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3rd COTD:
Your bike in front of a col sign
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briantrumpet
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I'm on a bit of a col fest... four over 1100m today, so all in one post. The first one is where the col sign used to be... it's col de Menée at 1402m.
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What elevation are you starting from on these climbs? Total elevation gain is?
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briantrumpet
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Die is at 400m. Total today over about 80 miles was about 2300m, so not too bonkers.
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briantrumpet
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I've didded a blog post about the one col that was new to me, col de Mens. Absolutely worth a detour. https://unanglaisendiois.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/col-de-mens-1117m/
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Brian,
Your Col de Mens blog was interesting and the images make it quite appealing.
Really have to get something booked soon before the year is out. Just can't quite decide which area to go to.
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I can tell you pretty much all you might want to know about this area, but next to nothing on others. The general thong about here is that there is lots of varied riding, though it lacks the big name climbs. That said, I'd agree with friends who rate col de Rousset (for example) some way ahead of Alpe d'Huez. Plus there's a fraction of the traffic here, even in summer.
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briantrumpet
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A quick ride home from watching friends in a village play. It's not a big 'un, but it's got a nice view.
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briantrumpet
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Putting the chaud in Chaudière today. It's testing any time of year, but very much so when it's 35C.
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That surely can't be the same sign I rode past in 1986, can it? Which makes you wonder what happens to the old ones.
I had a quick look on eBay - no luck.
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briantrumpet
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They regularly get changed, as they get encrusted with the stickers idiots put on. I removed the one that had just been stuck there recently. Though I think this one escapes fairly lightly in comparison with others... the one on the Alps-side of col de Menée was a disgrace before it was removed, graffiti 'n' all.
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Yes, the Mont Ventoux sign recently got that treatment. When I was there in September it was barely readable, but when I returned there in June this year it only had 1 sticker on it (so far).
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briantrumpet
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A tiddler today. Where are all the big Alpine cols... surely some CCers with cameras are enjoying them big hills?
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A deserted col. It amuses me that this pretty, quiet little col, with its hand-made sign is higher than anywhere in England.
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