Kind of a cruel place for a stop

Thank you for the explanation. :thumb: I was watching the race last Sunday and while I got the connection to WW I and the strade bianche, I was wondering about the name.

(BTW, I loved to see Marianne Vos win the ladies' version. Nice to see that even L'Eroica participants can win a real race every now and then. :))

She's a goddess in angels disguise! On a Giant Peloton! Ha ha, great on both accounts indeed.

yep. but in Oregon you don't have to fully stop at a stop sign and I go up so slow its close enough.

Just a nice quiet corner.

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Franklin Rd out in Boyertown

I'd have to stop here and collect my courage for this hill to make. Better to stop and get a good rest than to walk your bike.

Like it! Where was this?

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2 or 3 km from my house. Nice ride.

Springtime in Central Washington. Wildflowers on the hillside and a constant headwind as I ride highway 10 west to the town of Cle Elum.
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Thomas gets credit for this photo. At the top of Rainy Pass looking southeast.
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France opened up its borders so I took the Koga and headed south for a day trip that was supposed to happen on the second Sunday of April. Empty roads only.

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Trouée d'Arenberg, pretty legendary and pretty mean. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...31b762257a.jpg




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Somewhere in Western Australia...

Where is that first photo?? Looks like a surreal place to ride

Rail trail in Pennsylvania.
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Wrightsville bridge. Near where they burned the bridge during the civil war.
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Dansey's Pass. Fantastic riding if you're round that way. Imo one of the best routes in the South Island.

Beautiful shots!

Dawn in East Anglia
 

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0500 on the way to work

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Natchez Trace Parkway, Tennessee.

Along side of Canada #1 highway, near my summer cottage and fifteen miles from the town of Red Rock...
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A cool little connector/shortcut I take to avoid the busy Preston-Fall City road when I drop into the lower valley from Lake Alice.
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Lake Creek Trail, connecting Camp Sherman and Suttle Lake, central Oregon:

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Bainbridge Island, Washington

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