A PR on the N -> S leg of 10m15, now to see if I can improve on that on rollerskis.Some nice sensations on inline skates in terms of balance and breaking.

We took the bus from Crolles to les 7 Laux for 1 euro, bike included. Not bad value.

Back to largely double poling in an anticlockwise loop. Having recently done quite a bit of skating with no poles balance is definitely better. Not too many people as it is August.

We'd not been up on the coteaux for a while, since the start of June probably. So a return to our favourite singles. It felt tiring but we climb the Manival trail in record time, Tot 1 minute ahead.

Official RouteFrom Bourg d'Oisans to l'Alpe d'Huez. 21 hair pins. 13.2km. Start at 744m, Summit 1815m. Average gradient 8.1%, sections of 12% over 100 meters.

Loop but in the reverse direction. Average of 4.01/km but skates felt very slow in the muggy air. I was taking it easy as I had a bad back for a month and wanted to test things out. All okay now.

A short skate along the boardwalk mainly working on balance as I had no poles as my back is still hurting

Very hard climb due to bad back and a top gear that didn't engage properly. The road to the power station has been resurfaced for some reason, very smooth now.

Testing some Decathlon slow wheels, boy are they sloooowwww. Probably quite good for training and exercises as they don't tend to run away but you need a lot of effort to get them moving.

It has been 7 years since I rode up this side of Mount Mottarone. This time I was just doing a return trip from Orta.