Europe
Alps 2024 (Harald)
Alps 2024 — Day 9: Sauris to Villabassa via Cortina
Surprise, surprise, today we’re going on a bike ride! There’s a certain routine to our days now. Harald and I can (and do) pack up without a word.…
Ben
Alps 2024 (Harald)
Alps 2024 — Day 8: Pieve di Cadore to Sauris
Last night we had “the talk”: A routing discussion where we took a close look at the remaining “aspirational” route through Italy and Slovenia to see what’s practical…
Ben
Alps 2024 (Harald)
Alps 2024 — Day 7: Selva di Val Gardena to Pieve di Cadore
A good rebound for us after an exhausting day yesterday. Still a lot at 102km and 2000m of climbing, but most of the climbing was done by 1:30…
Ben
Alps 2024 (Harald)
Alps 2024 — Day 6: Brez to Selva di Val Gardena
I was able to edit a short video of today’s ride, if you’re interested. Today was a brutal day for us. It started out well — our hotelier…
Ben
Alps 2024 (Harald)
Alps 2024 — Day 5: Stazzona to Brez
Today we made a few changes to our route on the fly. Originally we had planned to climb the Mortirolo out of Tirano, but we thought better of…
Ben
Alps 2024 (Harald)
Alps 2024 — Day 4: Filisur, Switzerland to Stazzona, Italy
Today’s update will be brief (Ed: I guess I lied); as I’m starting to write. it’s 11:15 and we’ve got an early start planned tomorrow. Leaving from Filisur…
Ben
Alps 2024 (Harald)
Alps 2024 — Day 3: Buchs to Filisur
Today the forecast was for wet and cold and my knee was still questionable, so we altered the route to avoid some of the first pass and lots…
Ben
Alps 2024 — Day 2: Singen, Germany to Buchs, Switzerland
This morning we woke up pretty late because we’d had such a long day yesterday. We had several things to do in the AM before we could head…
Ben
Alps 2024 — Day 1: Welzheim to Singen (192km)
I woke up at 4:45 as per schedule and tried and failed to do some mobile video editing. Eventually I gave up and decided to pack up. We…
Ben
Alps 2024 — The Arrival
Long flight, not much sleep, but that’s a distant memory. We were on our way to Welzheim by 10am after breezing through customs and baggage claim. Like Madison.…
Ben