On the upside you get a lie-in.
I just checked/oiled the bikes and cycled the Alban Way with my son. About 5 miles each way. Will take me a few days to recover, I imagine.
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Iām still not recovered from last weekend I think. Going to skip tomorrowā¦
You did go a bit mental to be fair 
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Iām doing this tomorrow:
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Looks the biz - whatās the event ?
I did that, going West and only one way, but taking in a few more twisties, going from Lausanne to GĆ©rardmer via Basel.
Admittedly it was on my Ducati, not a push-iron, but what a fantastic ride. The damp cobbles on the hairpins gave me some hairy moments and when I got to my hotel I was in severe need of a beer.
So after a shower went in search of the bar, which turned out to be non existent because the hotel was next to a church, and no alcohol can be served within 100 meters of a church in GĆ©rardmerā¦
Happily it was a nice evening so wandered down the road a bit and found a couple of other bikers in a nice bar and got pleasantly pissed on Chimay.
Have a great day!
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Looks excellent and tough; how long do you expect it to take?
Itās the Alsacienne - three distances to choose from: 102/2700, 137/3800, 179/4500. Iām doing the middle one. A beautiful part of the world to go cycling but it starts with a 1000 metre climb.
I reckon (hope) itāll take me about 7 hoursā¦
Great - enjoy!
Thanks. 7 1/4 hours in the end. āEnjoyā is probably the wrong word for some of the climbs (Iām 92 kg) but certainly satisfying. And a beautiful area.
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Well done, couldnāt imagine getting myself up those climbs without an engine underneath me!
Believe me I wished for one earnestly and often.
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Yep well done - hope youāre celebrating with some nice vino 
Thanks - in fact we all got a nice bottle of Alsace white in the well-stocked goodie bag when we signed in before the ride. Not sure if we were supposed to put it in our bidons or celebrate with it afterwardsā¦
Hope youāre over the Greece hiccup Bolts
Sounds like youāll have a great day at RL, nice seeing the Proās covering ground you know well.
Weāre off at 5.44 this timeā¦ cripes. Hopefully reduce the crush later, some of ours had a miserable time last year hanging around in Surrey.
Hope the training is going well for all those riding.
Yep all good now been out nearly every day and legs starting to feel more up for it - Iām off at 630, so again hoping to miss any snarl-ups.
Dan do you know the roads well around Foxbar etc ?
Iām really enjoying exploring the minor roads around the whole area and want to try and get a route that gets over the 6,000 ft mark but try and squeeze it in under 80 mile and without doing any hill repeats.
Any ideas ?
Sorry Allan, Iāve never had a road bike up to the in-laws and our exploration of the area only extends to taking the kids and dog up the hill to Glennifer Braes for the park and walking tracks.
There must be some decent rides up there as the odd time weāve cut across the top to get to Lochwinnoch the roads have been quiet though undulating rather than really hilly iirc. Strava route builder?
I had a route planned on Strava but couldnāt get it to load onto my Garmin so will need to try the Gramin Connect.
Iāve done a couple of rides around the quieter roads and itās been great - also a surprising amount of climbing without doing any hill repeats which is good.