Originally Posted by
Mr. Spadoni
If you are giving the party, you get to set the dress code.
They also made a concession for gearing - something like "given how steep some of the climbs are, you can put on granny gears". And of course also for helmets because insurance.
Who's more in keeping with the heroic theme - the guy with a totally legit classic bike and period-correct parts who does the parade route along the coast? Or the guy who does 110 miles and 8,000 feet vertical on gravel roads in the back country but has hidden cables and an external bottom bracket?