France Bike Trip

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Col de La Bonette

Not the most beautiful col but definitely the hardest I ever did but close by there are the stunning col de Cayolle and my favourite d’Allos (as well as the also famous col de Vars)

Where did you workout (ride, run, etc) OUTSIDE today? (2024)

Col de la Bonette, not as beautiful as yesterday’s Col de Cayolle but this one was a beast finishing at an altitude of 2802m and a very steep final 1k (over 9% could have been over 10% but I needed all my focus to keep pedalling without blowing up. edit: 15% according to the dutch Wikipedia entry, the English entry doesn’t mention) [20240809_141227] [20240809_141438] [20240809_141411] [20240809_141353] [20240809_141334] [Screenshot_20240809_141112_Strava] Edit: first time I saw a "veri…

Where did you workout (ride, run, etc) OUTSIDE today? (2024)

Col d’Allos, as it was close to “home” (ie my camping), the stats didn’t mention anything spectacular as a climb I had put off doing this pass and the pass was officially closed I had put off doing it. But some people on the camping said you could easily bypass the roadblock and although the road was in poor condition with parts washed away due to landdlides still perfectly doable on a road bike. So I went, what a beauty, not hard not easy but very beautiful and because the road was closed no c…

Where did you workout (ride, run, etc) OUTSIDE today? (2024)

Col de la Bonette, not as beautiful as yesterday’s Col de Cayolle but this one was a beast finishing at an altitude of 2802m and a very steep final 1k (over 9% could have been over 10% but I needed all my focus to keep pedalling without blowing up. edit: 15% according to the dutch Wikipedia entry, the English entry doesn’t mention) [20240809_141227] [20240809_141438] [20240809_141411] [20240809_141353] [20240809_141334] [Screenshot_20240809_141112_Strava] Edit: first time I saw a "veri…