Comments on: It Can Get Icy in Winter — La Barillette / La Dole

By: David George

David George — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:31:41 +0000

You should really try studded tires, ideal for that kind of road. You probably said it somewhere but the road is cleared for the people who work in the radar station at la Dole but it is closed to general circulation.

I will have to try it out in a couple of weeks when i get back from holiday – currently my studded MTB wheels are down in Grenoble. They are pretty amazing though on hard snow and ice. I was also considering the Gex – Peron transversal route as a possibility.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:49:51 +0000

Hi Thomas,

ha, I have a helmet cam at the bottom of some drawer …. I may have to dig it out.

Bastien: C’est mieux que tu ne l’a pas remarquer, car qui veut (et qui peut) changer le pneu en hiver?

By: Bastien

Bastien — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:18:50 +0000

Dans la descente, vers le bas, j’ai senti que ma roue arrière n’était pas dans son état normal: j’ai cru à la jante qui était voilée peut être. Avec les gros chocs pour descendre sur la glace…
En fait, en rangeant mon vélo à Lyon, j’ai vu que j’avais crevé !
(comme quoi, descendre une route pareille sur le verglas ça doit mettre à rude épreuve le matériel…)

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:34 +0000

Will,
You are ever so slightly nuts.
Not sure if you have tried it, but for filming, mount your camera phone on the handlebars with the mighty cable ties. It can make for some cool footage, up hill is a bit boring though.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:08:03 +0000

we studs are using regular tires

PS – Mathias – this ride is on your 2009 climb list

By: Mathias

Mathias — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:05:27 +0000

Hey, you guys using regular tires or do they have studs?

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:48:52 +0000

Pas mal et très cool les boys! I love the ice slide – maybe time for studded tires?

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:36:23 +0000

True Will, it was going to be “le Col de Will”. And I agree with you that Bast’s night time descend must have been amazingly tricky.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:31:28 +0000

Eric,

Great, in fact don’t you remember, I said to you that this was clearly a Col and we were going to name it after us . Unfortunately, it seems to already have a name.

Bastien,

Merci mille fois pour l’inspiration. Tes photos sont magnifiques. And I have no idea how you descended the bottom of this climb in the dark!

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:26:10 +0000

Will have a look here : http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6866026.jpg Do you recognize the 2 signs for the “nr.5 hiking path”? I think we did pass the Col du Vuarne without really paying enough attention to the sign Well we can always go back…yes we can! I found the coordinates for Col du Vuarne on the internet and checked it against your bikemap track. Spot on.

Merci Bast, we didn’t realize, but we did pass the Col du Vuarne. Honnêtement, je suis fière de faire partie des 4 idiots! Toi pourtant, si tu es un idiot, alors en tout cas un idiot avec une bonne memoire puisque c’est effectivement 40 min pour Barillette-Col de Porte. Peut-être une idée pour un nouveau club de cyclos : le Club des Idiots Glacés?