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This Ride Had it All

Day two of our weekend trip to southern Bavaria was a 70 km ride from Murnau am Staffelsee back to Füssen. Right from the beginning, the…
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Cycling Nourishment

Our first ride of the bikes in 2024 was a brilliant day. The way from Füssen to Murnau is beautiful and lush. Starting off in Füssen you…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 14: Neumarkt to Brombachsee

Today we decided to call off the tour, though only a day early. The European heatwave we are experiencing this last week just became too…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 13: Regensburg to Neumarkt

Years ago, we rode a local route to train a bit for longer tours. It was a 30 km loop with about 300 m climbing. At the time, we figured…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 12: Deggendorf to Regensburg

Every so often a tour day is just weird, or a bit crazy, and that’s what we got today. The day had two long detours from the Donauradweg…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 11: Passau to Deggendorf

We planned an easy day, just 50 km of flat pavement. What we got was constant headwinds, beating sun, blocked cycle paths, and dusty gravel…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 10: Salzburg to Passau

Our longest day so far, at 118 km, proved to be a thrilling ride, with a stronger pace despite the 800 m of climbing. It was a beautiful…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 9: Bischofshofen to Salzburg

We left the Alps behind today when riding through Lueg Pass, high above the Salzach River, on our way to Salzburg. The ride was varied…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 8: Spittal an der Drau to Bischofshofen

We spent the morning in Spittal an der Drau just goofing off, sitting in a park, trying to repair my Wahoo head unit that lost its…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 7: Lienz to Spittal an der Drau

Gravel madness! 30 km of awesome gravel tracks, up and down, plus nice smooth bike lanes deep in the forest. We had it all today on an…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 6: Bruneck to Lienz

Big nature. That’s today’s theme. Wow. We rode through forests, in tunnels, along rivers, over hills (a lot), and screamed down a…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 5: Sterzing to Bruneck

That was the best bike ride of my life. The route to Bruneck winds up and down the hills along the Rienza river, sometimes steeply, other…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 4: Innsbruck to Sterzing

Riding over the Brenner Pass today lived up to its reputation. The bold nature of the pass is hovering over you until the very end of the…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 3: Garmisch to Innsbruck

Now I know why I’ve never seen a review of a bike tour from Garmisch to Innsbruck. Despite the never ending views of the mountains in…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 2: Ammersee to Garmisch

We did 70 km and it was hard. Towards the end of the day, we had a rain shower, which we had hoped to miss, but it was really fabulous to…
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Summer Tour 2022 Day 1: Augsburg to Ammersee

Wow. That was a hot day that we will remember. The first day on the summer tour and we had the “summer” part all day. The landscape is…
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