Well we made it to Nice yesterday afternoon. What an vaguely exciting event. Met loads of great people, rode incredible trails and loved every minute. Even the climbs. Only 1 puncture between the 3 of us. No falls. Superb. Craig, I hope you heal up soon, we lost you on the road into Nice. Sorry. Try...

James
Getting your bike bag-wrapped at the airport is a pain in the proverbial. We were forced inot to it by an over zealous check in desk manager at Milan. 30 euros a bike and they were not keen on doing it all. They made me take my crankset off. Can't remember why now though.

Just to chuck my 2p worth in the ring : My hobby/business is building wheels and I agree with everything mentioned above, the other rim option you have is the Pacenti DL31, the newer version is superb, i've got several customers riding them and they have been consistent in their dimensions and quali...

2 other wee things worth noting in France when you're riding:

If it's after dark you 'must' wear a yellow vest or sam brown type affair.
It's now illegal to ride wearing earbuds or headphones.

200Euro on the spot fine if you get a really knarcky Gendarme. A magnum ice cream if he's a fellow cyclist.

We did have great weather up there. Fingers crossed for this trip. RE: the tunnels, i think it's coming the other way where it's easy to miss the bike route, the no entry signs make it look as if it's one way and we were tired, cold and wet so probably not firing on all cylinders. I'm looking forwar...

Getting very excited about the trip now, route plans seem OK, kit seems good so it's just me that needs sorting out. I rode some of the route last year in reverse on the TCRNo3 and there are some pictures of the Assietta etc on my event write up : https://adventuresbybike.exposure.co/the-best-laid-p...