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Mont Thou afterwork

Have to watch the timings now as it is getting dark by 20h30 although not too bad in the city with the neon lights so pretty.Ride up to Mont Thou by the route du Genie.
2025-09-02 18:28:19

A bit of Coq

Last gasp to do some vertical, I wanted to reach 10,000 meters but miscalculated and fell 600m short for August. 1h19 for the Col, not too bad but still below the magic VAM of 800.
2025-08-30 17:16:55

Ride/Swim/Ride Miribel Jonage

Trip out to the lake via the towpaths to swim. Not too cold and very pleasant in the lake. Getting dark early, around 21h ish and you are done.
2025-08-25 18:39:14

Murianette version long

A Murianette with a vam of 700 with the very steep climb of Rocharey added to the end.
2025-08-23 17:13:01

Return to the Colma di Valpiana; Lake Orta; Italy

Reverse of my previous trip. This time climbing by the easier route but with the poor road surface. It really is much easier this way with just a couple of short ramps to conquer.
2025-08-15 11:04:57

Giro di Lago d'Orta

A day of flatter riding with a classic tour of lake Orta from Pettenasco with a little detour to check out the fish ponds of Laghetti di Nonnio. The road up to the ponds has a few steep ramps.
2025-08-14 10:20:21

Mottarone; Lake Orta

I fancied covering 1000 vertical meters via Miasino this time as the initial climb to Armeno.
2025-08-13 11:41:48

Alpe Loccia

Finally made it to the village, it wasn't much beyond where I stopped last time but still a few very steep 20% ramps to conquer to get there. I didn't explore too far.
2025-08-11 11:24:40

Col de Tougnète; Vanoise; France

According to several sources, the Tougnète Pass via the D96 is the most difficult climb in France.
2025-08-09 11:03:35

La Boutière, Belledonne

Lunch ride to cover a few kms before the vacation. It was actually a bit more climbing than I expected, around 700 meters.
2025-08-05 11:46:29

Backdoor Man (col de la Madeleine)

I wanted to climb the Madeleine Pass after Pauline Ferrand Prevot's victory yesterday, but via a different route, as this one has a section of gravel.
2025-08-03 10:35:05

For a few meters more

A pleasant after-work outing to rack up a few more meters and a Strava KoM! Note: any good cyclist should be able to climb Mont Cindre in half the time it took me :-).
2025-07-29 18:27:55

What a Baure

After three days of gardening work including a lot of hedge trimming - we were profiting from the rare cooler weather this summer - a trip to stretch the legs direction Col du Coq.
2025-07-27 15:10:15

Old commute via St Mury

My old morning or evening commute route. I was WFH so did this as a lunch ride as I couldn't be bothered to get up early. VAM of 825m/h for 30 minutes including a stop to give a lady directions.
2025-07-22 11:42:14

Col du lauteret in the heat

Little afternoon ride before the TdF finish.
2025-07-20 15:10:29

Petites Roches after work

50 minutes for the climb ! Almost my mountain bike speed in 2015. A little afterwork to turn the legs. Nice views from the plateau.
2025-07-17 18:01:59

Col d'Hurtières over lunch

Cycling in the Alps is starting to get depressing. The PR at the Col d'Hurtières belongs to a certain Colin Savioz on Strava, 24 minutes. I took 50 for 700m over 8km.
2025-07-16 12:11:22

Barioz by the 4 Chemins

I've done ski touring from Theys via les 4 chemins twice, so I know that the road is tarmac as far as the crossroads.
2025-07-12 10:53:40

Madonna del Sasso; Lake Orta

a bit of exploration. Took a "short cut" Gozzano - through "mirkwood" - an unpaved forest road.
2025-07-05 17:07:13

Tour of Lake Orta via Monte San Giulio

I've cycled around the lake of Orta before, in both directions. In my opinion the climb out of Omegna is the easiest even if it is sun exposed as the gradient is never severe.
2025-07-03 10:49:00

Lacets de Coiromonte

Very hard today, ok once I got onto the Coiromonte hairpins although 5 min of my PB - 19m49s instead of 14m33 - 25% ! Although I blame 28mm rather than 25mm tires.
2025-07-01 10:19:09

Loreglia

I'd intended to climb to Alpe Loccia but it was too hot and I'm not on form at the moment so cut my climb short by taking the Loreglia loop back to Omegna.
2025-06-30 07:02:03

Tri-ath-lon

Bought a tri suit so I can cycle and swim. Seems like a good plan in the dog days of a Lyon summer. Tri suit takes a long time to dry mind you but is comfortable to ride in.
2025-06-26 17:47:18

LUGdunum Lyon Urban Gravel

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.
2025-06-17 18:07:46

Manival MTB

Short tour of the Manival to please the tot. Very humid weather in the valley but fresh as soon as you climbed a bit.
2025-05-31 16:35:18

Col de Pré Long

I wanted to do a Grand Col but have tendonitis so this is the nearest thing within easy reach of the house.
2025-05-31 10:17:38

Mont Cindre, Lyon

A little lunch ride to turn the legs, about 1h10 for the loop and 28 mins for the climb, a bit off my PB but I haven't ridden much this year and it felt sufficiently quick.
2025-05-21 11:35:55

St Bernard then down

First time out on my rebuilt Spitfire where I didn't get a puncture but at the same time I didn't ride on any gravel.
2025-05-11 15:06:26

Vantastic

The ski resort of Chamrousse had decided to open the main gondola lift for the May bank holidays.
2025-05-10 11:23:38

Col de Marcieu via the Chemin de Bellechambre; Gresivaudan; French Alps

I've filed this under mountain biking but I was on a road bike with 28mm tires. A bit of gravel in the valley then a longish climb on gravel. This was more or less ok.
2025-05-02 11:24:18

