Pick n Mix vol. 28

Our Pick n Mix selections are always a favourite around the FulGaz office as they highlight the diversity of regions that are available to explore and bring together contributors from a variety of backgrounds.

This week is no different as we head to Switzerland, Scotland, the USA, the Netherlands, and Australia.

Special mention should go to Stephen White for capturing a STUNNING ride near the Grand Canyon.

Thanks to this week’s contributors, Ian Downie, Tom Gosnell, Stephen White, Oli Stenning, Roalt Aalmoes, Bjoern Rosner and Adam Scroggy.

You can find these rides under NEW in FulGaz.

 

KINMUCK, KEITHALL, KINKELL AND KINTORE

A favourite training ride of fellow Scottish contributor David Crighton, this takes you on either side of the River Don from Dyce through the Aberdeenshire countryside. Although there is over 500m of climbing on the ride, nothing is too challenging except for the Slacks climb towards the end where you will see a double figure gradient for a short section before you hit the fast descent back towards the starting point. Original ride: normalised power 167W (2.42 W/kg); wind 16.6 km/h NW

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34.649km
DISTANCE
1:28:34
DURATION
510m
ELEVATION

MOUNT LEMMON CLIMB TO SKI VALLEY

Every year the Greater Arizona Bicycling Association supports the Mount Lemmon Hillclimb. It is the perfect way to make the 25 mile journey with access to food and water along the way. The ride starts with a short 2.3 mile warmup to the base of Mount Lemmon where the real climbing begins. The ride ends in Ski Valley at the southern most ski slope in the USA. Make sure you take in the sights along the way!

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45.627km
DISTANCE
3:24:39
DURATION
1812m
ELEVATION

THE GRAND CANYON SIGHTSEEING TRIP

Bring your own bike or hire one from "Bright Angel Bikes" and take a ride around the Grand Canyon at a leisurely pace, taking in the magnificence of this location. You will be riding along quiet roads and cycle paths, with frequent stops to admire the views into the canyon.

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27.438km
DISTANCE
1:42:13
DURATION
333m
ELEVATION

UP MONTVILLE AND ACROSS TO MAPLETON

Take in the beautiful scenery around Montville with Blackshaw Rider, Oli Stenning.

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24.433km
DISTANCE
0:56:04
DURATION
549m
ELEVATION

BRIELSE MAASDIJK

South of Rotterdam the Brielse Maasdijk is a dyke that is situated north of the old waterway of the river Meuse. This ride starts in the city Spijkenisse all the way over the dyke and over the dam that closed this old waterway from the North Sea. The ride ends in the village of Kruiningergors. This easy ride is flat and filmed in the autumn, with some open spaces and forest areas. On the right, on the other side of the river, you may see some heavy industrial areas and some wind turbines, evidence for the usual windy conditions in this area.

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23.668km
DISTANCE
0:52:02
DURATION
66m
ELEVATION

TREMOLA TO FLüELEN (GOTTHARD PASS)

This ride takes us over the famous cobble stone Tremola road, reaching the Gotthard pass from Airolo, in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, and descending the North side of the Alps and into the German speaking part all the way to Altdorf. The Tremola San Gottardo road was built around 1830, building out an important alpine crossing and making it accessible for horse drawn postal carriages. As a result, it winds up over 24 hair pins at medium grade and on relatively wide cobble stones. The ride starts at the train station of Airolo, follows a small local road (including an encounter with a snake if you watch carefully) and then connects into the Tremola which soon switches to cobble stone, displaying breathtaking switch backs and a beautiful road layout.

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61.287km
DISTANCE
2:46:32
DURATION
1029m
ELEVATION

ZUG TO IBERGEREGG

Starting out in Oberwil near Zug, Switzerland, this ride takes us along the Zugersee as well as the Lauerzersee towards and through Schwyz, the city that gave this country its name. From there it goes steep upwards (approx 6% to 11% max) until we reach the top of the Ibergeregg mountain pass at 1406 m elevation, on the way with vistas of the nearby twin Mythen Mountain peaks as well as the Vierwaldstaettersee (Lake Lucerne). A beautiful descent leads us down into pastures with mountain views all around until we eventually ride along yet another central Swiss lake, the Sihlsee, and complete our ride.

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46.078km
DISTANCE
2:21:24
DURATION
1125m
ELEVATION

MOUNT POREPUNKAH

Chasing the afternoon light on Mount Porepunkah near Bright, Victoria.

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14.15km
DISTANCE
00:45:36
DURATION
452m
ELEVATION