2016 On the road today...

Questions about bike hire abroad and everything light bike related. No off-topic chat please

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Antoine
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by Antoine

Yes it's the begining of the climb, my Garmin recorded 13% max but it looks more on the picture

I think it's a trail going up, the picture shows only this part (with the red arrows)
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it looks quite impressive from the valley
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it's a HC climb not surprisingly
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basilic
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by basilic

hey Antoine, I was there not so long ago!
the road to col du Portet is strange, unpaved sections alternating with bad asphalt. I had fattish tires, but the downhill wasnt fun. Great views from the col to the other side though.
The lakes road is very nice too!
Looks like a great trip

Antoine
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by Antoine

The other side of the valley from Saint-Lary Soulan :

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jekyll man
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by jekyll man

Great pics Antoine!

The start of Pla d'adet looks great from the Azet :D
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Antoine
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by Antoine

Port de Bales
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otoman
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Last Saturday ride, taken on the Marin Headlands looking back over San Francisco and the Golden Gate bridge. A classic place for a photo for sure.

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Nicasio, CA, on a long day from downtown SF, doing a loop involving the Marshall Wall. If you ever stop there, the little market next to the church has the most amazing $0.50 maple muffins. The store owner is great and very welcoming. You know you're a long way from SF when a huge muffin is only 50 cents!
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Calnago
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by Calnago

Truly inspiring photos everyone!
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HammerTime2
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by HammerTime2

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Too bad you didn't have une Thomann. Then you could have zipped right up the Pyrénées as if they weren't there.

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kingtom
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by kingtom

Not on the road. In the woods yesterday

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moonoi
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by moonoi

Some from my ride along the coast near Rayong, Thailand this morning

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Miller
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by Miller

Off the road today, 75km CX sportive on the Ridgeway, an ancient chalky track across southern England.

Slightly dodgy pano
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Happy owner of Cannondale Slate at Uffington Castle
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Very open countryside
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Bike that needs to be cleaned
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kingtom
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Yesterday on the road again. Klausenpass

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DutchMountains
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by DutchMountains

<jealous>I definitely live in the wrong country.</jealous>

As to riding: a 400km brevet this weekend. No photos, but we got nice weather (actually, amazing weather for this time of the year).

Antoine
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by Antoine

Hourquette d'Ancizan

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UpFromOne
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by UpFromOne

What is always amazing to me in all these photos is the disparate value of good pavement.
Some countries do their best to pave smooth, others could care less about road conditions.
And rough vs. smooth makes no real difference in car/moto/bike tire grip. (Unless someone can point to a study proving otherwise???)

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