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Here is a little something from the first event we did here in Austria.
End of September we headed to Velden am Wörthersee in Kärnten (Carinthia) for a weekend to participate in Jeroboam.
In general, I feel like the bike scene here (or at least in Vienna) tends to be a bit dominated by white male roadie elitists...
So it was quite nice to see that the organizers of Jeroboam put a lot of effort into communicating that this is a personal challenge, not a race and the route is their best effort at a well-informed suggestion. In that spirit, there was a price-giving ceremony but with categories like the most spectacular mechanic, the most stylish kit, the longest travel to the event, etc...
In short: mostly good vibes. Vegetarian food options were a bit sparse but they happily took that feedback for next year.
We signed up for the shortest route they offered. 75km with 1500m elevation. Which turned out to be plenty :D especially because both my partner and I were off sick with the flu the days before the event.
Together with two good friends from London who were on a trip through Europe at that point, we rented an Airbnb for the weekend. We picked the Airbnb because it was close to the main venue. What we overlooked is the elevation gain of over 100m on less than 2km distance with inclines of up to 25%...
Out of three times, I only managed to ride it once. Interestingly enough the night I had the most beers ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
After days of rain, the actual day of the ride was stunningly beautiful with blue skies and sunshine alternating with some moody fog and light rays in the forest.
TLDR: Beautiful day on a bike with friends in the Carinthia region of Austria.
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