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Tales of a Cyclotourist: Beartooth Hwy

by Marko / Jun 28 2010 / 34 posts

It’s been called the most beautiful highway in the world. That, as with most things, can be left to debate. What’s not debatable, however, is that the Beartooth Highway, which runs from Red Lodge Montana to Cooke City Montana via Wyoming, is a great place to ride a bike.I had the opportunity to ride part of the highway to the summit o...

Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part III: 2006 Pla-de-Beret

by frank / Jan 28 2010 / 6 posts

This is the tale of the day I caused Paolo Savoldelli to crash out of the Tour de France.  It happened in a flash, and the details are fading into the cobwebs of my horrible memory; if you’re interested, you can read a more detailed account in my original post on the subject.Our trip to the Tour in 2006 was no less memorable than the trip to...

Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part II: 2003 Alpe d’Huez

by frank / Nov 8 2009 / 10 posts

It is probably the most famous mountain in cycling.  Almost 14 kilometers, 21 numbered hairpin turns.  It lies in the the Isère valley, which is narrow and surrounded by mountains so rugged they look as though they were cast in a single day.  These mountains are steep and brutal and spring up abruptly from the valley floor.  The most rugged of...

Tales of a Cyclotourist, Part I: 1994 LBL

by frank / Oct 23 2009 / 17 posts

I could see it from where I was sitting on the terrace outside the cafe.  The street dropped off towards the valley where the river used to run before turning and rising steeply – too steeply for how I was feeling – up along the dam and out of the valley.  What was worse was that I could see the other riders in the distance struggle u...
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