Well, not losing many words about today’s ride other than it’s been another several hours of spectacular cyclocrossing. Truly blessed to live in such a wonderful country, have enough disposable income to afford two new bikes in one year, a wife that lets me buy them and ultimately have good legs to go climb some of the finest trails. Thanks!
| Distance: | 78.6km (48.8 miles) |
| Elevation: | 2’747m (9’012 feet) |
| Time: | 04:13:21 |
| Speed (avg/max): | 18.6/67.7 kph (11.6/42.0 mph) |
The sun was already poking through the hazy sky when I left for a cyclocross ride to the Chasseral. I spent the first half of the ride under blue skies, rode mostly dry gravel roads and passed some frosty spots on the shaded slopes that don’t get much if any sun this time of the year. The last pitch to the Chasseral antenna was as icy as last weekend and provided no conditions to beat my Strava segment record. Once at the top of the mountain the weather was changing. Clouds were rolling in from west creating a spectacualar scenery. Instead of dropping down to Nods, I spontaneously decided to add a loop around lake Biel. I needed to stop by my mom’s and the lake loop added some more miles to get there. I stayed on the mountain ridge and rode towards the Chaumont above Neuchâtel. At the Grand Chaumont I turned left to reach Enges, continued to Lignières then descended into La Neuveville. Now, I tried to follow the lakeshore as closely as possible to get around the southern side of the lake. I haven’t done this in years and was surprised to see a lot of changes, especially a lot of luxury homes for the wealthy few that have popped up in areas that used to be nothing more than small pastures or orchards.
| Distance: | 84.4km (52.4 miles) |
| Elevation: | 2’286m (7’500 feet) |
| Time: | 04:01:16 |
| Speed (avg/max): | 21.0/75.7 kph (13.0/47.0 mph) |
