Originally Posted by
Flounce
Thank you all for the advice - including the discussion regarding gearing and delaying a custom rando bike until I find that I can actually make it to a 1200km brevet.
In the other forums, we like to tell newbies that whatever they're riding now, its purpose is to inform them what they'll want/need out of their next bike. Randonneuring does that to you all over again. Just ride and take good notes on what works and what doesn't.
