Contents: Tours (8)
Reports by Piaw Na
All descriptions are in English, unless otherwise noted.
Tours
| Tour of Switzerland and Austria
tour started June 2010, submitted 30 July 2010 Cynthia Wong, Kekoa Proudfoot, Phil Sung, Lisa and I just returned from the Tour of the German Speaking Alps. As tours go, the statistics were unusually bad: we got in 945 miles and 88,916 feet of climbing, of which 13,879 came from 4 hikes we did in Switzerland, meaning we got in only 75,037 feet of climb on the bike. We only had 2 flat tires, both of which were caused by a bad tire blowing out on descents. We did lose almost a week to rain, and another 3 days due to a number of us (myself including) getting sick on tour. |
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| Tour of Hokkaido 2009
tour started August 2010, submitted 10 March 2010 On August 25th, Yana & Mark Ivey, Brooks Sizemore and I did a Bicycle Tour of Hokkaido (the northern-most big Island of Japan). The ride totaled 1532.3km of riding and 15,300m of climb over 18 riding days, during which we got 2 flat tires, neither of which could be attributed to the condition of Japan's roads. (All tracks were recorded by my Garmin 76CSx, and you download all the tracks in a zipped package) |
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| 2003 Tandem Tour of the Alps
tour started June 2003, submitted 8 November 2009 A tandem tour of the Alps, starting from Munich, then riding through Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. |
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| Tour Across France 2008
tour started September 2008, submitted 18 October 2009 At the end of August in 2008, Mike Samuel, Roberto Peon and I toured across France, starting in Hendaye on the Spanish border, and then riding across the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean coast. There, we took a train transfer to Montpellier, and then rode North through Languedoc, Provence, and the Rhone Alps to Bourg-en-Bresse and then Geneva. The journey totaled 1047 miles with 92949 feet of elevation gain. |
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| Tour of Hokkaido
tour started August 2009, submitted 29 September 2009 4 of us toured Hokkaido, starting from Chitose, over to the North East Section and return. We visited several National Parks along the way, and many hot springs. But the main attraction was the Japanese people and their friendliness. |
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| Tour of the Alps 2007
tour started June 2007, submitted 20 July 2007 A lightweight tour of the Swiss, Italian, and Austrian alps, 1501km, 33047m of climbing, and several passes. |
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| Tour of the French Alps (Geneva to Nice)
tour started June 2005, submitted 2 November 2005 A tour of the French Alps, from Geneva to Nice, returning via the Piemont plains of Italy, followed by a visit to various climbs in Switzerland. |
| A tour of Scotland
tour started May 1995 |