Every year in April, all around the world you can find numerous tribute rides commemorating the Paris-Roubaix race, doing their best to find the worst roads and cobblestoned paths in an attempt to honour and recreate the mystique around the beast they call the Hell of the North.

In Australia they do it differently. June in Melbourne means pavé time, with the Melburn Roobaix now taking on legendary proportions of its own. These videos capture the day from some fabulously entertaining and uniquely insightful viewpoints.

Read Fyxo’s musings on the day here…

The Soup Boys’ tale…