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Awesome, if somewhat eventful, ride today. With light, and weather, running out. A mate and me drove to Valldal. Its a slow 30 odd km climb from there,ending at the top of Trollstigen, via the back door if you like. Which is one of the big (well it looks cool, its quite short really) climbs around these parts. We planned to ride over the top, do the desent, then the climb proper, drink coffee, eat cake, and roll back to the car.
Amazing weather, and a nice quiet road. The mountains 'loomed' somewhat though.
Properly in the valley now. No way a mobile can captor the beauty of the place.
After while the gradient increased. My dicky tummy hadnt allowed a morning hydration. So I was guzzling water at this point. At the top of that hill I violently protectile vomitted it all up again. Feck.
Feeling a bit dizzy still, I chase my mate down the desent. The view just after I took this photo is amazing..........sorry.
No king of the hill performance today. But the effort felt real enough, and the short punchy climb was as amazing as ever.
At the top I had a quick lay down, and managed to get some water to stay down. Feeling loads better I headed back down (well to a bridge halfway). To put in a better climbing effort.
A nice rest at the cafe at the top, gave my riding buds seatpost a chance to give mine a complex.
The short climb from the cafe saw me snap a gear cable (I hope. Could be a fecked lever). Managed to jam the bike in 50:14. Seemed as good a gear as any. Its pretty much downhill for 35km. But the wind coming up the valley was brutal. Got as low as I could in the drops and span a bonkers cadence all the way. The single speed back to the car is one of my best ride experiances to date.
Total of 6000ft of climbing for the day. Not to mention cheesecake. Great day.
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