2ni’s Blog

Distance:   36.43km (singletrail: ca. 8km)
Elevation:  657m
Duration:   2h40
Avg. Speed: 13.6km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Last Wednesday I went for the second time to an organized biketour. Just perfect weather conditions for a tour like that. Hot, like in summer and no cloud to be seen anywhere!

Meeting point was the factory shop of Transalpes. When we started, we were 12 people (9 of them had a transalpes bike and I was the only one with a hardtail bike).
The tour sounded promising and was interesting from the beginning. Unfortunately after some time I got a major fissure in my tire. We split the group, 2 people staying with me while the others continued their tour.
Notubes couldn’t help fix the hole. So I had to replace the notubes system with a normal tube. No big deal, but a bit gluey and dirty. I thought, great I’m the new guy with the flat foot!
We then took the normal street instead of the singletrail on the Albishorn to meet the other at the Restaurant Schweikhof and admire the moon!
After having some beers and others we took more or less a direttissima back to Zwillikon. First on cart tracks which turned to nice and flowing single trails at then end.

All in all a great experience and it was just funny and great. I had a lot of fun despite my small incident.
I’ll be there on the next full moon tour!

By the way nobody was really surprised I got a flat foot with these tires (Schwalbe Racing Ralph), as the general mood in the group recommended the Schwalbe Nobby Nic. The Racing Ralph seems to be famous for not being that solid. I used the Nobby Nic during Winter so I just reused them now, hoping it’ll be better now.

Distance:   28.27km (singletrail: ca. 2km)
Elevation:  1200m
Duration:   2h39
Avg. Speed: 10.6km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Inspired by RedOrbiter Panoramatour am Rigi Südhang.
Nice but hard uphill to Rigi-Kaltbad. Mostly on paved roads with grade > 10%. You’ll need to walk a small part at the end of the road. Nice scenery though! Ideal for spring time as mostly on southern parts.
The last part going up is on unpaved, quite bumpy road. After going up you’ll bike on a nice and easy trail to Rigi-Kaltbad. This part is not  recommended for weekends as much hikers will share the path with you!
Going down is no fun at all! Very steep on a bumpy, gravelled road with a rain channel every 10m!
This tour is not recommended!!! (Especially the downhill part is very boring and annoying)

Distance:   53.01km (singletrail: ca. 12km)
Elevation:  1253m
Duration:   3h36
Avg. Speed: 14.7km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Inspired by Chregu’s Rund um den Alpnachersee.
Very nice tour for spring. Uphill on a small road not very steap, first to Fräckmünd (1416m), then to Renggpass (886m). You’ll need to carry your bike for 10min to Renggpass.
Mostly on south hillside, so good option for spring!
The downhill from Renggpass is great and nice if you want to learn to drive some serpentines!
Unfortunately the trail was closed by lumberjacks, but happily it was Saturday evening and no work ahead anymore. So I decided to drive trough. I had to walk around some stems and steel cables but it was worth it.
Back in Lucerne there was Chilbi at Allmend and Stadtlauf in Lucerne. So some big mess, which is why I had to drive like a drunken man…
But great tour worth do!

Distance:   42.48km (singletrail: ca. 7km)
Elevation:  1091m
Duration:   3h26
Avg. Speed: 12.3km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

I got the gps data from seppibucher. So thank you, seppibucher! I changed the starting point a little, bringing it nearer to Zurich.
You can park your car at the football training field of Neuheim (see end point on gpsies).

The tour starts directly with some single trails and some nice tracks along the Sihl! Fantastic scenery with some small tunnels! The uphill to Gottschalkenberg runs on a small paved road without any difficulties. The downhill afterwards is interesting and “speedy”. Take care of hikers (especially on weekends!).
You’ll have fantastic scenery on top of Gottschalkenberg in every direction. You’ll also see some monastery on your way.
The last circle along Lorze has nothing special to get and can easily be cut off!

Nice tour without any big difficulties!

Thx to Rob for the good company .

Distance:   47.74km (singletrail: ca. 7km)
Elevation:  1486m
Duration:   3h34
Avg. Speed: 13.3km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Taking the gps information from gps-tracks, I tried a tour in the Zürcher Oberland. Sounden promising, the tour was not too bad. It had a bit too much paved road in my gusto, but all in all the existing singletrails were interesting but not too difficult!
Some parts of the ascent were really heavy, so be sure to keep some power during the trip…

I had to start the tour twice, because on the first day I had a new chain which did not work with some front gear, so I had to turn back and fix it first.

CAUTION: There is a not driveable iron stair at about km 41!

Distance:   24.12km (singletrail: ca. 4km)
Elevation:  834m
Duration:   4h09
Avg. Speed: 11.0km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Because of bad weather predictions we decided to go for a small “good-luck” trip around the corner. The start will wake you up from the beginning. 20% and more grades along a single trail will force you to push hard!
Unfortunately there were quite some un-driveable sections because of stairs. One part was even closed because of rock fall. We decided still to pass. No problems occured.

So you might take the path the other way round, especially the first 8km.

During the trip it got darker and darker and the temperature fell suddenly. We managed to get home dirty though. But it was just a matter of minutes.

Distance:   43.13km (singletrail: ca. 5-10km)
Elevation:  586m
Duration:   2h50
Avg. Speed: 15.2km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Röbi and me were inspired by this original track to really start the mountainbike season. Something rather easy with not too much elevation.

It was rather easy but still nice, really nice scenery and some interesting single trails although most of the part is done on forest tracks.

It was also the first time I’m using Stan’s notubes system (on the front wheel only, as the back wheel rim has a fissure and needs to be fixed first).

Seems to work quite good so far, but I need to deflate the tire, it’s way too hard now

Unfortunately no pics, as iphoto crashed and just deleted them!

Distance:   53.36km (singletrail: ca. 18km)
Elevation:  1523m
Duration:   4h09
Avg. Speed: 13.0km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

My trip started with a double platter, probably due to horse chestnut in Ticino.

I got the trail parts from Vazifar last year. So the track is not unknown to me. But this time I suited it to my needs and especially removed the part in the Reppischtal, as the street there is often closed due to shooting exercises from the army (see also Waffenplatz Reppisch).

The trip includes some of the best singletrails around Uetliberg! It’s a very varied trip with a lot of different singletrails.

There’s just some short snowy spaces left, especially after Buchenegg. But all ridable!

Distance:   24.37km (singletrail: 1km)
Elevation:  613m
Duration:   1h50
Avg. Speed: 13.3km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Easy starting along the Ticino. Uphil (10-15%) on a small paved road, as almost always in Ticino . You’ll then follow a small trail on a stony path downhill. There are lot of leaves which makes the path slippery. Some turns are quite exposed, so be sure to not fall.
After the short trail you’ll land on paved roads again and ride along Bellinzona. You’ll encounter the castle “Castello di Sasso Corbaro”.
Except from the short trail no difficulty and nice scenery.

Distance:   30.68km (singletrail: 1km)
Elevation:  1010m
Duration:   2h21
Avg. Speed: 13.0km/h
Details:    gpsies, trainingstagebuch
TCX file:   TCX file (including elevation alerts)

Uphill on paved path or street, panorama route on forest track. On one small part you need to carry your bike on stairs going up.
Nice scenery, no difficulty.