Originally Posted by
DQRider
You may find some inspiration here:
http://www.charliechadwick.org/
This fellow rode English bikes on English roads in the 1920s and beyond. Distances of 170 miles in a day on a 28-inch roadster? What you are proposing would be a doddle compared to that.
(Apologies if this has been discussed before here. I was too lazy to look... at the end of a very long day.)
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I had a bit of a read through the site, it lists the specs for Charlies newly purchased bike as fixed gear! (no year listed but has quite slack angles and drop bars). What a trooper!
At least the Aussies had 3 gears, although the story mentions issues with the hub resulting in long miles with only 2nd gear working.
Here's the Australian story, worth a look even just to see the photos from the day and the recreation of the bike used & they've done a great job building it:
https://www.ridemedia.com.au/feature...ike-from-1914/