This is why I cycle

term1te
term1te Posts: 1,462
edited October 2008 in The bottom bracket
We have just moved house, so I haven't been out on the bike for 6 weeks. Saturday morning was free, so I set off in heavy mist, the sort that makes you wet without it actually raining. At the top of a 300 m climb, feeling cold and wet, I came around a corner and was suddenly above the cloud

TowardsPasswang.jpg

Not the best bit of photography, only had the phone camera, so it may have lost the wow factor, but it took my breath away. Maybe that was the last half km of the hill at 17% though.
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  • APIII
    APIII Posts: 2,010
    stunning. Wish my rides were as picturesque!
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Brilliant stuff. Would have loved to have seen that view.

    Puts all the shimano v Campag twaddle into its rightful place.
  • downfader
    downfader Posts: 3,686
    That is awesome. 8)
  • ColinJ
    ColinJ Posts: 2,218
    Yes, that is lovely.

    Obviously we are a bit short of big mountains in Yorkshire, but when I went out on my bike yesterday I had a view like that, only in miniature. I wished that I'd had a camera with me. I was 1,000 ft up looking down into the valleys below and there was a hazy mist in the distance. The trees looked spectacular in their autumn colours.
  • hisoka
    hisoka Posts: 541
    WOW!
    This is why I plan to tour in the coming year, I have got to get to places like this to see the world :)
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  • wiffachip
    wiffachip Posts: 861
    say hello to Julie Andrews next time you're out
  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Stunning! I had a view like that back in spring in Snowdonia, mist in the valleys and sunshine on the mountain tops - I had the same thought, "this is why I cycle". Had my camera but a little photo didn't do it justice (they never do).
  • cycologist
    cycologist Posts: 721
    It's also why I climb mountains.
    Two wheels good,four wheels bad
  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    Nice!

    I went for a ride through Ashdown Forest last weekend. Braving the initial cold and fog was rewarded with stunning views and beautiful autumnal colours. Despite working for a bank, for just a couple of hours, all was well with the world...
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,467
    Where was the photo taken?

    It looks amazing, though photos never quite capture the view
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Wow !!!!
  • term1te
    term1te Posts: 1,462
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    Where was the photo taken?

    It looks amazing, though photos never quite capture the view

    I was cycling this route http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/The-best-views-in-Basel The photo was taken halfway between Grindel and Erschwil, about 30 miles from Basel on the edge of the Swiss Jura looking towards Passwang. Aren't I a lucky sod. :D
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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    Term1te wrote:
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    Where was the photo taken?

    It looks amazing, though photos never quite capture the view

    I was cycling this route http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/The-best-views-in-Basel The photo was taken halfway between Grindel and Erschwil, about 30 miles from Basel on the edge of the Swiss Jura looking towards Passwang. Aren't I a lucky sod. :D

    You bet :D And that's your Saturday ride? Pity theres no 'green with envy' smiley on here..
  • beverick
    beverick Posts: 3,461
    ColinJ wrote:
    Yes, that is lovely.

    Obviously we are a bit short of big mountains in Yorkshire....

    I've cycled between Hebden Bridge and Oxenhope. Who needs mountains.... :? :?

    Bob

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