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My second trip to the Alps with the Merida is already history again...
This year I did a six-day tour through Piemonte, which is in the north-west part of Italy. It was an organized trip, our bags were transported with a van and the routes, sleeping and eating was al taken care of. We had the routes on gps and our guide (he and his wife organize the trip) was also riding with us.
So we only had to pedal and enjoy
Which was easy, since the landscape is beautiful and the tracks had everything from easy gravel (mostly climbs) to demanding (at least for us amateurs) descends over rocky singletracks (hiking paths). No shaped trails were we rode, all natural which I like the most.
The Merida did the job perfectly, apart from cleaning the suspension, dropperpost, lubing the chain and replacing the brakepads on the front there was no work needed. For my type of riding it's damn near perfect
I did have to carry a spare battery, which I used everyday but one. Most days I used one full battery and the second one ended up with three bars.
There were 12 riders, all but the guide (on a Levo) and me on analog bikes. Because of this I could do most of the climbing in eco, only on steeper stuff I used trail and when it got so steep the analog riders had to walk I used boost. But boost is sometimes too hard to control on technical and steep stuff, so I got the chance to test the walk-assist mode too. Luckily this wasn't very often.
Once we had to carry the bikes over a pile of rocks, these are the moments you would prefer having the analog bike that rests at home in the garage
Anyway, some pics of the week, this one is on the Col d'Agnel. Crowded with tourists in the weekend, this was on a sunday:
Lunch the Italian way:
Hard to see, but there is a biker coming on that path on the left...
Waiting for some help to get these 23kg's over a pile of rocks
Gotta take some time to enjoy the scenery too...
Climbing with the "e" there's plenty of time to take a photograph of your mates
On the Gardetta plain, beautiful landscape...
Gotta come back sometime...
This year I did a six-day tour through Piemonte, which is in the north-west part of Italy. It was an organized trip, our bags were transported with a van and the routes, sleeping and eating was al taken care of. We had the routes on gps and our guide (he and his wife organize the trip) was also riding with us.
So we only had to pedal and enjoy
Which was easy, since the landscape is beautiful and the tracks had everything from easy gravel (mostly climbs) to demanding (at least for us amateurs) descends over rocky singletracks (hiking paths). No shaped trails were we rode, all natural which I like the most.
The Merida did the job perfectly, apart from cleaning the suspension, dropperpost, lubing the chain and replacing the brakepads on the front there was no work needed. For my type of riding it's damn near perfect
I did have to carry a spare battery, which I used everyday but one. Most days I used one full battery and the second one ended up with three bars.
There were 12 riders, all but the guide (on a Levo) and me on analog bikes. Because of this I could do most of the climbing in eco, only on steeper stuff I used trail and when it got so steep the analog riders had to walk I used boost. But boost is sometimes too hard to control on technical and steep stuff, so I got the chance to test the walk-assist mode too. Luckily this wasn't very often.
Once we had to carry the bikes over a pile of rocks, these are the moments you would prefer having the analog bike that rests at home in the garage
Anyway, some pics of the week, this one is on the Col d'Agnel. Crowded with tourists in the weekend, this was on a sunday:
Lunch the Italian way:
Hard to see, but there is a biker coming on that path on the left...
Waiting for some help to get these 23kg's over a pile of rocks
Gotta take some time to enjoy the scenery too...
Climbing with the "e" there's plenty of time to take a photograph of your mates
On the Gardetta plain, beautiful landscape...
Gotta come back sometime...
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