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Stage 6: Bagnols-les-Bains to Les Faux
Total km – 62 Meters Climbed – 1100m Ride time – 7hrs Total time – 9hrs Total cals – 4000 Today we woke up tired. Again. We tried to avoid a tough climb on the trail and ended up doing 11km of climb on the road. Francesc has an annoying pain in his leg, and [...]
Stage 5: Florac to Bagnols-les-Bains
Total 73km Total climb 1580m Total time 10 h Total ride 8h Total calories burned 5000 We had an early breakfast today at 7.45, did some errands (bread, Compede and tape to fix the bob’s flag) in town and took of around 8.30. Today’s ride took us on a comprehensive tour of the Cevennes national [...]
Stage 4: Nivoliers to Florac
Total 32.8km Total climb 550m Total ride time 4hr Total time 5hr Total kcal 1800 Today we woke up tired. I have never slept so well as I have in the bed at L’Ange Guardien, but we still woke up tired. Today’s original route was about 45km with lots of ups and downs along the [...]
Stage 3: Aiguebonne to Nivoliers
Total Km – 53 Total Climb – 1300m Total ride time – 6hrs Total Time – 9.30hrs Total calories burned -3500 We have just arrived at our Bed & Breakfast in Nivoliers, and what a lovely place it is! We were welcomed with warmth, and had a cool drink of the terrace to unwind after [...]
Stage 2: La Couvertoirade(Le Pezade) to Aiguebonne
Total KM – 74km Total climb – 1300 m Total ride time – 8 hrs Total travel time – 10 hrs Total calories burned – 4500 Word of the day – swarm: large group of winged insects dive bombing your head as you are sweating and trying to climb uphill. Today we started off after [...]
Stage 1: St Guilhem-le-Désert to Le Couvertoirade
Total KM – 47.6 Total climb – 1310m Total ride time – 7.5 hrs ride time (3 hrs rest includuing leisurly lunch in restaurant) Word of the day -push: To move forward with force, usually up hill, over rocks the size of babies’ heads with bikes laden with all of your worldly goods (Merriam Webster [...]
Packing for a 20 day Biking Trip – the Essentials
When packing for a long biking trip, you want to bring the things that are absolutely essential, and leave by the wayside anything that weighs alot or that you can buy along the way. Remember you can always wash things in the evening! TIP – If you are really tired you only have to wash [...]
How To: Put on new Moutain Bike HandleBar Grips
Intro: I just changed Betsey’s grips and I thought I will write a small post on how I did it. This is how I put on and removed the handlebar grips. It is my selection of different recomendations and some common sense. Disclaimer: Use / modify / follow these instructions at your own risk. Putting [...]
Planning Resources: Books, Websites & Maps
So, you may be asking yourself, how does one go about planning a crazy trip like this! Well. It helps that France is a civilized country that is very walker and biker friendly. France has thousands of marked walking and biking trails. The walking trails are called GR (Grand Routes) and are marked with red [...]
The 2009 Mountain Bike France Route: GTMC – Le Puy, Chamein St Jacques.
Our montain bike route this summer is the combination of 2 partial routes in France, which we have done before. The GTMC – Grande Traverseé du Massif Central The original GTMC Mountain Bike route start at Cleremont-Ferrand and ends in Sete. We will be doing about 600km of it going backwards. We will start at [...]