We did the ride! Estivalia67439944's Profile

It took us about 2hrs with several stops along the way and mainly because as we were heading out my SO suggested it'd be fun to ride along the train tracks and since I hadn't taken my bike on a proper gravel ride I was all over it.

The last third going up we did it on the highway and here's a few things I hadn't anticipated. There was a strong headwind (and crosswind sometimes) and the shoulder on the highway is kind of narrow (1,5mts?) with traffic barriers on the right side.

Even for a Sunday morning there was a lot of traffic of heavy trucks going up at 80-100 km/h. Some drivers gave us space, sometimes a full lane, but others passed very close. On my current commute I do 90% of my ride on a bike path so riding that close to heavy trucks and buses made me feel uneasy.

We rode the gravel roads on the way down. The wind turned at around noon so even going down we were slow, thanks headwind.

Next week we'll ride the highway all the way up & down.