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Snow: Le Saleve and Col des Pitons

By Will • Dec 29th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Snow

Up top there was about a foot of snow, but it was hard and seemed rideable so I continued on.



Barry Has New Winter Gear

By Will • Dec 23rd, 2007 • Category: Cycling

Barry - on left - has spent much of his life in the South Pacific and Australia. He started complaining about the cold here, back when I was still wearing shorts!

But we’re slowly converting him.



My Weather Man is a Stud

By Will • Dec 9th, 2007 • Category: Cycling

Gale force winds last night have tilted a tree in my backyard. I awoke and it was pouring, but I really felt like riding.

The hourly weather forecast predicted two hours without rain, so I put on my cycling gear.



Autumn Geneva Trails

By Will • Nov 3rd, 2007 • Category: Cycling, Doreen

There are endless cycling trails around the Geneva area. It’s just a question of knowing them. Today, Doreen and I did a beautiful leisurely 2 hour ride on various paths just west of the city. The perfect weather continues.



Le Tiocan - Jura Mountains

By Will • Nov 1st, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling, Juras

Another beautiful day. The Fall colors are out in full force. Barry and I rode from Switzerland into France to the Juras near Thoiry up a quiet road to Le Tiocan - a scenic lookout point overlooking Geneva and the Lake.



Riding Above the Clouds

By Will • Oct 25th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling

In the fall and winter in the Alps it is often cold, cloudy and dark. But to find the sun, often it’s only a matter of going up high.
So I snuck out the back door and cycled up the mountain behind my house - Le Saleve. And Voila! At about 1,300 […]



Le Saleve via the Col des Pitons

By Will • Sep 29th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling

I have the good fortune to live part way up a mountain. Le Saleve is the massif to the Southwest of Geneva on the edge of the French Alps. From my house there are several great, quiet routes to the top. Up top you can ride the length of the massif for […]



Le Saleve with Jeff

By Will • May 28th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling

My legs were sore and stiff from yesterday’s huge ride (175 very energetic kilometres!). The wind was howling, it was raining, and it was the coldest day by far in several weeks. The last thing I wanted to do was ride.
But I had promised someone I didn’t know visiting from Washington […]



My First Centuries - Lake Geneva Loop

By Will • May 27th, 2007 • Category: Cycling, Cyclosportives, Touring

Although I bike a lot, until today I had never cycled 100 kms - a century. Today I not only rode a metric century but an imperial century as well.
Today Martin and I rode in the annual cyclo tour of Lake Geneva (a 176 kilometres around the lake - starting in Lausanne). […]



Col de Pierre Carrée - Flaine Ski Station

By Will • Apr 17th, 2007 • Category: Climbs, Cycling

In the Alps, you can always find snow - if you go high enough.
We have skiied many times at Flaine - its probably the highest resort near Geneva. It was 25°C (77°F) at the start, but i knew the 21 km route with 1,350 metres of ascent would lead me to cooler weather, […]