article_snippet.sent: An amateur cyclist is planning to ride the entire Tour de France - considered the most gruelling race in professional cycling - on a Raleigh Chopper.
article_snippet.sent: his now hopes to cycle the entire Tour de France .
article_snippet.sent: the L'Etape du Tour involves many hill climbs which are grueling even for professionals using high-performance road bikes .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Sim and two others, who are using proper road bikes, attempt a hill climb in Tour de France last year .
article_snippet.sent: Up the biggest climbs it gets a bit grim, it was just two degrees at the top of one, the Col de Tourmalet - it took me forever to get down
article_snippet.sent: last year it's a mass start event where thousands do a stage of the Tour de France on closed roads. '
article_snippet.sent: I come from a cycling family, my mum and dad would take me to see the full tour, riding up mountains is in my blood. '
article_snippet.sent: It's always been a bit of a dream to ride the Tour de France, I won't do It again, dad said dad never would have thought I'd do It on a chopper!'
article_snippet.sent: dad said: 'Part of the motivation was to show people you don't need a £10,000 bike to do amazing things on - a £10,000 bike
article_snippet.sent: cost me £100, and I'm doing the full tour on a £10,000 bike.
article_snippet.sent: In the last five years the cost of road cycling has sky rocketed
highlights_snippet.sent: a Chopper said it had 'always been a dream' to ride the famous Tour de France .