--- In kom_@yahoogroups.com, "mjbflr" <mjbflr@y...> wrote:
> What's the Spandelles like? I rode the Soulor from that valley
> (which is quite spectacular)altho the woman I was riding with was
> intent on riding the Spandelles.
It seems my message from yesterdag didn't came through. Here it is
again.
The Spandelles is a killer. Harder than Aubisque or Tourmalet. But
short and with some steep sections and almost flat sections.
... Hi Luddo What's the Spandelles like? I rode the Soulor from that valley (which is quite spectacular)altho the woman I was riding with was intent on riding...
... It seems my message from yesterdag didn't came through. Here it is again. The Spandelles is a killer. Harder than Aubisque or Tourmalet. But short and...
... I wrote something about the col du sabot in 2001(?). We took the car to the top and went for a walk with sights over the lac de grandmaison (CdF). I am not...
... lac de ... mountain bike. ... the top. ... I was looking for the conditions of the road from Vaujany to col du Sabot. On the Michelin map it is still a...
Luddo was saying: And I have still to go back to Bolzano to try another time the ... I have the solution for you: modify the recumbent so that you can ride ...
... Hi Luddo As Francois said the Sabot is a genuine paved climb. I rode it in 20001,2002. The road conditions are below average but rideable with loose...
... before ... Thanks i will check it out. ... It is easier to look at arrows than counting elevation lines. In my opinion the maps are easier to read and get...
... And for me the hardest climb remains the one i did not do, or rather finish. It also happens to be quite beautiful. I believe i related this before, but...
Some time ago I visited the Lake District in England and told you of my struggle over the 30% gradients of Hard Knot Pass and Wrinose Pass. I've just had a...
Darren Earp
darren.earp@...
Aug 7, 2003 9:37 am
I think the hardest climb is a personal thing, for my inexperienced legs the hardest part of a climb i did was the section of the Glandon when returning in the...
... Sure, thousands of us. The Vaujany sportcommunication event this year went that way, as did the 1995 Marmotte - and that was before resurfacing. Great fun....
... I'd ... a ... http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/kom_/lst Or make your own photo album space at: http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/ On the subject of hard...
... Sure, i entered the TT held there august 3rd from bourget du lac.. Serge Garnier won, by a narrow margin in 48'51. It take roughly 12% more time that the...
You are right Simon, a measure of hardness is normally due to circumstance at the time. I've ridden climbs I once found easy only to struggle at another...
Darren Earp
darren.earp@...
Aug 7, 2003 10:00 am
... You could up load them to the groups.yahoo.com kom_ web site. Click on files or photos. Make sure to give your name on the photo. I just went back there...
... Anything is better than a tunnel! Karol ============================== Karol E. Zielonko Jr. OpenVMS Engineering Hewlett-Packard Company If you have me in...
Hi Francois and Luddo, ... the women's Tour de France will be riding up it again tomorrow, although I'm not sure how far up they will stop - the banners on the...
... Hi Brian To me the Vaujany is maybe the steepest climb in that area but it did not split the three "coureuses" who covered the Lauteret before it with...
Just back from my little trip. The last climb on the granfondo del alto adige mentioned by Olivier Huts looked pretty innocuous on the race profile, certainly...
When I climbed Soulor/Aubisque from Argeles-Gazost I almost did the return trip by descending the D126 from the Soulor to the western base of the Spandelles,...
Does anyone know if the stretch from the Spandelles to the Couraduque is paved and ... Hi Karol, according to the 12 th edition of the Michelin map No 85...
Thanks François, I have the Michelin 234 and it indicated an unpaved road (solid line paired with a dashed line) which, along with the impending downpour, was...
I cycled from Argeles-gazost to the aubiusque, back to the soulor and than up spandelles and down to Argeles. This was a small but paved road. There were some...
... Thanks. That is just what I was looking for. Now I'll have to come back and try it. Karol ============================== Karol E. Zielonko Jr. OpenVMS...
Hi Mike, thanks for the info, I'll try this climb one day. On the subject of measuring climbs, I've always left it to my own personal experience - not that I'm...
Bonjour Francois, ... actually cool ... light. But ... and one ... The lighting must be a recent feature, the 800m long tunnel was pitch dark when I rode it...
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