they will not accept a complaint except from a...
Driverless taxis are also operational in San Francisco and Phoenix. Although they are limited to specific times and/or areas I believe.
I haven't watched that video with the sound on, but does it have the Benny Hill music playing over the top of it...?