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Posts tagged mountain bike
Mountain bike diary: La vierge noire (baseline)
Aug 3rd
So, not discouraged by my last but ultimately rather unfruitful attempt, I decided to go try the Vierge noire trail again, following the itinerary I scoped out last time.
I was more prepared this time. I left around 2pm, which was a little too late for a comfortable ride as it turned out it got quite hot and there was still a bit of ambient humidity from the morning rain. My tire had been repaired and the bike checked by the nice folks at Mountain Cycle in Voiron. I still need to buy a tool kit to take with me on the More >
Mountain bike diary: the unforgiving virgin and stupidity
Jul 27th
After a nice week-end riding my bike, I decided to try to ride some more today and try to do the second part of my Saturday ride albeit with a much shorter climb. The trick was to figure out a way to climb all the way up to the Bastille and then proceed towards Mount Jalla again.
I thought I had figured out an itinerary but after climbing as much as I could, I got stuck and ended up having to backtrack. It wasn’t that bad in itself because I very often have to backtrack because I took a wrong turn somewhere More >
Mountain biking diary: Mount Jalla and Le Mûrier
Jul 26th
Saturday: Mount Jalla
I had originally planned on spending the week-end in La Plagne to ride around at higher altitude. Things didn’t turn out as planned (do they ever?) and I ended up having to be in Grenoble this week-end.
I was determined not to let that get in my way of taking my mountain bike for a spin and took opportunity of the good weather on Saturday to attempt the climb of Mount Jalla, starting similarly to my failed attempt riding around Mount Néron but then, instead of going west towards Mount Néron, you go a little further up the valley More >
Tension
Apr 3rd
The weather is starting to warm up and it’s enticing me to take my bike for a ride. At the same time, each time I go out, I can see the surrounding mountains still very white (and I know that it has snowed a bit higher up) and it makes me want to grab my board and go ride some freshly covered canyon. Tension between wanting more winter and spring now!
Moutain biking diary: Néron tour attempt
Mar 15th
The weather was pretty good today, not as good as yesterday but still nice. I decided to take my bike out and attempt an itinerary that I’d never tried before: a tour of the Néron mountain. The Néron is a mountain just north-west of Grenoble at the south tip of the Chartreuse massif:
Not long after moving to Grenoble, I bought a mountain bike itinerary book and I thought I’d follow their indications for this trip. Everything started rather well at my rather slow pace with a nice weather. Of course, it started getting colder as I climbed and ended More >
