Rolling on the roads between Summerville and Ridgeville, South Carolina early on Saturday morning.

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Doc Neeson - The Angels (Skin and Bone).

Woj is spot on. It's maybe 5 miles as the crow flies from the coast with amazing views of Morro Bay and Morro rock from the top. The descent (either way) is awesome, Prefumo is just a screaming, smooth, technical descent and the back side, See Canyon, is part dirt, part really steep fast stuff...
Most of the hills in the background are ranch property, which I have explored a little on a cross bike. There are some pretty solid climbs along the central coast though, but nothing like the 20+km climbs you see in the GTs.

More for off the road today:







Downhill - not really my cup of tea and not really weight weenie bikes either. Good fun though

edit - Verbier - Switzerland

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Actually from close to two weeks ago - but have only now got around to updating my blog with day one of two riding around Bormio.

Bormio side of the Passo dello Stelvio



Near the top



Returned the 3km down the Bormio side to continue descending off the Passo dell'Umbrail

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That's wonderful!

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Bianchi-Campagnolo

Continued down through Müstair to the village of Prato allo Stelvio to also climb the other side.

Down low



Finally above the Refugio that marks around 7km to go!



The quintessential Prato side Stelvio shot from near the top



And Tornanti Bormio side on the descent back to my hotel

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The old cliff road to the left of the tunnel, I presume?

Different climb HammerTime2. Old cliff road you are interested in is on the Gavia - took quite a few photos for you so will post these up soon...

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Nice, Dalai!
I'm happy to see you had good weather there.

Actually of the two days this was the nice one weather wise - day two over the Mortirolo and Gavia wasn't pleasant with rain and some sleet on the Gavia...

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Evening ride with the GF

Nice spin around the usual Cheshire lanes yesterday

Gavia, Stelvio ... senior moment.

With many more on the horizon?

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Nice writing on the road!

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