Ventouxs

[LittleWheelsandBig]

I suspect Paul felt ten foot tall and bulletproof for a while after Ventoux. He has mellowed since then, particularly after DNFing a tough European 1200, and is a good bloke.

[Pip]

This is one of my favourite threads of all time.

Brokebutt is too modest to say that he went on to complete PBP pretty quickly...so if the bicingle effort blunted his speed, then watch out in 2019.

Inspirational stuff

[Deano]

I suspect Paul felt ten foot tall and bulletproof for a while after Ventoux. He has mellowed since then, particularly after DNFing a tough European 1200, and is a good bloke.

No, I liked him and enjoyed his company! I was amused by his brash Americanness (being a modest Brit myself), and gently took the piss - I told him he should save himself the bother of telling everyone about it, and just get t-shirts printed up instead.

[TigaSefi]

This is a great thread! I am heading out to do the cingles sometime between 9th and 10th June depending on the weather!

[iddu]

I may need therapy...

Entered a Bicinqlette for May.

Contemplating using t'cog - can't find any nutter that's Bicinglette'd on t'cog yet 

Having done just the cingles with gears last Autumn, I can say that would be well and truly mad. Good luck with it!

Bah.  Lost it on the Malaucène climb, and ended up taking 13.5hrs for a Cinglé - but that wasn't what I signed up for, so nil points...

[mattc]

Jolly bad luck, a fine effort. 

_{(there's a reason that gears became popular)}

[drgannet]

Bah.  Lost it on the Malaucène climb, and ended up taking 13.5hrs for a Cinglé - but that wasn't what I signed up for, so nil points...

Unlucky Iddu, but Cingle on fixed is still impressive. Was it on the first or second ascent from Malaucene?

(FWIW I thought that was the hardest of the three climbs due to the steep middle section).

[T42]

Bah.  Lost it on the Malaucène climb, and ended up taking 13.5hrs for a Cinglé - but that wasn't what I signed up for, so nil points...

Unlucky Iddu, but Cingle on fixed is still impressive. Was it on the first or second ascent from Malaucene?

(FWIW I thought that was the hardest of the three climbs due to the steep middle section).

Yes, hard luck indeed.  I loved the Malaucène climb, it was much less wearisome than the hot insect-rich slog up through the forest from Bédoin.

Our club prez is thinking of setting up a week's holiday based on Bédoin next year. The missus'd shoot me if I breathed "Ventoux", though, let alone Cinglés.

[TigaSefi]

Two years on, finally did it on the 9th June! My homologation card came back today! Off to buy the jersey. Brilliant day out!