Mike
I rode the event in 2006 and 2007. Plenty of riders will use Tubbies. Make sure your rims are sturdy and wheels well built. Depending upon distance you choose, a good percentage of the ride is on the white roads. Basically hard packed dirt with ruts and loose gravel in some areas. I rode on a pair of bomb proof, 40 spoke Phil Wood/Mavics one year and 36 spoke count Campy/Campy the second year. My tires were 700x35c Conti Top Tours and 700x32 Vittoria Randos on the 2007 ride. Both worked fine.
Bottom line is I preferred a solid wheel with clinchers.
Have fun
Mike Schmidt Stirling, NJ USA
On 5/3/08 2:44 AM, "Mike Eden" <maeden@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> for my sins i'm planning on riding my 1950 Legnano Roma with Paris Roubaix
> gear on the L'Eroica this year and wondered if anyone out there had any
> experience of this event. i know that a fair bit of the ride is on tracks
> and i'm not sure whether the tubular sprint rims currently on the bike are
> realisically up to the job.
>
> Mike Eden
> Groombridge UK
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