{"id":246873,"date":"2026-06-05T12:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/round-and-round-we-go-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:29:42","slug":"round-and-round-we-go-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/round-and-round-we-go-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Round And Round We Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Further to yesterday\u2019s post<\/a>, a reader asked why the fork on the latest testcycle\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026is different from the one on the Classic Cycle website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Well, Paul was reading, and here\u2019s your answer:<\/p>\n

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Someone \u00a0asked in the comments why I didn\u2019t leave the Marzocci fork on the bike. \u00a0I wanted to spare you a collar bone break is the answer. \u00a0The Marzocci fork was only 80mm of travel so the bike had you tipped over the extremely tight front end as a starting position\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

I need you healthy to try out the next bike with the \u201cgame-changing\u201d wheel size.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I assume that means I\u2019ll be getting one of those old Cannondales with the 24-inch rear wheel:<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, speaking of trials, I am one of the very few people in the cycling world brave enough to speak up about the pointlessness of ultra-endurance cycling<\/a>, though certainly I feel differently about a woman attempting to break the men\u2019s record for circumnavigating the Earth by bicycle<\/a>, right?<\/p>\n

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Nah.<\/p>\n

In fact, of all the ultra-endurance cycling feats people have cooked up since the invention of the velocipede, riding one around the world is probably the most pointless, for the simple reason that you can\u2019t ride a bicycle around the world<\/em>.<\/p>\n

You know, because like 70% of the world is water, and nobody\u2019s doing this on an amphibious bicycle:<\/p>\n

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