Mallorca – road biking

Cait — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:00:42 +0000

With sub zero temperatures and snow hitting Zurich 2 weeks ago the first reaction is to think how much you’d love to jump on a plane to Spain. So I did. Mallorca seems to be the place to go for road bike training and a must do for any cyclist, this would normally put me off because I don’t like following the crowds but the opportunity for a last minute trip was too good a chance to miss. It lived up to it’s reputation despite the weather being ‘bad’ for most of the week – just meaning the locals were out in their winter boots and down jackets and there were some very strong headwinds but no leggings required for cycling. Lots of big climbs, super smooth tarmac, undulating roads along the coast, millions of hairpins bends and of course some sunshine.

7 days, 18 hours riding, 13500m climbing, 460km and plenty of coffee stops. Calves survived thanks to Compressport Full Legs and I now have an excuse to avoid riding the rollers inside for a while!

Spring!

Cait — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:34:00 +0000

The weather has gone nuts and we’ve had a 30C temperature increase in the last 3 weeks and it now feels like summer. I’ve been getting cabin fever stuck in Zurich and the small hills around it so with 17c, blue skies and sunshine yesterday it was time for an adventure. What a ride – jersey and shorts, an 11km Hors category climb passing ski slopes and snow shoe hikers, an insanely fast fun descent back down, frozen lakes and xc ski areas, smelly cow farms and finally Saturday shoppers posing in their Gucci sunglasses beside Lake Zurich. The photos say it all, more here

road to Schwyz

climbing to the ski resort

view on the way up

view from the bars

Ibergeregg - the top!

got some puzzled looks from the skiers!

snow!

Frozen lake near Einseideln

Lake Zurich

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Mallorca – road biking

Spring!