Today I rode the Monte Zoncolan with panniers, one, if not the, hardest climbs in the Giro d'Italia. I think it averages 15% for about 10km. Luckily I went down that side, and up the other. Still I climbed 1200m in 13km, and 500m of that was in the last 3.5km through ski fields. It felt, and actually was, like cycling up a black run. Great fun, in rose tinted, beer stained, spectacles. Like riding in the wheel tracks of all the greats, with panniers.
Ciao, James
What? You didn't do it wearing your Age Concern jersey.
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