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Blog 6
... frozen all day. horrible, it was horrible. all i can think about during the entire ride was..... finishing the ride. yuck.
Again, just so you get it, these HEADWINDS are terrible, especially when cycling by yourself as there is no one to share the brunt of the wind with. Today's wind was awful. But just step back to yesterdays ride for a second....to give you an example of what i have been up against. I had planned a 10k or so part of the ride by the ...
Blog 5
... cycled from Bordeaxu to Paris in two days. check out the distances, but it made my epic two day journey pale into insignificance, still i have a heavy load (no,.....not my belly, though with all the pastries that isn't helping i must say). The ride is good, though always on my mind is trying to reach the end before dark.
I have two great views on this journey, probably the two best of the entire trip. The first was during one of the climbs of the day. As the top began to ...
Sur le pont davigon!!!
Jeudi, nuite de marde, jai pas bien dormi, je pensais trop, bon, je dormirais plustard!
Direction, la gare pour Avignon! derniere aurevoir a Romain! merci vraiment pour tout! je me sentais vraiment comme a la maison a cet endroit! bonne chance pour le Liban! Bon je manque mon train, *****!!! je prend donc le prochain, et oui, ca arrive! Benben vient me chercher a la gare, hiii ca fait drole de ...
Pont du Gard
On our way to Avignon we stopped to see the famous Pont du Gard. This bridge was part of the aquaduct built in the 1st century AD by the romans to bring water from Uzes to Nimes, about 30 kilometres. The bridge is all that remains of the aquaduct. It was an awesome sight stretching 275 metres and 48 metres high comprising of 3 levels of arches. It was amazing to read about its construction and realise what an incredible engineering feat it ...
Mont Ventoux
... looking at. It was a bit cloudy that morning and pretty cool out so we waited till mid-morning before heading out. Today's climb was about 23 km with a gradient average of probably 7% getting to an elevation of 1912 m. We had a really nice warm up ride, passing alongside vineyards and olive groves.
When we got into the last town before the actual ascent, I pulled over into a bike shop to pick up some oil. My chain was making some noise since it ...
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