Perfect. A beautiful, sunny, crisp day. I am weaker than Barry on the hills, so hard work trying to keep up on this occasionally steep climb above Geneva.
Coffee and Blueberry pie up top and then down via the treacherously steep route through Collonges.
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 [...]
A big ride with Martin on some quiet , scenic roads.
After a slow start and a flat tire, my first day in shorts involved a challenging climb up the Saleve. If you look at the elevation chart below, you can see that we took the more gradual way up although it is quite steep [...]
Parts of this climb are steep! With a 4 kilometre stretch averaging 12%
I usually do this almost 40 kilometre loop in the other direction, for a more gradual climb up the saleve. But I decided to do the steep way today, although I brought a hybrid bike so i [...]
Back from skiing. A tough cycle up the Salève - the mountain behind our house. This road is usually closed until April or May.
Great loop from home up the mountain behind us.
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