I went on a very nice ride Sunday, it was beautiful, sunny and warm 65 degrees out. Following in Andrew's footsteps, or tire tracks I guess, the loop included 3 huge climbs- La
Dôle, Col de la Faucille, and D304 out of St. Claude. He had done this ride the day before, so to out-do him a little bit I tacked on an extra 10 miles by riding out to the Shell climb aka Marchiaruz. This is not as big as the big 3, but is still a nice 4 miler which gets pretty steep in some parts. All in all, a great day of climbing with about 11,500 feet in 103 miles.
Here is my route. Some views along the way-
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| View from the top of La Dole |
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| Busy day at La Dole! |
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| Coming up to La Faucille |
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| Look at the size of that bike!! I guess its a decoration from the Tour... |
Somewhere in the beginning of my ride, I think when I stopped at the to
p of La Dôle, one of my rear brake pads fell out. I started riding down, just using my front brakes. This was working fine, but seeing sticks on the side of the road gave me an idea... So I stopped and jammed a nicely sized piece of wood into the shoe holder to use as a brake pad, and it actually worked pretty well!
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