What does romance have to do with bicycling? If you’re an avid cyclist this might appear to be a dumb question. Those of us that ride, not only have a love affair with our bikes but also with the distant places our bikes take us. This is particularly true when we have the opportunity to
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Do you ‘CONNAISSEZ’ this climb? I’m still learning French. In fact, I will always be learning French. Just this morning, for instance, I had a French lesson while climbing the Col de la Forclaz. The French verbs ‘connaitre’ and ‘savoir’ are always tough. Both connaitre and savoir mean ‘to know’ and it’s highly confusing to
There it is. The word is officially out. Nine years after my first cycling trip to the Ariege there it appears on the world cycling map in the 2012 Tour de France route! It’s not the first time the Ariege region has featured in a Tour de France. When it does, however, it usually passes
I was dozing on the train to Grenoble when the enormity of the Alps filled the eastern window like an IMAX theatre screen. I’d cycled what seemed like half the world, but I’d never seen giants like these before. The mountains rose dramatically from a lush valley floor forming a natural ampitheatre of sharp peaks
