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London - Roubaix: Covent Garden - no less than sev

London - Roubaix: Covent Garden - no less than seven cobbled streets (or secteurs to stick to the Paris - Roubaix theme) in this area, including one of the roughest (Earlham Street) on the entire 51 street, 39km loop! Recreating Paris - Roubaix on the streets of Central London: a Lockdown 2.0 Project 😍😂👊 #assosldn #assosofswitzerland #london #londoncycling #britishcycling #coventgarden #cobbledstreets #cobblestone #parisroubaix 📷 @nc_uk @closeenoughphotos

London - Roubaix: a 38km loop of central London in

London - Roubaix: a 38km loop of central London including 50 cobbled streets! Less than 24 hours later and I already want to do it again! A Classic is born 👊😍😂 #londonroubaix #parisroubaix #cobblestone #cobbledstreets #londoncycling #britishcycling #marylebone 📷 @nc_uk @closeenoughphotos

Back in January, I set myself a little personal ch

Back in January, I set myself a little personal challenge - to complete at least 1 x 100 mile ride, each month. 'Not too difficult' you might think, but I added extra rules: one ride had to be on gravel, one had to be on a fixie, one could be on @Zwift if necessary (and it was when I broke my shoulder blade back in July and was confined to the turbo for 4 weeks) and finally, one had to be on cobbles. 'Easy' I thought at the time - I go to Roubaix a couple of times every year... But then Covid came along, I missed my spring and then summer 'French window' and ticking off my cobbled ride became unlikely. By October, with travel restrictions in full force, I started toying with the idea of recreating Paris - Roubaix on the streets of central London! I asked around, I stalked Google Street View and other people's rides and I even hailed taxis in the street and offered them a fare in return for marking cobbled streets on an AtoZ map! By early November, my route was ready for a trial run and I enlisted an accomplice from the @assos_ldn crew, @tammcbikes . That recce led to numerous route tweaks, but we've now landed on the definitive London - Roubaix route: a 38km lap, all of it in Central London, with 49 cobbled streets, or 'secteurs'. In total, 15 - 20% of the route will be on cobbles, which is an almost identical ratio to the real Paris - Roubaix course and today, we'll attempt to complete 4.5 laps of the route for the full 100 mile tick. It's amazing what's on your doorstep if you look hard enough - hit me up for the route if fancy an inner city cobble fest!? #assosspeedclub #assosldn #assosofswitzerland #parisroubaix #londonroubaix #londoncobbles #ridelondon #hiddenlondon #coventgarden #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography