Out biking in super conditions today, a
Thursday none the less. I guess we have had about five to six “nice”
Thursdays this year. We all met up at the gym again, at the beginning
wondering where we should go as Inge wasn't there. Luckily she turned
up just as the bell struck quarter to seven, with a plan of what to
do.
Set of towards Bayerstetten, just as
last week, but in Reichenbach we turned up towards the Haslacher Alm.
Had a way to go uphill, with Hopsing and Paulina always coming back
down again to check if we where there. Passed the Haslacher Alm and
continued on to the Stubentalalm on forest roads. Just like on
Tuesday. After the Alm we took a different route, further downhill
and then left along the back side of the Alpspitze. After biking
uphill for a long time we where greeted with the Breitenberg being
coloured red by the setting sun. Had to get a picture of that and
then tried to catch up again. I did not manage that, they where
travelling at exactly the same speed I was. Every time I rounded a
corner they where already at the next. After chasing them across half
the mountain some took pity on me and waited a short while.
Reaching the Dinserhütte we proceeded
up to the Fichtelhütte. At some point I went from biking into
photography-modus, as my camera was out every five minutes. The
scenery was spectacular, the sun setting and casting everything in
red with the clouds at just the right hight that they passed us.
At the top we had a small celebration
drink, as Hopsing has just finished his Trans-Alp biking, which took
seven day. Probably something I could not manage at the moment in
that time. He told us a bit what had happened and it sounded like it
was fun.
Downhill after the small party, with
the night approaching. We reached the Bistro at the right time and
had a drink. We where joined by Michael shortly after that, who had
just biked up the mountain with his self built tandem bike. Fitted
with lots of technical gadget (disc breaks, electric motor, etc.) he
is very proud of it (it's a superb piece of engineering) and even let
some of us have a try on it.
Left after a while, destination home
with a warm shower.
Time in saddle: 2 hours 15 min.
Average speed: 10.1 km/h
Distance: 22.8 km
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