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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real7/24/15 5:28 AM |
It was breath taking to watch and I am sure to climb. It was also VERY narrow. I felt the road was basically a one lane paved trail and it was rutted up a bit in places from what I could see on the coverage.
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henoch
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 1690
7/24/15 7:10 AM |
It looked pretty awesome.
Looks like something I'd love to have a go at.
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walter
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 4391
Location: metro-motown-area7/24/15 9:05 AM |
montvernier is stunning
so much packed into only 3km!!! doing that climb is on my bucket list now...
<img src="https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11011530_10206404470902486_6714972525502206925_n.jpg?oh=7e354938cb4a8edf329dc747a773eb3e&oe=56192D5C">
<img src="https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11707577_10206407512658528_4736899408926632418_n.jpg?oh=49372fc7d41424841a610ca217d26d64&oe=56552A12">
<img src="https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/11694881_10206408129793956_2822720324649321655_n.jpg?oh=5901b9b05b8efbfc5d0382d3d0be1a4a&oe=56422DB8">
Last edited by walter on 7/25/15 8:06 AM; edited 3 times in total
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX7/24/15 9:09 AM |
Awesome, beautiful, and likely painful... ;)
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Jesus Saves
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Posts: 1150
Location: South of Heaven7/24/15 12:22 PM |
Agreed. Painful up, and yikes - shorts soiling going down. Leave behind the TP and matches on the tour bus (RE: see other thread)
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX7/24/15 12:39 PM |
We should meld this thread with the flaming butt thread. I can see flames being involved on the descent... ;)
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henoch
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 1690
7/24/15 2:34 PM |
No way I'd go down that on a bike but dang I'd love to go up it.
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH7/25/15 5:55 AM |
That second image...
... is rotated by ~30 degrees, making the slope look ridiculously steep. If you adjust it in a image editing program, it looks much more reasonable and more fun.
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walter
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 4391
Location: metro-motown-area7/25/15 8:06 AM |
adjusted for true vertical, ~25 deg to get the walls of the church trued-up:
<img src="https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/11703192_10206414638636673_3466790807867215226_n.jpg?oh=a036b90a4104f9392be6cf4784df4f5e&oe=56551F88">
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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield7/25/15 5:35 PM |
Wikipedia view, nice lighting
"Montvernier is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France."
The official website
A cycling homage to Montvernier
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