The final day of our mini Swiss Alps cycling trip.
We had driven from Gstaad to Villars yesterday - and had to take the long way as the Col de la Croix is still closed due to snow.
But it was our cycling goal, so we decided to have a look from […]

This is cycling paradise with signed routes everywhere, perfectly surfaced roads up high, and scenery to die for.

The French Alps are savage and exciting. But the Swiss Alps always seem picture-postcard beautiful.

The 62nd Tour de Romandie started today. Romandie (Romandy) is the French region of Switzerland so the entire Tour is near me. Eric, Katy and I went to watch the prologue on the lake front of downtown Geneva.

I knew it was a stupid idea, but at least I had a backup plan.

Oh, and no parking your tank here!

I’d like to think I may have taught Martin some great Swiss cycling routes and also introduced him to the challenges of cycling uphill.

But there is no doubt that he has taught me the most important aspect to my cycling routine: The post ride meal / beer session.

Thomas, a triathlete who lives in Lausanne on the other side of Lake Geneva, wrote a little review of my blog - but unfortunately I couldn’t understand it.

Luckily, my good friend Leslie speaks German.

COLD! I am really pushing this late season climbing thing. But I had plenty of layers and my balaclava. So the descent wasn’t too horrible. Another great Jura mountain climb route without seeing a single car.

As the weather gets colder, I am making good progress towards my target - with a little more than 20,000 metres of ascent left - hopefully the weather will hold.
The highlight of September was without doubt 3 days cycling in the Berner Oberland in Swiss Alps.

OK cycling season in the high (and medium) Alps is winding down for 2007. I awoke this morning to snow in Zermatt, the beautiful car-free swiss ski village below the Matterhorn - and had a terrible time renting a bike.