basilic wrote:
Snow on Stelvio above Prato (on Sept. 1).
I'm meant to be leaving winter and coming to where it's warm... Wasn't going to pack extra kit for colder rides.
Hopefully this was aberration!
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basilic wrote:
Snow on Stelvio above Prato (on Sept. 1).
HammerTime2 wrote:Where is this
which is?P. 2 of the Palo Alto Bicycles 1980-81 catalog wrote:Front Cover of Jobst Brandt
South Side of Gavia Pass, Italy
By any chance is the 2nd picture taken just down the hill around the corner in the 1st picture?
As I approached the much-feared tunnel, I noticed the old cliff road on the left. Collapsed cliff roads replaced by tunnels are a fairly common thing in the Alps, but they are usually fenced off. This looked open, so I explored.
A terrible surface, so I pushed my bike. But unbelievable cliff views. As I continued I came upon several memorials for a military truck that fell off the road in 1954 killing 20 or so young soldiers.
Amazingly the road was still passable. And as I neared the main road, three mountain bikers came flying down: