Your bike in front of a col sign

[Donger]

A disappointingly small col sign for the amount of effort required:

The sign at the bottom was much clearer and summed it up nicely:

 

[briantrumpet]

A disappointingly small col sign for the amount of effort required:
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The sign at the bottom was much clearer and summed it up nicely:
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Mind you, less likely to get covered in bloomin' stickers. Signs on the more popular cols around here only last a couple of years before they look really tatty because of it. Makes I cross, it do.

 

[Donger]

You mean bloomin' stickers like these?

Just beat my personal height gain and altitude records that I set 3 days ago. My PBs now stand at 783m and 1,183m respectively. This was how it felt, though:

Never mind. As a 57 year old 20 stoner, I'm claiming that as a veterans' super-heavyweight record....... unless anyone knows differently!

 

[briantrumpet]

You mean bloomin' stickers like these?
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Just beat my personal height gain and altitude records that I set 3 days ago. My PBs now stand at 783m and 1,183m respectively. This was how it felt, though:
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Never mind. As a 57 year old 20 stoner, I'm claiming that as a veterans' super-heavyweight record....... unless anyone knows differently!

Yes, just like that!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

My 2 cols for today:



I'm just getting started, as I have 4 weeks of this!

 

[briantrumpet]

My 2 cols for today:

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I'm just getting started, as I have 4 weeks of this!

My turn to be jealous... have fun!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

My 2 cols for today:





I rode up Col de Menté (1350m) from its west side, continued on to ride up the west side of Col de Portet d'Aspet (1070m), then retraced my route back to the B&B. This of course, means I rode up the east side of Col de Menté also.

Shut up, legs!

 

[Donger]

Three more for the pot -all on the "Route des Cretes" in the Vosges:

If I'd had another hour I could have added two or three more, as the road runs rights along the ridge line along the high points of the Vosges. A great little road, apparently loved by Swiss motorcyclists and sports car owners from around Europe.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

My 'col' for today was a ski station, but since there's no 'your bike in front of a ski station sign' thread, I'll just have to post this picture here.



It's the Nistos ski station in the Haute Pyrénées, a less well known HC climb for cyclists. A nice one too: fir forests, mountain goats, and occasional views all the way past the north edge of the Pyrénées. The main climb is from about 600m up to 1600m.

 

[oldfatfool]

My 2 cols for today:

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Just out of interest did it smell like an unloved public conveniance when you were there? Stunk to high heaven last time i was there.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Today's ride was again a ski station, not a col: Superbagnères at 1800m. After that I did the 6km tough ride up to the Hospice de France: the gradients on this are nasty!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Today's col is Port de Bales, a 19km climb up to 1775m, the latter half of this being moderately steep.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

On day 6 of my Pyrénées trip, I rode up the east side of Col de Peyresourde, on the way up making a detour to the ski station Peyragudes, making today's total 95km with 1600m climbing.

 

[classic33]

My 'col' for today was a ski station, but since there's no 'your bike in front of a ski station sign' thread, I'll just have to post this picture here.

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It's the Nistos ski station in the Haute Pyrénées, a less well known HC climb for cyclists. A nice one too: fir forests, mountain goats, and occasional views all the way past the north edge of the Pyrénées. The main climb is from about 600m up to 1600m.

That's a fake, has to be. I mean if it is a ski station, as claimed, where's the snow?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

That's a fake, has to be. I mean if it is a ski station, as claimed, where's the snow?

They buried it all for the summer.

No col or snowless ski station for me today: I had a 'rest' day with only 62km and 830m climbing.