Minipips Tour de France.

[Richpips]

Tom and I are back from a most excellent trip to France on the Alpkit tandem.

A similar distance to the TdF but with some off road, courtesy of part of the French Divide.

Here's a picture of our route including the UK prologue.



27 days riding and just over 2000 miles of riding.

Pictures and write up to come in due course.

[ianfitz]

Great stuff boys! Been enjoying the photos on Twitter and Instagram, looking forward to hearing more

[Richpips]

OK, here's the first bits.

http://minipips.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/ ... intro.html

http://minipips.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/ ... logue.html

http://minipips.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/ ... epart.html

[Pickers]

Now that is another fantastic trip!

looking forward to hearing more

...Me too! Especially the run across Arenberg!

[Richpips]

The next installments....

http://minipips.blogspot.com/2016/08/fr ... reims.html

http://minipips.blogspot.com/2016/08/fr ... rroux.html

http://minipips.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/ ... ergne.html

[Richpips]

http://minipips.blogspot.com/2016/08/to ... -west.html


http://minipips.blogspot.com/2016/08/to ... north.html

That's all for now, though there will be something else at some stage.

[Fat tyre kicker]

Excellent stuff....you two are inspirational

[Mariner]

Brilliant write up inspiring even. My favorite pastime is getting lost in France.
Is the FD an ITT event and is it free entry or require a fee?
Could find much information on their website.
Route downloads tres confusing but managed to piece it all together.

[Richpips]

Is the FD an ITT event and is it free entry or require a fee?

The FD is an event and there is an entry fee if you want to be an official race entrant.

We were riding it as an ITT though.

[ctznsmith]

Brilliant ride and brilliant photos (and words).

Brings back lots of memories of both the French Divide and when I rode along pretty much the same section of the Velodyssey route in January 2015.

[Richpips]

Gear and a warning.

http://minipips.blogspot.com/2016/09/td ... words.html

[whitestone]

Rich! What are you doing to that lad

[Richpips]

Rich! What are you doing to that lad

It's all part of growing up.

[Moder-dye]

Good stuff! Hope I can do half what youse have done with my son.

BTW I have a picture of my saddle sore from my recent trip after I decided it would be best not to risk spoiling my new shorts and wore old, too loose, shorts. Was close to buying pantiliners to gaffe tape on lol!

You show me yours and.... JOKE!

[jameso]

Missed this with work, travel etc - cracking route. Love a good ride in France. Almost a month .. that's great. Beats our Eurocamp hols!

What's the FD route like?

[Richpips]

What's the FD route like?

The 1000 Kms we did of it were pretty easy technically. There was a guy who rode the whole thing on a CX bike with file treads.

The character of the route I would say was mellow rather than extreme. Hilly but not big mountains.