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c'est la velo
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Just refound this pic, my Mt Ventoux climb time.
Back in July on my hired bike I didn't have a gps or hrm so used the stopwatch on my iPhone. I started recording from the coach park outside Bedoin & hit stop after I dismounted at the summit. I'd heard so many different stories & tactics about how to do the climb I decided my plan was to have no plan, other than get my eating & drinking right & keep pushing until the top. I think it worked pretty well. FWIW I dropped about 2 mins off my Cootha p.b. about a week later, purely from knowing it's an easy climb in...
December, 12 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Photos from TDF yesterday
The caravan is nutty. These odd floats had just decended about 1000m on tight wet roads that were challenging enough on a road bike. The rider is Heinrich Haussler (spelling not checked), the eventual...
July, 18 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Vista from Lutry Switzerland
The mountains in the background are in France.
July, 18 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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Update from Ensisheim France
We are in Ensisheim France tonight, tomorrow we ride out for 40km to join the Tour route for the last 60km over a few decent category 2 & 3 climbs. View Larger Map I am getting closer to getting the hire bike (carbon synapse) dialed in, but am very much wishing I was riding my own bike. I wasn't thinking that though as the bike copped a bucked rear rim from being shunted by another rider on our 'easy' 40km shake down loop, nor when hearing of 2 other personal bikes that were badly damaged in transit...
July, 16 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Digs MTB (29ers rock), roadies, trail running, endurance racing, adventure racing, camping, pushing my personal limits ...
