On the road today...

[makoy]

The cold? How Cold in C?

It's not so much the cold at this time of year, but the wind! Today is feeling still at 40kph w/ 50kph gusts; compared to yesterday's 60-70kph w/ 100kph gusts though most of the day. Although having moved from the much warmer QLD, I am still adjusting to the cold.

What brings you to our humble town Makoy?

Geelong is my wife's hometown(city) we usually visit the parents and inlaws during school break. I was just there last march after doing IM Melbourne and XTERRA in Anglesea.

[crankdxb]

Weekend ride, just passing by...



Crocodile Park at Mushrif.

[CulBaire]

The cold? How Cold in C?

It's not so much the cold at this time of year, but the wind! Today is feeling still at 40kph w/ 50kph gusts; compared to yesterday's 60-70kph w/ 100kph gusts though most of the day. Although having moved from the much warmer QLD, I am still adjusting to the cold.

What brings you to our humble town Makoy?

Geelong is my wife's hometown(city) we usually visit the parents and inlaws during school break. I was just there last march after doing IM Melbourne and XTERRA in Anglesea.

Ha, your wife would refer to Geelong as "town" rather than city

If you're bringing a bike, let me know we could go smash out a ride or two... Shame Tinea Pedis is in Belguim at the moment, 3 WW members in Geelong at once would have to be a record

[erty65]

What is that(the tunnel)?

solstice ride, photo by Drew

[djm]

National TT champs today.. Not too fast, but an improvement over last year's.

[7ducati]

You'd be even faster if you put that hand down out of the wind! J/k, of course

[Miller]

Wasn't sure why British farmers grow these poppies but it turns out it really is for morphine.

[basilic]

Several small cols in the Voirons yesterday (Saxel, Ludran, Perret, Plaine-Joux, Jambaz, Arces, Cou)

[basilic]

Chapelle-Rambaud


on Salève


the city below

[djm]

basilic, did it rain?

[basilic]

rain is a weak word for it.
Tke sky was black to the left of the last photo, and from the shape of the water fountain the storm was coming in fast. I zoomed down just in time.

[ultyguy]

Jesus did it ever rain! Grand Bo cyclo was a gullywasher, but not that cold so ok and a lot less stormy than later on, that's for sure.

Bas- amazing shots of the homeland as always, oh how I love to ride here, you do it justice!

[Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez]

Several small cols in the Voirons yesterday (Plaine-Joux)

Do you descend by the same road you climbed Plaine-Joux?

I went there and thought it was a dead-end? I think with an allround-bike it is possible to climb by the gravel road until Lac de Pormenaz?! That would be incredible. I was hiking there and it gave me some ideas

[basilic]

Samuel, it's not the same Plaine-Joux. The one you're talking about is above Passy. It's not a col if I recall, and the paved road dead-ends. A good dirt road goes up toward chalet d'Anterne but if I recall lac de Pormenaz is for hikers or MTBs. I have only hiked there.

Col de Plaine-Joux can be climbed from 3 sides (Onnion, Bogève, Villard); I came from Villard and descended to Onnion. Put any of these into www.viamichelin.fr to find it. I have seen it called col de l'Avernaz on some websites but Plaine-Joux is what people use here.

In the old patois joux means forested mountain (same root as Jura), plaine-joux is place where the forest flattens out. Btw Joux-Plane (between Samoens and Morzine) means the same thing, yet another col.

[Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez]

Thanks for the heads up and the idea of parcours