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2009 : e : d : c : b : a

• Provence random road riding (09nov)

• hiking + scrambling seaside Marseille - Cassis - Calanques

• selecting high mountain roads to ride (09oct)

• VF climbs in northeast Italy w less down-walking (09sept)

• VF climbs in Germany + Austria w less down-walking

• road bike rides around Tramin / Termeno, NE Italy (09sep)

• climbs not over anything - northeast Italy (inclu Scanuppia / Malga Palazzo)

• climbs not over anything: Germany + Austria (inclu Obersalzberg + Zillertaler)

• fun climbs not over a pass 2 (Switzerland - central)
  photos:
  . * Griesalp from Kiental + Kandertal [ photos on Picasa ]
  . * Oberaar Panoramastrasse [ Picasa ]
  . * Gental + Engstlenalp [ Picasa ] 

  . * Männlichen + Kleine Scheidegg [ Picasa ]

• photos bike Sella Ronda, Italy [ on Picasa ] (09sept)

• route in Germany + Austria put on Bikely.com:  Neuschwanstein - Oberammergau loop (09sept)

• photos climb via ferrata:
  * Santer pass, near Tiers + Bozen / Bolzano, Italy [ photos on Picasa ]
  * VF Tullio Giovanelli, Burrone di Mezzocorona, Italy [ Picasa ]
  * Hindelanger, Oberstdorf, Germany [ Picasa ]
  * in TIrol, Austria (mostly non-VF) [ Picasa ]
  * VF Bulver Lugli, San Martino di Castrozza, Italy [ Picasa ]
  * VF Torrente Sallagoni, gorge at Drena near Arco, Italy [ Picasa ]

• viewpoints for Mont Blanc mountains (09jun)

• fun climbs not over a pass 1 (Switzerland - southwest) (09may)

• tricky points about driving + cycling on roads in France (09mar)

2008 : a : b : c : d : e

• Sharon + Ken around Cortina + Dolomites, Italy [ photos | map ] (08sept)

• Sharon + Ken at lake Como, Italy [ photos | map ] (08sept)

• rides for with son visiting French Alps -- paved goat paths? (08oct)

• selecting high mountain roads to ride (08sept + revised 09oct)

• connect from Sea thru Alps: France > Switzerland > Italy [ map ] (08sept)

• simpler fix to flaw in Route des Grandes Alpes (08oct)

• la plus grande Route des Grandes Alpes (08sept)

• around Mont Blanc  [ map ]  (08sept)

• Switzerland high passes + West-East traverse  [ map ]  (08sept)

• [ photos Grosse Scheidegg | on Picasa ] (08nov)

• [ photos Simmental : Wimmis to Zweisimmen ] (08nov)

• northeast Italy high passes + West-East traverse  [ map ]  (08sept)

• wonderful Veneto Italy website (08oct)

• trickiness measuring steepness for Monte Zoncolan  [ map ] (08sept)

• Sharon + Ken in southern Germany [ photos ] (08july)

• Tony + Ken in northeast Italy [ photos ] (08june)

• estimates for mountain rides in northeast Italy

• see also visiting New York City + Hudson Valley from Europe

2007 : a : b

[ earlier 2007 : later 2007 ]

• sampling eastern Sicily island of Italy [ photos ] : 2007

• completed Route des Grandes Alpes of France : 2007

•  . . . map of France Alps passes + routes

• France: Isere river valley + Alps variety week [ photos ] : 2007

• flaw in Route des Grandes Alpes + report Sallanches > Chamonix > Col des Montets > Gorges du Trient > Martigny.

• sampling northwest Italy / Piemonte + Aosta [ photos ] : 2007

• la Marmotte : 2007

2006 : a : b

[ earlier 2006 : later 2006 ]

• west Provence : 2006 [ photos ]
• other regions between Auvergne and Provence : 2006
• Auvergne : 2006
• touring style in Europe : 2006
• Austria - Germany - Switzerland : 2006 [ photos ]

• Alps Switzerland : 2006 [ photos ]
• Col de la Seigne + Col du Grand Ferret loop : 2006 [ photos ]
• Ile-de-France : 2006 [ photos ]
• Alps France favorites : 2006
• Alps France Sea to Lac : 2006

• photos 2006

2005

• southern Italy : 2005 [ photos ]

• Veneto, Italy : 2005 [ photos ]

