Tue, 17 June 2025
Vertical Climbed: 86 meters (282 feet)
Vertical Descended: 88 meters
Rating: 2
Because of a tendinitis I wanted a route that was flat. Also my road bike has a bent gear hangar and will have to wait for me to get my straightening tool to fix it. So I grabbed my old x-country mountain bike. Well not quite a gravel bike but the route is gravel. From Lyon I went up the right bank of the Rhone past Hawaii to the bridge at Miribel. This is restricted to bikes only after a lorry tried crossing and broke it. From there I cross under the autoroute to pick up the lakes - after the autoroute follow the finger boards for the Belvedere des pecheurs then a pontoon bridge brings you to the south side of the lake. From here continue south-west to the Canal du Jonage and you can follow the tow path back to Lyon to complete the circle. I picked up a couple of guys on gravel bikes and they "towed" me back to town at a swift 30+ kph.
Lubdunum is the Latin name for Lyon. Lug being a main celtic god and dunum - fortress. The Forces Motrices du Rhône is a hydro power company established in 1892. The generators at Cuisset can produce 63MW, enough for a town of 100,000 residents. The site is currently exploited by the EDF.
Very warm but most of the route is in the shade or by the water, which keeps it a bit fresher.
