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Distance:   49.23km
Elevation:  528m
Duration:   2h00
Avg. Speed: 24.9km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

As the Gigathlon is coming soon, I was looking for a short trip today by avoiding hills as much as possible. I set up this trip, which is quite nice.

As soon as you have left the annoying redlights of the city you’ll practically only cycle on cycling pathes from Veloland Schweiz! I did that on purpose by using the opencyclemap layer on gpies while planning.

I must say, Veloland Schweiz does a terrific job by finding nice cycling pathes. Unfortunately there is no way, to get their data as a digital copy and some parts are not usable for racing bikes (unpaved roads). But the group of openstreetmap / opencyclemap do a great job as well. There are already quite a lot of Veloland Schweiz tracks on their map, which is great to plan a trip (you’ll also see if the road is paved or not)! I already contributed as well on their project by adding some trails and will do it in the future as well.

Highlights of this trip are:

• Unique airport where you’ll cycle quite near to the airplanes
• some funny curvaceous parts
• the Katzensee

It seems to be a growing problem when biker and hiker clash together. A sad story.
I was on a bike almost the whole june and must say I did not experience these kind of situations. On the contrary. The hikers I met were always very friendly, not rarely we even had a short talk together!

Unfortunately it seems to be a growing problem, as more and more pathes get biking restrictions. I met a biker on my cycling trip yesterday, who told me that the biketrails around the area (Sihlsee, Oberiberg) more and more were getting blocked by stumps or similar and that hikers usually were not that friendly…

If both parties do tolerate the other part with respect and dignity it shouldn’t be a problem! I’ll keep on staying friendly, decelerating near hikers and saying a big hello to everybody I meet. I had good experiences so far.

Ah yes and do not forget to close the cow fences after you (hiker and biker) so farmers will stay happy as well.

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As I did quite a lot of cycling trips these days, I’ll only summarize them on a list for now. You’ll find all my trips on gpsies including a description, pictures and more information.

Depending on which source you take to get the elevation you’ll have different values. The values above do come from gpsies.
You can also check my performance on my trainigstagebuch. The time includes every break I do, for photography as well…

Distance:   117.2km
Elevation:  1904m
Duration:   5h00
Avg. Speed: 23.4km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

We organized a little training weekend in Ticino for the Gigathlon with our team (or the ones who could participate and had time). Unfortunately one person fell sick so we went cycling as a party of tree people (Sergio, Martin and me).

The part around Indemini is great but also hard. You’ll have to cycle endless serpentines to arrive on top. The roads are not that cyclingfriendly as in the german part of Switzerland, you’ll realize that especially around San Antonino shortly after Bellinzona. A big mess with the bicycle! We had to look for a way to surround the main road (closed for cyclists) for several minutes and even jump over fences…

As my companions were much better in shape, I was mainly in the slipstream and I had 20min more going up on my own speed. But it was a great trip.

Distance:   75.0km
Elevation:  1469m
Duration:   4h05
Avg. Speed: 18.2km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Generally cycling in South of France seems to be a little bit tricky. Finding nice routes as in Switzerland takes much more time and the maps seem to be way less precise than I’m used at home. Anyways the road to Collobrières from Grimaud is fantastic and includes a small pass. We added some more kilometers and elevation meters in the lonely forest “Forêt des Maures”.

Images will follow on my flickr account.

Distance:   48.8km
Elevation:  1002m
Duration:   3h01
Avg. Speed: 16.0km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Cycling in Monaco is rather difficult and you’ll not find anything flat. There are not that many options there and finding a route which is cyclable but has not too much traffic is rather rare. There are almost only step tracks. But amazing scenery, especially during the Grand Prix Formula One.

Images will follow on my flickr account.