• photos 2005

2004

• isle de Corse / Corsica : 2004 [ photos ]

• east Provence: Nice + Cannes + mountains : 2004 [ photos ]

• Paris city ride : 2004

• photos 2004

2003

[ more to be added ]

• photos 2003

2002

• Tuscany in Italy : 2002 [ photos ]

• Parma and around Monte Caio

• Cinque Terre in Italy : 2002

• Dordogne - Lot - Perigord - Quercy (France) : 2002 [ photos ]

• Loire valley (France) : 2002 [ photos ]

• photos 2002

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by country + region

France

recent stories + photos:

• update on driving on roads in France: toll roads : 2010

• Provence random road riding : 2009

• hiking + scrambling seaside Marseille - Cassis - Calanques

• viewpoints for Mont Blanc mountains

• selecting high mountain roads to ride

• tricky points about driving + cycling on roads in France : 2009

• rides for with son visiting French Alps -- paved goat paths? : 2008

• selecting high mountain roads in Europe to ride

• connect from Sea thru Alps: France > Switzerland > Italy [ map ]

• simpler fix to flaw in Route des Grandes Alpes

• la plus grande Route des Grandes Alpes

• around Mont Blanc  [ map ] : 2008

• completed Route des Grandes Alpes of France : 2007

•  . . . map of France Alps passes + routes

• Isere river valley + Alps variety week : 2007 [ photos ]

• flaw in Route des Grandes Alpes

• la Marmotte (loop of high passes) : 2007

• west Provence : 2006 [ photos ]
• other regions between Auvergne and Provence : 2006
• Auvergne : 2006

• Col de la Seigne + Col du Grand Ferret loop : 2006 [ photos ]
• Ile-de-France : 2006 [ photos ]
• Alps France favorites : 2006
• Alps France Sea to Lac : 2006

• isle de Corse / Corsica : 2004 [ photos ]

• east Provence:  Nice + Cannes + mountains : 2004 [ photos ]

• mountain passes in Briancon area: Guillestre to Susa to Lanslebourg : 2004

• Paris city ride : 2004

• Dordogne - Lot - Perigord - Quercy (France) : 2002 [ photos ]

• Loire valley (France) : 2002 [ photos ]

• photos of some mountain rides in France : 2002

more info: France main index

Italy

stories + photos:

• road bike rides around Tramin / Termeno, NE Italy : 2009

• selecting high mountain roads to ride

• climbs not over anything - northeast Italy (inclu Scanuppia / Malga Palazzo)

• VF climbs in northeast Italy w less down-walking

• photos bike Sella Ronda, Italy [ on Picasa ]

• photos climb via ferrata:
  * Santer pass, near Tiers + Bozen / Bolzano, Italy [ on Picasa ]
  * VF Tullio Giovanelli, Burrone di Mezzocorona, Italy [ Picasa ]
  * VF Bulver Lugli, San Martino di Castrozza, Italy [ Picasa ]
  * VF Torrente Sallagoni, gorge at Drena near Arco, Italy [ Picasa ]

• viewpoints for Mont Blanc mountains

• northeast Italy high passes + West-East traverse  [ map ] : 2008

• estimates for mountain rides in northeast Italy

• selecting high mountain roads to ride

• Sharon + Ken around Cortina + Dolomites, Italy [ photos | map ]

• Sharon + Ken at lake Como, Italy [ photos | map ]

• Tony + Ken in northeast Italy [ photos ] : 2008

• connect from Sea thru Alps: France > Switzerland > Italy [ map ]

• around Monte Bianco  [ map ]

• measuring steepness of Monte Zoncolan  [ map ]

• wonderful Veneto website : 2008

• Sharon + Ken sample western Sicily island  [ photos ] : 2007

• sampling northwest Italy / Piemonte + Aosta  [ photos ] : 2007

• Col de la Seigne + Col du Grand Ferret loop  [ photos ] : 2006
• photos of Gran San Bernardo + Piccolo San Bernardo : 2006

• Sharon + Ken in southern Italy  [ photos ] : 2005

• Sharon + Ken in Veneto, Italy  [ photos ] : 2005

• Sharon + Ken in Tuscany  [ photos ] : 2002

• Parma and around Monte Caio

• Cinque Terre : 2002

more info: Italy main index

Switzerland

• fun climbs not over a pass 2 : 2009
  photos:
  . * Griesalp from Kiental + Kandertal [ photos on Picasa ]
  . * Oberaar Panoramastrasse [ Picasa ]
  . * Gental + Engstlenalp [ Picasa ]
  . * Männlichen + Kleine Scheidegg [ Picasa ]

