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Haleakala Sufferfest 2007

by Gianni / Dec 3 2009 / 26 posts

Maui has the longest and highest continual climb in the world, sea level to 10,000’ in 36 miles with an average gradient of 6%. It’s a wonderful, underused climb because great as the road surface, temperature, and views are, Maui is well off the route for most cyclists. I did this ride 20 years ago on my trusty steel Bella, 42 x 23 gear wit...

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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