Reddit reviews Gironimo!: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy
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I'm reading Gironimo about the 1914 giro. It is insane what they used to do in the grand tours. The 1914 giro went 3100+ km over eight stages. Eight Stages. All in the high-300 to low 400km range.
From wikipedia:
> It is remembered as the hardest Giro of the heroic period of bicycle racing. Besides five stages of over 400 km (and the longest ever average stage length), it included the longest stage ever in the history of the Giro: the Lucca-Rome stage won by Costante Girardengo. This edition of the Giro was run at the lowest average speed (23.374 km/h); marked the highest gap between the first and the second (1 hour, 55 minutes and 26 seconds); saw the longest ever stage by time taken (the Bari-L'Aquila). Only 8 riders (of 81 participants) finished the race.
Gironimo is the book by Tim Moore. He re-creates the entire route with an old Hirondelle bicycle specific to the period. Complete with wine cork brake pads.
He also did one on the tour which I own and hope to begin soon.
I've nover done an organised tour, I do know some people that did red spokes and they say they are great http://www.redspokes.co.uk/ but tend to be mroe exotic locations.
but for italy, read this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gironimo-Riding-Very-Terrible-Italy/dp/0224092073