• selecting high mountain roads to ride

• viewpoints for Mont Blanc mountains

• fun climbs not over a pass 1 [ photos | map ] : 2009

• Switzerland high passes + West-East traverse  [ map ] : 2008

• [ photos Grosse Scheidegg | on Picasa ]

• selecting high mountain roads to ride

• connect from Sea thru Alps: France > Switzerland > Italy [ map ] : 2008

• Austria - Germany - Switzerland [ photos ] : 2006
• Alps Switzerland [ photos ]
• Col de la Seigne + Col du Grand Ferret loop [ photos ] : 2006

more info: Switzerland main index

Germany

• climbs not over anything: Germany + Austria (inclu Obersalzberg from Berchtesgaden) (09sept)

• VF climbs in Germany + Austria w less down-walking

• route in Germany + Austria on Bikely.com:  Neuschwanstein - Oberammergau loop (09sept)

• photos climb:
  . * Hindelanger klettersteig, Oberstdorf, Germany [ photos on Picasa ]
  . * in TIrol in Austria nearby [ Picasa ]

• Sharon + Ken in southern Germany [ photos ] : 2008

• Sharon + Ken bike nothern Germany + Belgium [ photos ] : 2007

• skate: Ken central Germany [ photos ]

• Austria - Germany - Switzerland [ photos ] : 2006

Austria

• climbs not over anything: Germany + Austria (inclu Zillertaler Höhenstrasse)

• VF climbs in Germany + Austria w less down-walking (09sept)

• climb in TIrol [ photos on Picasa ]

• route in Germany + Austria on Bikely.com:  Neuschwanstein - Oberammergau loop (09sept)

• selecting high mountain roads to ride

• Austria - Germany - Switzerland [ photos ] : 2006

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via ferrata climbs

This kind of rock climbs is not related to any kind of bicycling, but we've started doing them on bicycle trips.

• VF climbs in northeast Italy w less down-walking (09sept)

• VF climbs in Germany + Austria w less down-walking (09sept)

• Ken Germany 2009: Hindelanger klettersteig [ photos on Picasa ]

• Sharon + Ken northeast Italy 2009:
  * VF Tullio Giovanelli, Burrone di Mezzocorona near Trento [ photos on Picasa ]
  * Santer pass, near Tiers + Bozen / Bolzano [ Picasa ]
  * VF Bulver Lugli, San Martino di Castrozza, Italy [ Picasa ]
  * VF Torrente Sallagoni, gorge at Drena near Arco, Italy [ Picasa ]

• Sharon + Ken: Dolomites [ photos | map ] : 2008 | Innerkoffler / Deluca | Marino Bianchi | Piz da Lech | Brigata Tridentina

• Sharon + Ken: Germany [ photos ] : 2008 | Alpspitze

• Tony + Ken: Dolomites [ photos ] : 2008 | Vallon + Piz Boe | Tschierspitze V / Piz da Cir

public discussion groups

rec.bicycles.rides

• main page for rec.bicycles.rides newsgroup

2006: posts + discussion threads on rec.bicycles.rides

• western Provence in France: 06nov30 [ text ] 

• Auvergne France first time: 06nov29 [ text ]

• Suggestions for European tour? : 06oct28 -- ideas about Ken + Sharon's touring style. [ text ]

• Salzburg + southeast Germany : 06sep22 [ text ]

• favorites in mountains of Switzerland : 06sep20 [ text ]

• Col de la Seigne + Col du Grand Ferret loop (subject:  Re: how was your weather?) : 06sep19 [ text ]

• Ile-de-France near Paris : 06jly18 [ text ]

• favorites in the French Alps? : 06jly18 [ text ]

• French Alps high cols Sea to Lac : 06jly18 [ text ]

2005: posts + discussion threads on rec.bicycles.rides

• incorrect exploring southern Italy : 05nov29 -- Rome - Amalfi coast [ text ]

• lost in Veneto, Italy : 05sep20 [ text ]

more . . .

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• more on Europe
• Bike Roberts home

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