I'd not ridden on the road much of late, bad back in July and lack of time in August.

Finally broke my PR on the Berger climb: 9m45, 20 seconds quicker than 2013 and I was an a lighter hardtail back then.

We climbed (raced really) with a running group on the climb.

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