bicycle_girl Says: It's a long way down, from the Col du Galibier, all the way down to Chantemerle which was my camping spot for the night. Fore an hour, you wind through hairpin turns, brakes on hands and hoping hte bike cooperate and the traffic sees you. In the same time you want to watch...
bicycle_girl Says: You leave the little town of St-Michel-de-Maurienne and right away you start climbing until you reach le Col du Telegraphe. In itself it is not a destination. Once you have reach the pass, you will go down 300-400 m to Valloire, an alpine village, then if you have legs left,...
bicycle_girl Says: Make sure you bring enough food, warm clothes and lots of water when you start climbing the mountains... Making it to the top of the mountain, with the bike that had 65 los of gear on it and talking with a cyclist that had a very light bike, and that admitted that the climb...
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Going down the mountain is the reward for all the work from the climbing... In the French Alps, sometimes you can go down for 70 km at a time!!! Very cool.
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