Cool ride yesterday.
We went to Jabelines via Le Canal de L’Ourcq where Fred & Amélie did some wakeboard while Julien a.K.a “The Artist” was chillin in the water…
Great sun, Déjeuner sur l’herbe, and riding with friends.
Life.
KMØ.
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Canal de Bourgogne
Gone for a long trip yesterday I’ve finally cutted it in half (130kms) due to the horrible quality of the road.
I always heard Le Canal de Bourgogne was terrific (yes there are nice landscapes on some parts) so I tried.
I went to Dijon by train and wanted to “come back” along the water enjoying : Nightmare.
The first kilometers got nice cycling lanes (real ones), it’s really quiet (we are not in summer) but then …it’s cyclocross: rocks, holes etc.
Not really nice for a road bike.
On KM 100, I got two flats in 1 kilometer, under the rain.
I decided to leave the canal to a real road and reach the nearest railstation (Montbard) to escape this nightmare avoiding some more flats and to die in the middle of nowhere.
By the way, I met animals : a dear jumped just in front my bicycle, hopefully not banging me.
I saw two dears floating in the canal + a big rat (certainly a mass suicide in protest or something) + a big unidentified (dead) animal, at least its two legs and some vitals hanging…
Anyway, I had no more inner tubes and I guess I met around 5 riders during these 100kms!
Bit scary…
Back to the -real- road under a heavy rain I had to hurry to get the train but the roads where like rollercoasters (again!)
I arrived to the railstation and the train doors closed in front of me.
Two hours waiting there totally soaked to the skin.
NO MORE Canal de Bourgogne for me!
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If you wanna try with an apropriate bike, here is a map:
http://www.bikemap.net/route/1555069
You’ve got informations here too
Reims-Paris / The RollerCoaster Ride
Great ride yesterday.
We went to Reims by train and came back to Paris cycling.
Beautiful lands, sun, and some rain (as expected) at the end of the ride.
(Map)
