Mais oui...
But in the French movie "Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert" the
first three questions that the directeur-sportif character,
Maurice Focodel, directs towards the Ghislain character are
1) How many kilometers this year?
2) How many on the fixed gear?
3) What gear ratio? (Or something like that)
Amitiés,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> Jerry Moos a écrit:
>
> >I also have seen very little about use of fixed gears on the
> road in France
> .
>
> I don't recall seeing any when I lived there.
> The area where I lived, about 50 km southwest of
> Paris was not fixed-gear friendly terrain.
>
> It was high plateau, cut here and there by VERY
> steep river valleys. If you stayed on the
> plateau, fixed gear would be OK, thogh the wind
> was something to be dealt with. The deep narrow
> valleys, however would really be a drag on a
> fixer.
>
> I believe that most of the more populous parts of
> France are like this, and the rest is mostly
> serious mountains.
>
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