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Recent content by Piton

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    Best cycling road in Europe?

    Col de Turini (also in Clarkson's top 3). But if you dare to take a road where Clarkson will not come with a Lamborgini, than try the Coll de Tende .
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    Strava Premium - yay or nay

    I'm a premium Strava user Like Strava a lot, like to donate some money for al their work, and I'm happy with the extra features for premium users. And I do (not yet) have a powermeter.
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    Granfondo overview

    Talking about Gran Fondo's. Are there many Gran Fondo riders here? I've been to France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Austria to ride Gran Fondo's.
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    Cycling on places far away from home

    Next week I'll be cycling on the Cote d'Azur. Don't know if that is really far from home in your opinion.
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    Cycling on places far away from home

    Biggest question is often "Where do all the friends want to go to" With preference high mountains like Dolomites or Alpes. Bike rental only for short trips, for longer trips always my own bike. Use Strava to draw routes. Sometimes good to see snow on the mountains, riding in the sun along 3...
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    Granfondo overview

    Indeed http://www.granfondoguide.com/ Specially for United states and Canada. For Europe http://www.cyclocalendar.com/ gives a good overview.
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    Best places to live for recreational cyclists?

    The Cote d'Azur is amazing. I go there every year in the summer, and sometimes in the winter/spring. Great riding, hilly. always nice weather and good for the whole family, as they will love it there what gives us more possibilities for riding our bike. Only in the summer try to avoid the...
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    Tubeless Nightmare

    For the last three years I have been riding a lot of kilometers with a tubeless wheel set. Schwalbe One tubeless on Stan's Alpha 340 rims. And never had a problem in 20.000km, with tyre change after approximately 5.000km
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