bourg d’oisans to bristol day 1, a set on Flickr. Day 1 of my trip from Bourg d’Oisans to Bristol started a day earlier than first planned. With snow due in Bourg d’Oisans on Sunday I decided to get away today and put in a few banker kilometres and a farewell lunch with the family in…
Today was spent servicing the PROMPT D902 for my trip back to Bristol via the Paris Roubaix Challenge. With about 1500 km to cover I have replaced tyres and cables and completed a once over of the bike. Tomorrow will be the first proper test of the panniers that I fitted at the weekend. Unfortunately the weather…
Its not long now until the Paris Roubaix Challenge and I finally got to practice on some cobbles near us in Grenoble. It was a fairly small section just over 10 metres long – pretty straightforward not sure what all the fuss is about really ! Mind you they were a lot flatter than the…
Over the last couple of months we have been talking to Mosquito bikes about helping them out at the Bespoked Bristol show in April. My next thought was how to get there, and a plan was hatched – lets cycle it and not only cycle it but compete in the Paris Roubaix challenge and watch…
Annecy, a set on Flickr. I recently left the cold Oisans area for an equally cold and wet trip to Lake Annecy. There is a 37 km loop following the lake shores and I managed a couple of loop before the super cold rain forced me to cancel for the day. Looking forward to going…
Ed and Simon Visit January, a set on Flickr. We had some new business partners in the area last week here discussing a great new project for Bourg d’Oisans, More Than 21 Bends and PROMPT.CC. We took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather to tackle the Alpe d’Huez climb and also a local loop out…
Winter Riding in the Oisans, a photo by MoreThan21Bends on Flickr. Cycle Hire for Alpe d’Huez in January We quite often get asked if its possible to ride here in the Oisans in the winter – the answer is yes – but you have to pick the right time to go and probably only for…
We have been having some wonderfully mild weather in Bourg d’Oisans over Christmas and after the snowfall in December the skiing is pretty good too. We still have availability in some of our self catering properties over the coming months so why not come and enjoy some winter sunshine with us.
We get lots of interesting, lovely people staying with us and have decided to now and then tell you a little bit about some of them. In June 2012, Lily Kentwell, a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Photomedia) at the Australian National University, joined her father Craig on his More Than 21 Bends “La Marmotte Big Col Tour”…
Cycle hire for Alpe d’Huez in December Since living here in Bourg d’Oisans I have cycled my local climb – Alpe d’Huez at least once a month – the summer months are great however December and January are really tough. You have to pick a good day to ride and wait until 1 pm before…