Pateau d'Emparis; Oisans; France

End of season crust skating on the plateau d'Emparis for a bit of fun.
2025-05-02 08:46:01

Les Arcs Last Day

Traditional end of season at les Arcs. We had monster snow fall a week ago but no sign of it now with lots of bare slopes.
2025-04-26 12:57:12

Gresivaudan Valley Ride

First longish ride of the year, over 2 hours anyway. I benefited from a tail wind, which was nice and took in some lakes on the ride back.
2025-04-25 14:37:35

Miribel Jonage Rollerski

A return to Miribel Jonage to see if there were some tracks I hadn't found on my last visit.
2025-04-11 13:51:18

Soup and sand at les Saisies

I always come up to les Saisies at the end of the season and always end up a bit disappointed as the snow is rarely good, or it goes off very early in the day.
2025-03-28 10:51:34

Four Golden Hills

Decided to go for a bit longer ride, only 44km mind, over 4 summits to do some climbing. A bit sluggish on the climbs to be honest - VAM of about 670m/h over 30 minutes.
2025-03-21 13:51:56

La Plagne Tour

We profited from the end of the school holidays to ski all day for 42 euros (weekend price) in calm conditions.
2025-03-08 15:02:36

Barioz Skate Bash

Climb to the refuge was a bit complicated by the lack of snow. I then did a loop around the Cret Luisard for the views.
2025-03-07 11:24:01

Les Contamines-Montjoie; Beaufortain Mont Blanc; France

Overview Les Contamines-Montjoie is a ski resort in the French Alps. It straddles the Mont Blanc and Beaufortain mountain ranges.
2025-03-06 13:55:32

Chamrousse Nordic Morning

Very enjoyable morning cruising around the pistes of Chamrousse nordic park.
2025-03-05 10:46:12

Afternoon Allevard Blast

A little blast around the pistes of Allevard. No real queues for the end of the holidays but quite a few kids groups on the slopes so quite busy. The snow is holding up quite well.
2025-03-03 14:33:56

Les Sept Laux Slide

Morning ski at les 7 Laux. Snow is good, a bit thin at resort level where they've not used the snow canons. Not too many people on the pistes as a bonus with just 1 short queue at the Oursiere.
2025-03-02 11:59:25

La Pesse - Hautes-Combes; Jura; France

One of the unique features of the Hautes-Combes area is the seamless connection between its villages—allowing visitors to explore the region effortlessly on cross-country skis or snowshoes via an exte
2025-02-28 12:11:38

Tete d'Or improvers

My PR is  21m18 which is 5m20. Today just over 2 minutes off that and 50 seconds improvement on November. A bit off the January pace but in the ballpark. Hopefully something to build on.
2025-02-24 18:07:46

L'Orionde North East Bowl

I parked in the new parking lot. It took me 5 minutes to find snow. Some people parked at the Betta or even higher but in theory it is banned to use the road before the 31 March.
2025-02-07 12:46:22

la Royale, Nordic Haut-Vercors

I'd tried to ski the Royale back in 2019 but sections were closed due to lack of snow. Well it was the end of the season.
2025-02-06 14:36:11

Classic plan des Hotonnes

The Jura is having another YoYo season with areas below 1200 meters really struggling.
2025-02-02 10:31:39

Intervals 4x1kms at target 5m45 Run #2

Run along the banks of the Saone. As I got closer to the peninsula the wind got stronger. The target was 5m45s for each km. I didn't quite manage it.
2025-01-22 12:25:21

Tricky Plateau de Retord

Thought I'd make another early start but didn't get to the slopes until 8.50.
2025-01-19 10:35:04

Saone Run #1

Run along the Saone from work. First of 2025. Pace was an apparently leisurely 6m09s for 5k at 155bpm with the fastest 1k split at 5m41s.
2025-01-15 12:04:30

Early Lachat

I had to drop the boy off early for his ski but to the Alps so decided to take advantage of the early start to do some cross country skiing and cover a bit more distance.
2025-01-12 10:10:32

St Hilaire du Touvet reboot

Return to St Hilaire du Touvet for a few runs after it had been shut for a couple of years due to lack of snowLargely seemed to be locals up on the plateau des Petites Roches.
2025-01-04 11:11:23

Beldina - round the garden

Last cross country ski this Christmas. I wanted to try out some Atomic Gen skis - these are shaped cross country skis a bit like cross country carving skis.
2025-01-02 15:57:56

Brenod, Haut-Bugey, France

The SCBC (Brenod Ski Club) sometimes prepares runs above the village.
2025-01-01 22:16:28

All is quiet, on New Year's day

A plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a Renard.
2025-01-01 12:02:20

Barioz in the afternoon

I wanted to take advantage of the good weather and snow. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? The trails were open on the traverse down to the 4 chemins with good snow, quite rare recently.
2024-12-31 15:10:33

Sunny Ski

Got up early - 9.15 to get a space at the trailhead car park. There is only room for half a dozen cars. Already some people skiing when I arrived.
2024-12-30 10:39:23

Valmorel Everest

Valmorel is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley, located in the communes of Les Avanchers-Valmorel and La Léchère, in the Savoie department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in France.
2024-12-28 15:46:48

Box day Beldina

The avalanche risk finally dropped enough to open the Beldina nordic ski area; part of the 7 Laux ski area.
2024-12-26 15:17:17

Christmas 7 Laux

We decided to head up to the 7 Laux for Christmas day on the grounds that the locals would be eating their Dinde aux marrons and otherwise occupied. It turned out to be a good plan.
2024-12-25 12:26:22

Emeindras or bust

Return to Emeindras with skate skis as the trails had been pisted. However I broke a basket on one of my poles which meant for a bit of lopsided skiing.
2024-12-24 16:07:02