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The Stelvio Pass this August. This was the first time I had ridden abroad and this place really is as nice as the all the pictures in the magazines and books make it out to be.
On the way up!
On the way down!
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Wow,the stelvio looks awesome.
That last pic ^^^^^ is a great action shot.Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori0 -
top of Mamore gap Donegalteam47b wrote:@ gubber12345 - whilst at the photobucket site, cilck on the settings symbol in the corner of the photo (cog), select 'get links' and then select the IMG box this will copy the correct type of link for this forum, then paste in here.
thanks team47Lapierre Aircode 300
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Flexisurfer wrote:The Stelvio Pass this August. This was the first time I had ridden abroad and this place really is as nice as the all the pictures in the magazines and books make it out to be.
that is just awesome...how long is that climb and what is the avg percentageLapierre Aircode 300
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gubber12345 wrote:Flexisurfer wrote:The Stelvio Pass this August. This was the first time I had ridden abroad and this place really is as nice as the all the pictures in the magazines and books make it out to be.
Wow, i'm there next week - my legs are aching just looking at the photos!!0 -
You might be lucky to get to the top now as I've been told it's snowing there already. The climb was 15.93 miles for me and the average is 8.5% with a maximum of 12. It took me 1:51 from Prato. I can remember thinking to myself at times that it had levelled off a bit, but my Garmin was telling me that I was still on an 8% section, I know that doesn't seem steep but after 20k it was enough. Living in Suffolk goes to show you don't need to live and train in hilly areas to crack something like this.0
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Between Silves and Monchique in Portugal... 36 celsius but plenty of water and the roads almost to myself...0 -
ntotheatothet wrote:
Between Silves and Monchique in Portugal... 36 celsius but plenty of water and the roads almost to myself...
Going back there in November for a week, can't wait. We stay in Pechao, near Olaho/ Faro and ride out each day taking in the fantastic rolling scenery of the Algarve. I'll try and find a picture of the Foia climb out of Monchique...
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try Tavira to Cachopo N397 my isetta is a 300cc bike0
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Yea, done it and bloody great is is too!
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Mam Nic, Edale in the Peak District0 -
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That is a cracker - the playground of my youth as well. Nasty little climb.
A little sliver of road clinging onto the side of a mountain (the road between Col d'Aubisque and Col du Solour last week towards the end of a 600km trip around the lumps and bumps).0 -
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Where is that?thegibdog wrote:A9. Best A road I've ever ridden (the tailwind helped!).
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The A9 is in Falkirk or Sri Lanka according to Wiki, not been to either, but guessing Falkirk my isetta is a 300cc bike0
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I think it might start in Falkirk but those photos were taken between Tain and John O'Groats - it's a very long road!team47b wrote:The A9 is in Falkirk or Sri Lanka according to Wiki, not been to either, but guessing Falkirk0 -
The castle is about 6 mile from home,which is in the hills you would have seen coming down the A5.Some stunning scenery locally.Pross wrote:elderone wrote:
Whittington castle,pretty place with a café on the old A5.
By chance I passed that on my way to a site visit in Ellesmere yesterday, had never heard of it before but absolutely beautiful!Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori0 -
When I used to have a motorcycle i used to ride down to winchester and pick up the A272 and ride east towards haywards heath there are some really nice stretches and i would like to cycle it once fit enough! 0
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Done this myself, great climb.Trainer Road Blog: https://hitthesweetspot.home.blog/
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I just noticed the watermark in the top of that Mam Nic photo - and it is indeed the same John Finney I used to knock around with from time to time on MTBs in the late 80s/early 90s on rides out of Macclesfield with Cheshire and Peak MTB club.
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He's also got the same style picture from Winnats, I may have posted it earlier. Amazing photo.Trainer Road Blog: https://hitthesweetspot.home.blog/
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Top of Butts Lane Eastbourne, on or off road, it is a brute.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
probably the first time Eastbourne and porn got mentioned together my isetta is a 300cc bike0
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Gap of Dunloe.
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If you can get past all the horse & trap owners deliberately trying to stop you going up. It's THEIR road to make money. :shock: It is beautiful, but that lot of shysters & thugs by Kate Kearney's Cottage spoil it. Or they did 16 years ago.littledove44 wrote:Gap of Dunloe.
Not sure this classes as road porn - part of the route of The Lakeland Monster Miles through Whinlatter Forest.
Hard to tell, but that's about 1 in 10. And went on for (what felt like) miles.
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Driven it a few times. Can't imagine I'd enjoy cycling it. Its a bit dull really. Some nasty climbs along the coast, but once it cuts inland towards thurso, it'd just be a slog. I'd imagine a bit more bearble beyond Tain, but up to there the traffic would be scary! Now the OLD A9 that runs up through Bonar Bridge...thegibdog wrote:A9. Best A road I've ever ridden (the tailwind helped!). 0 -
Only joined it at Tain, left it at the point it turns inland towards Thurso. It was quiet for an A road, with a decent surface and looked beautiful in the sunshine with the sea on one side and hills on the other. It was the last day of my LEJOG which probably also influences my opinion of it. Drove back down it to Perth the next day in much worse weather and there are large sections of it that would be hell on a bike - they were bad enough in the car.Guanajuato wrote:
Driven it a few times. Can't imagine I'd enjoy cycling it. Its a bit dull really. Some nasty climbs along the coast, but once it cuts inland towards thurso, it'd just be a slog. I'd imagine a bit more bearble beyond Tain, but up to there the traffic would be scary! Now the OLD A9 that runs up through Bonar Bridge...thegibdog wrote:A9. Best A road I've ever ridden (the tailwind helped!).0 -
Not sure this classes as road porn - part of the route of The Lakeland Monster Miles through Whinlatter Forest.
Hard to tell, but that's about 1 in 10. And went on for (what felt like) miles.
That was a monster of a climb. Lost traction half way up and ended up walking the rest
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