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Welcome to the freshest collection of routes on FulGaz.
This week, we’ve got a tasty lucky dip to get you on the trainer and staying active.
You’ll find rides from the USA, Belgium, Slovenia and the UK from our amazing contributors.
For the Formula 1 lovers, make sure you check out the historic circuit Zolder.
Thank you to this week’s contributors.
Gary Taufer, Georg Aigner, Mark Berghoff, Igor Keržan, Bjorn Lonconsole, Kyle Rohr and Peter Kettle.
NOTE: This ride is 1080p and 720p only. A challenging loop beginning at common grounds for many cycling enthusiasts following near Melrose. After a few mile warm-up get ready for a series of punchy rollers, don't let the elevation profile fool you. These can sometimes get into double digits, The route takes you just south of Maryville, a small college town bordering the Foothills. Next, the route takes you along the Little Tennessee River heading to Chilhowee and the base of the Foothills Parkway, the major climb in this route. This climb covers over 7 miles with an average gradient in the neighborhood of 4.2%, you'll see 7% frequently and 11% near the top. Midway through the descent you'll have another climb for 1.3 miles at an average grade of 3%. From there it's an easy ride back to the beginning of the route.
More InfoYou start in "Windischgarsten“ and bike to "Edlbach“ on a street. Through the "Fraitgraben“ you climb up to "Oberweng“ on a nice and easy trail. After a short distance on a road, you climb up the Oberwenger Panoramaweg. You will pass woods, fields and a small river. So it is a very nice ride to enjoy the nature.
More InfoThis is a ride in the wine country of Livermore, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. The ride is one of the few rides that can be ridden more safely than others, due to limited traffic during commute hours. At the end of this ride is Lake Del Valle storage reservoir. This is a very popular ride with thousands of cyclists recording their times on Strava over the years. The ride starts with a beautiful rolling flat segment to give you a great warmup and then starts a steady 1.5 mile climb at just over 7% average grade with limited fluctuations throughout the climb
More InfoThe tour starts in the town of Polzela and continues along the beautiful Savinjska valley with a slight slope past the town of Mozirje all the way to the village of Šmartno ob Dreti where we turn off the main road and start climbing to the Lipa pass where the tour ends.
More InfoIn the north of Antwerp you can find an area called the 'Noorderkempen'. The road takes you from the outskirts of Antwerp (Schoten) to Hoogstraten which is located right next to the border with Holland. Famous for the farms and fields, but also is it the favourite training ground for some very famous Pro cyclists. Due to the open fields and flatness it is a good area to work on your power output. These roads are almost car-free... so you can go as fast as you can, or have a fight with the wind. This ride was filmed on a beautiful but cold March evening.
More InfoFour laps of the undulating Circuit Zolder (3.92Km/lap), the location of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix until 1982 before the race moved to Spa-Francorchamps after the death of Gilles Villeneuve in 1982 qualifying. Zolder has also hosted the UCI Road World Championships twice in 1969 and 2002, Cyclo-cross, and various other motor racing series. There is a FulGaz segment on lap two; make sure you are properly warmed up before your qualifying lap!
More InfoThe long way up to the Tan Hill Inn, Official Climbs #51. Warm your legs up first though, bearing left at Feetham to climb the steep Turf Moor (Official Climbs #142) onto open moorland. Look out for the red grouse flying across in front of you at 12.25Km, just after you complete the Turf Moor segment. This is the famous Red Grouse which appears on Scotch Whisky bottles. Although a protected species, hunting is permitted (eg the "Glorious Twelfth") providing local population levels are not threatened. After reaching the Tan Hill Inn at 26Km, swoop back down to your starting point at Muker in Swaledale; this is the reverse of the Fulgaz ride "Tan Hill from Muker". "Any higher Mr Bond, and my ears will pop".
More InfoAn easy loop around Gresham, Oregon, mostly on off-street paths and through the historic downtown.
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