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Old 11-29-11, 10:39 PM
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More photos from the Aveyron and Tarn et Garonne, southwestern France. In August 2009 my wife and I spent a month here wandering around on bikes and in a borrowed car.

Road to Sanvensa, near where we were staying.



Road to Testas.



Between Testas and Le Batut.



On the road to Cordes-sur-Ciel.



San Antonin-Noble-Val, where some friends of ours live.



If you ever get the chance to spend time in rural southwestern France, jump on it!
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reminds me a lot of the area in germany where I lived (near the rhine) very beautiful, I plan on going back to ride
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Originally Posted by supersport
More photos from the Aveyron and Tarn et Garonne, southwestern France. In August 2009 my wife and I spent a month here wandering around on bikes and in a borrowed car.

If you ever get the chance to spend time in rural southwestern France, jump on it!
Agreed! I spent a month in the French Alps just riding last August-September and had an amazing time riding all the col's that you see during the TDF!

A couple from when I rode an anti-clockwise loop from Briancon to the Col Agnel (Col Agnel road photo posted earlier) and over the Col d'Izoard.

Combe du Queyras



Just past the turn off to the Col d'Izoard - Chateau Queyras

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my first photo upload.^^
How did you guys make your photos so large? while mine is so small. the source of mine is quite large...
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Old 12-01-11, 04:20 AM
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Originally Posted by sonomablue
my first photo upload.^^
How did you guys make your photos so large? while mine is so small. the source of mine is quite large...
My photos were uploaded that size to the blog I wrote of my trip and then then just linked to these posts...
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44 miles of mostly unpaved roads today



This is just before the finish



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More flat rural FL this time in the Nature Coast area:




Nature Coast Trail:

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Originally Posted by dgasmd
Simply fantastic pictures!!!
+1! Wow.
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Glendora Mountain Road below Newman's Point. Crystal Lake Bowl in background. Shot February 25, 2012

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This thread should be hidden in winter. It's just too cruel.

Utah, heading into Monument Valley:



California, just outside Bakersfield:



Oregon, Alpenrose Dairy:

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this thread should be hidden in winter. It's just too cruel.
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I guess there is someone in the top picture, but oh well.







Gravel travel.

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Had the day off work last Friday, so I decided to sleep in and then roll the legs over along Beach road. It was a bit warm, already over 30 when I left home and well on the way to the forecast maximum of 35. Saturday was hotter again and hit 38!

Beach road is a very popular training route for cyclists in Melbourne, Australia. Starting only a few kilometres from the CBD, it follows the east side of Port Phillip bay and offers great water views with some long streches sans lights.

Usually swarming with bikes over the weekend, these photos show the road as quiet as you can expect them...

Heading south to Ricketts Point



North of Mordialloc

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This must be north of Toronto. Where is this?
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Hwy 39, Azusa Canyon, So. Cal.

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This must be north of Toronto. Where is this?
The first two are somewhere west of Port Perry and the wacky trail is about 10KM from Lindsay. Circumnavigation of Lake Scugog Gravel Ride.
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Originally Posted by Durockrolly
Hwy 39, Azusa Canyon, So. Cal.

I LOVE that climb! Especially in the weekdays when there are almost no cars.

Top of Latigo near Malibu:


Mulholland Highway coming up from the coast:


Last weekend's ride, top of Piuma Rd. :
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I haven’t looked at all the photos on this thread, but the ones I have are beautiful, and all seem rural. Here’s an urban one that I see often on my daily commute. It’s on the Avenue Louis Pasteur in Boston, looking toward the Harvard Medical School. I’m intrigued by how the center line bisects the columns of the portico.

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My current local training routes are pretty boring, so instead I thought I'd post a few more from my month last Autumn in the French Alps.

Barcelonette loop - 4673m elevation over 120km. Three cols - Col de la Cayolle 2326m, Col des Champs 2080m, and Col d’Allos 2250m.

Mid climb up the Col de la Cayolle



Top of the descent south off the Col de la Cayolle.



Last switchbacks on the Col d'Allos



Descent off the Col d'Allos to Barcelonnette

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This is in a corner of the Paint Rock Valley in North Alabama. I climbed up the "mountain" and took this pic after I lost traction on a slippery spot on the road:



I still had a ways to go to get to the top:
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In Hawaii, on vacation. Oahu, to be exact.

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Originally Posted by bbattle
Highway 36 scoffs at E.V. (Pool) Putman Highway and its feeble attempt at curves.



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Easy to find country roads with nobody else on them. How about downtown Dallas at about midday?
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Here are some pics from Amelia Is. FL earlier this month.


Another...


I pulled over to take this pic. One minute later, after I got under way again, I was left hooked by a car and my bike was totally destroyed. RIP Lemond Zurich.
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