Comments on: Leg-Breaking Alpine Adventures

By: leyo

leyo — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:28:19 +0000

first, you are really tall, second, I will not have these shitty shorts chaff my balls. Don’t get me wrong, sportwholl fan one 100% but the buck tops ate the balls baby…

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:02:48 +0000

had no idea this was written by the foggy monocle mate at first. Cheers to cycling and dive bars, and cheers to wanderlust!

By: till507

till507 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:05:48 +0000

I just got blindsided by wanderlust. These are really great.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:47:41 +0000

Wow, great story. Really captured what I too think cycling is all about, and I’m only 18. Someday I’ll do something like this, hopefully soon.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:38:42 +0000

Images like that pulled me into road cycling in the late ’70s, and I’m still in the saddle. I’ve never made it to Europe, but those roads still beckon. Gary Erickson of Clif Bar was similarly inspired and wrote “Raising the Bar” based on his cycling adventures on many of these same mountain passes. It’s a good read. Thanks for sharing this. Your site is an inspiration, sir.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:37:22 +0000

I’m w/ Nick on the photos and the spandex issues. And since you appreciate the (superior, I’d say) style of the vintage velo, but require something modern in for racy applications, you should consider [parting with and replacing / supplementing ] your newly acquired C-dale with something in this idiom:
http://ramblings.cyclofiend.com/?p=376

By: Donald Couch

Donald Couch — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:44:38 +0000

Thanks for putting me into visual contact with old friends, fellow riders, and the tradition of cycling in Northern California.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:26:01 +0000

seth-

I’m running 49×17, about 77 gear inches. Most of the guys had similar gearing.

By: Knox Gardner

Knox Gardner — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:54:19 +0000

Thanks for posting!

Fun photos and freaking great inspiration for the pleasures of cycling simply to cycle and have fun.

By: seth

seth — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:04:19 +0000

kyle,

how many gear inches are you guys running on that ride?

-seth