Hi gang,
I might add that like Mr Cooley's Raleigh Super Course randonnee bike is unlike most bikes available today in that, it and it's cousins work well with mudguards, luggage racks and lamps without being burdensomely heavy. While there are few machine restrictions on the PBP events most modern bikes are poorly suited to accessorization for all-weather, 24 hour operation. Some purists feel adding mudguards geek up your bike but mudguards properly installed on the proper bike will add a certain elegance (it's hard to pull off sometimes) not to mention very practical in inclement weather. Most bikes that are ideal for randonnee's are 15-30 years old (or more) and there for are quite classic.
Gilbert"PBP back in 83 and 87" Anderson
In a message dated 10/25/00 6:09:30 PM, moos@penn.com writes:
<< Well, Dale can step in if he likes, but this thread seems pretty "classic" to me in that PBP was first held in 1891. Also, today's Audax bikes are extremely similar to classic road bikes (at least those before 1970) in that they are capable of high performance but have fender clearance and eyelets for fender attachment. They are also usually steel, and often lugged, so if they aren't strictly "classic", they are certainly "classic"-type bikes, just as are Baylis, Sachs, Bohemian and Rivendell frames which have always been deemed appropriate to discuss here. Also, audax/ randonneur riding seems to me to be just the type of cycling activity reported and promoted by the great now departed French and British cycling magazines like Le Cyclist. Can't imagine anything more classic than discussion of participating in a cycling tradition over 100 years old.
Regards,
Jerry Moos >>