Paris-Roubaix weekend is a go! Watch this vid for a taste of what the riders will be taking on during the savage cobbled sectors… parisroubaix2023
It is difficult when asked to describe the experience, to put into words the jackhammer nature that your bike takes as soon as you enter a section of pavé. The clatter of what you can only imagine is your carbon fibre frame being turned to dust is deafening. You’re trying to drive the bike over a surface where you need to constantly accelerate to avoid bogging down and all the while you have to cling onto a handlebar that is painful to hold.
The end of this 5-star sector was possibly worse than the actual riding. Trying to brake on cobbles with hands that have been battered and shaken is awful and once we stopped, the effort sank in. Going full gas is the only way to approach these cobbles and a quick check of my data after the ride showed why I was feeling grim. My heart rate quickly climbed to just a few beats below my maximum and that is where it remained. There’s certainly no easy way to get over the pavé.
You have jagged cobble stones that have been shifted to wheel breaking angles through years of heavy farm traffic turning on their huge tyres. Away from these, there is loose dust which, last time I checked, isn’t ideal for traction on road tyres.The approach that I adopted was a well-known one. You try to use the camber on the inside of the corner as a poorly-made berm. You won’t need brakes on the approach to these corners as simply letting off the power will see you slow quickly.
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