La Marmotte

MartinM said:

Just registered for this ride on www.sportcommunication.com

What have I done? it was enough of a task to drive up Galibier last
year. I do intend to ride AdH at the end despite saying "never again"

Have ridden up the Glandon and onto the Croix de fer and on a different
day, Alpe D'Huez. How does the Telegraph / Galibier ride compare?

Paul

Quoted message said:

MartinM said:

Just registered for this ride on www.sportcommunication.com

What have I done? it was enough of a task to drive up Galibier last
year. I do intend to ride AdH at the end despite saying "never again"

Have ridden up the Glandon and onto the Croix de fer and on a different
day, Alpe D'Huez. How does the Telegraph / Galibier ride compare?

http://www.sportcommunication.com/newsite/profil.php?Id=128&langue=1

and I thought Huez was hard! This is going to be kill or cure for me.

Arthur Clune said:

MartinM said:

thanks for that, saved me! yes hills I need but not savage little
English ones
(at least not 4.5AAA's worth of them).

The trouble is that if you want practice for La Marmotte you need
to work towards 5000m climbing in 170km.

The Dales Gimpeur is one of the few AUK routes with enough climbing
in to get near. Even then it's 4,400m in 200km so easier.

The applecross grimpeur.
It doesn't exist yet but is back and forth over the Bealach na Ba until
you get to 200km.. ;-)

This makes the Snow Roads 300 look easy..

...d

Quoted message said:

Have ridden up the Glandon and onto the Croix de fer and on a different
day, Alpe D'Huez. How does the Telegraph / Galibier ride compare?

It's harder than any of them IMO. The Telegraph isn't hard, but the
Galibier is and there's only a small amount of rest from the Telegraph
to the Galibier.

Arhtur

--
Arthur Clune

Arthur Clune said:

Quoted message said:

Have ridden up the Glandon and onto the Croix de fer and on a different
day, Alpe D'Huez. How does the Telegraph / Galibier ride compare?

It's harder than any of them IMO. The Telegraph isn't hard, but the
Galibier is and there's only a small amount of rest from the Telegraph
to the Galibier.

What gear did you use for Galibier? I did Huez on a 39x26 but have the
option of a 30x26 (but on a heavier bike), I suppose I could fit the
triple to the lighter bike and just use the bottom 2. Depends on how
I'm going to get from the airport.

In article <[email hidden]>,

MartinM () said:

http://www.sportcommunication.com/newsite/profil.php?Id=128&langue=1

Ooog. You are this: mad.

About where the "5" is coming off the Galibier I had my motorcar's
clutch cable break and in wasn't until well the other side of Bourg
d'Oisans that I found a piece of ground level enough to permit me to
pull over and fit the spare, Alp fans.

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Never give a gun to ducks.

MartinM said:

What gear did you use for Galibier? I did Huez on a 39x26 but have the
option of a 30x26 (but on a heavier bike), I suppose I could fit the
triple to the lighter bike and just use the bottom 2. Depends on how
I'm going to get from the airport.

I used 34x26 extensivily. In fact, pretty much all day.

I suggest buying a cheap compact chainset and fitting that to the light
bike as the best solution. Otherwise a 28 would be wise.

Arthur

--
Arthur Clune

Arthur Clune said:

MartinM said:

What gear did you use for Galibier? I did Huez on a 39x26 but have the
option of a 30x26 (but on a heavier bike), I suppose I could fit the
triple to the lighter bike and just use the bottom 2. Depends on how
I'm going to get from the airport.

I used 34x26 extensivily. In fact, pretty much all day.

I can't see I'll have use for the 53 even downhill ;-)

Quoted message said:

I suggest buying a cheap compact chainset and fitting that to the light
bike as the best solution. Otherwise a 28 would be wise.

that's what I was thinking; alternatively buy a Sora triple and put the
39 ring off the light bike and just use the 39 and 30; I can then
cascade it onto the heavy bike afterwards. I will need to buy one of
those rackless bags (was going to for PBP anyway) if camping. All in a
state of flux ATM waiting for other club members to decide what they
are doing.

Dave Larrington said:

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MartinM () said:

http://www.sportcommunication.com/newsite/profil.php?Id=128&langue=1

Ooog. You are this: mad.

That seems right.

Quoted message said:

About where the "5" is coming off the Galibier I had my motorcar's
clutch cable break and in wasn't until well the other side of Bourg
d'Oisans that I found a piece of ground level enough to permit me to
pull over and fit the spare, Alp fans.

Ooog. You are this: mad.

--
Ambrose

In article <[email hidden]>, Ambrose Nankivell

() said:

Dave Larrington wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

About where the "5" is coming off the Galibier I had my motorcar's
clutch cable break and in wasn't until well the other side of Bourg
d'Oisans that I found a piece of ground level enough to permit me to
pull over and fit the spare, Alp fans.

Ooog. You are this: mad.

Actually it wasn't that bad as I would most likely have been creeping
down in second anyway. Though getting through the crowded town centre
of Bourg d'Oisans without one was, ah, interesting. And at least I
/had/ a spare clutch cable, which I should not have had the original not
been jerry-fixed by an AA spannerman in Clapham High Street six days
previously :-)

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Stop it! You're scarin' the Hippo...

MartinM said:

that's what I was thinking; alternatively buy a Sora triple and put the
39 ring off the light bike and just use the 39 and 30; I can then

I don't suggest this - the descents are very long and it's possible
to lose a fair amount of time on them. There are enough places where
being able to tap a big gear over would be useful that I'd say a
39 would be limiting.

I used a 48 big and that was ample (on a Campag 13-26 9-speed block
with the 13 replaced by a 12 to give a gap at the top)

Arthur

--
Arthur Clune

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Ambrose Nankivell

() said:

Dave Larrington wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

About where the "5" is coming off the Galibier I had my motorcar's
clutch cable break and in wasn't until well the other side of Bourg
d'Oisans that I found a piece of ground level enough to permit me to
pull over and fit the spare, Alp fans.

Ooog. You are this: mad.

Actually it wasn't that bad as I would most likely have been creeping
down in second anyway. Though getting through the crowded town centre
of Bourg d'Oisans without one was, ah, interesting. And at least I
/had/ a spare clutch cable, which I should not have had the original not
been jerry-fixed by an AA spannerman in Clapham High Street six days
previously :-)

Drove up and down the Sella pass in teh dolomites with a transit
minibus of no vintage whatsoever [1] and no working clutch[2]. It was
a few days before it could be fixed so we drove it around somewhat. You
get very good at a crash box. Up hairpin bends is interesting.

...d

[1] less than 6 months and 4,500 miles of which one third were getting
to the hills.
[2] Many parts of a mangled and seized clutch. NAPS.