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Old 30-11-03, 10:14 AM   #1
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To get you started, I have planned a "warm up" (or should than be "warn off") route to welcome you the Alsace roads. Not too far, about 120/150Km, a nice ride for the first morning which returns you to Colmar.

http://www.cyfc.co.uk/eurotour04/routes/route1.jpg

There will be more to follow

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Old 30-11-03, 10:55 AM   #2
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It's a bit twisty isn't it? Wot, no straight roads?

Looks good.


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Old 30-11-03, 11:33 AM   #3
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It's a bit twisty isn't it? Wot, no straight roads?
Straight roads are for Chariots & Cruisers, and the Massive don't do Roman enginnering or Hogs.... If it's straight, leave it to the the "all chrome and no go" brigade

Just done a bit more reasearch..... I think I'll be spending all weekend in Klintzhiem, seeing as I've just found this....




I don't think it's an official race track, but it works for me !

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Old 30-11-03, 11:55 AM   #4
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i spot something in the region of 30 hairpins coooooooooooooolll

getting third gear fixed second week in dec so willl be right up for that!
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Old 05-12-03, 09:47 PM   #5
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If anyone fancies poping over to the Swiss/Italian border, better take your knee sliders



For more, see http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...in.x=9&in.y=12


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Old 07-12-03, 09:44 PM   #6
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Now those are my kind of roads......

Italy here i come !!!!!!
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Old 07-12-03, 09:46 PM   #7
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Looks like LOADS of fun :P them roads are really going to be testing me and the SV
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Old 16-12-03, 09:06 PM   #8
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For those of you with some experience (and the energy) I have worked out a route via Laussanne, through Italy, by way of Aoste, around Turin, down to Nice (overnight stop), coming back via Cannes, up the N85 to Grenoble and making our way back to Besancon.

http://www.cyfc.co.uk/eurotour04/routes.htm#route2

770 miles round trip. Not for the faint hearted, and it's a bit ambitious.

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Old 16-12-03, 09:14 PM   #9
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Those roads are cracking, from what Ive seen on skiing trips. Amazing countryside too. They'll hone me up if Im not sorted by then.
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For those of you with some experience (and the energy) I have worked out a route via Laussanne, through Italy, by way of Aoste, around Turin, down to Nice (overnight stop), coming back via Cannes, up the N85 to Grenoble and making our way back to Besancon.

http://www.cyfc.co.uk/eurotour04/routes.htm#route2

770 miles round trip. Not for the faint hearted, and it's a bit ambitious.

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The Aosta valley has some stunning roads. The section from Courmayer to Aosta featured in the ads for the Michelin Pilot sport tyres when they were launched. I've canoed in the area and can vouch for well surfaced and twisty roads.

I've also driven & riden the N85 to / from Nice / Grenoble and it's a stoater! Down side is that the surface is (was 2 years ago) patchy in places. The hairpins out of Nice are amazing. The section from Gap to Grenoble is not that impressive (except the climb out of Gap!), maybe you could head up to Embrun / Briancon then over the Col du Lauterette to Genoble? a few extra miles but a much better trip.
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