The "Where did you ride your bike today?" Thread...

[claude cat]

A bit of a snow chase, here in Melbourne

 

[DanielCostaRica]

I rode here yesterday!

And yes, there is a small trail where you can go under the waterfall.

Check more at www.costaricanroute.com

 

[Sestriere]

I'm currently in the Alpes Maritimes. We did Col des Champs, Col d'Allos and Col de la Cayolle yesterday. 115 km and 3200 m of climbing. The climbs are maybe slightly less famous than those in the Dauphiné and haute savoie, but regarding scenery this is certainly one of the great rides of the Alps. I can thoroughly recommend it. Caracteristics are maybe a bit similar to the great Tour de Suisse stage with Nufenepass, Furkapass and Gotthardpass this year.
We started with Champs from the east, which is the toughest climb of the three, at least rgarding the sides we tackled them from. The avg. gradient seems pretty low with 6.2 % but there are a few descents, so effectively you're mostly climbing at 8% or more. Allos from south is really gentle, except for the last 6 km or so it's basically a long valley ride. The upper switchbacks are spectacular though. The descent is quite infamous, super technical and in terrible condition, not as bad as the one from Champs though. Cayolle from the North is amazingly beautiful and very diverse. Spectacular canyon at the bottom, and high mountain scenery at the top. I can really only recommend it!
We're gonna tackle Turini tomorrow, so let's see how that goes.

 

[sir fly]

 

[RedheadDane]

You rode into the sky?

 

[sir fly]

You rode into the sky?

Been looking for you

 

[RedheadDane]

Been looking for you

With soup?

I haven't been riding anywhere, and when I do, I keep both wheels on the ground!

 

[sir fly]

With soup?

I haven't been riding anywhere, and when I do, I keep both wheels on the ground!

No. I haven't seen Geoffrey there.

Why are you grounded?

 

[RedheadDane]

Because I can't fly, silly…

 

[sir fly]

Because I can't fly, silly…

Ah... Thought you broke tea set or something like that.

 

[carlyzakin]

Gravel bikes are becoming very popular these days. I've been biking in the Gravel Area for a while. Although I haven't bought a gravel bike yet? I'm thinking of buying a gravel bike. When I was searching for a Gravel bike! I found that in online, there was not a lot of articles on gravel bicycle.

I'm lucky I got some good articles. Being one of them is BikeJar , I also got some more good articles on bikerider.com . I'd like to read about a Gravel bike and want to write my own experience.
Thank you very much for the threads here. I will come to see the update.

 

[42x16ss]

Went out for my usual mid week 2 hour loop mostly along Brisbane River and ran into a very lost German track team here for the World Cup round.

They were grateful for directions

 

[oldcrank]

So Domenic, Roger, Theo etc. know how to turn left ... but not when or where to turn right I guess.

 

[Sestriere]

Winter made me switch to running for the last 6 weeks or so. These last few days it has been so warm in southern Germany that I went for a nice ride on saturday. Climbed Weißer Stein, north of Heidelberg like I do it so often. There were some snow remnants from two nights before though and I carelessly went for shorts... Descent was horrofic with the ice water splashing against my bare legs

 

[42x16ss]

So Domenic, Roger, Theo etc. know how to turn left ... but not when or where to turn right I guess.

??

They were lost in a strange city about 15kms from their hotel...

 

[oldcrank]

The old joke about trackies only knowing how to turn left, mate.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Today's ride (the hour or so of it outside the few urban minutes at the beginning and the end) I shared by country lanes and villages with 46 pedestrians ((including 3 joggers), 38 cyclists, 31 cars, 2 buses, 7 dogs, 2 pheasants, about 6 partridges, and 2 crows.

More bikes than cars: lockdown is not all bad.

 

[del1962]

How do you manage to keep so many different counts while on bike ride?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Gotta keep my mind on something while riding...

 

[Mayomaniac]

This week I did the final climb of the Innsbruck WC a few times, the ungodly steep parrt near the end is always hard, but you can make it if you take it rather easy until then.
The whole travel restriction could be an advantage for those of us who are living in the Alpes and love riding their bikes. One will probably hav to deal with significantly less motobikes, cars and tourist busses on the well known climbs, that's at least something.

 

[42x16ss]

My post tibial tendon has flared up after completing a climbing challenge on Tacx while in lockdown... No hard riding for at least a week, and a bunch of exercises prescribed by the physio.

Today's ride replaced by a long walk with the dog.

 

[DenisMenchov]

First ride after quarantine, two days ago.

 

[Mayomaniac]

First longer clim of the season, Plätzwiese/Prato Piazza

Of course I struggled more on the irregular ramps early on than on the final 6km, but that's just me being a diesel climber.

 

[AudreyHodges]

I took this image from the Internet. I want this photo to become my reality.

 

[BlueRoads]

I was on one of my usual routes, and in May and June it is just so nice around here (in other months it's... well, not really special). In these days the green takes over the banks of the canal abundantly and there are poppies all around, on all the grass and field's verges.
One thing that has taken my attention this year are these "tricycles" for adults or older children. I had never seen them before, now I see them frequently. Are they "new"? A trend? And what's the deal with them, they don't have the flexibility of a bike, so what's the advantage?