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Don I think you are correct about the Tour starting in the 2nd week of July, I didn't phrase it very well in my email, I should have said "I suspect the week following your tour". I do not think you need to change your dates although there is still the possibility of snow on the Galibier and...

These are the type of roads you will find in the Vercors The Hotel le Marronnier is in the village of Rencurel in the top left of this map roughly where the gorges de la Bourne is marked. I still hope to make it across to NAFO next year so I'll make sure to bring some maps with me and we...

Not quite in the French Alps but about 20 miles to the SW of Grenoble is the Vercors National Park with a nice bike friendly hotel right in the centre. Hotel Le Marronnier makes a nice base for a couple of days pleasant riding on really obscure roads as can be seen on this site. Alpineroads.com...

During my travels this year I've also been looking out for interesting bridges. Here are a few of them. The first ironbridge opened in 1781 "> Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge (1826) "> Also by Thomas Telford as part of the London to Holyhead turnpike. The small archbridge...

Thanks for the info. I had already found Mt to Sound and will look further at CycleBC. Flights will be about $1200, bike rental about $3200 so a decision will be made during the Christmas holidays but it looks doable.

This is beginning to look very interesting. I can usually take a 3 week vacation so I can hire a bike out of Seattle or Vancouver then head east for a few days through WA,ID and MT before heading to Castlegar. Then a big loop North to Hyder. I just need to finish paying off my credit cards from...

John Young on the Trident is in New Mexico struggling with the heat. Although he hopes to make it into Ontario it will be close.

That's great to hear. the last time I spoke to John, before he left the UK, he was feeling very despondent and hoping that he would make it beyond day 1. I look forward to hearing reports of his speech at the finishers banquet. As long as it's not about Triumph gearbox mounting brackets :lol:

Just bring the rain gear and midge repellent. :D

Just about now my friend John Young is on his way to Heathrow airport to drop off his IBR bike at the shippers, it will next to be seen in Seattle. What's so special is that he has chosen a 1969 Triumph Trident. Over the last six months most of his spare time has been spent in the garage, as...

Just about now my friend John Young is on his way to Heathrow airport to drop hisIBR bike at the shippers, it will next to be seen in Seattle. What's so special is that he has chosen a 1969 Triumph Trident

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I was one of the early starters and it rained at some point on all the laps but that was not too bad and easily dealt with. The main problem was the fog over the mountain, normally you would expect to make good time here with speeds generally around the 60 to 70 mark but visibility was so poor...

Starting at 0930 on Thursday May 5th IBA ireland hosted the inaugural TT1000. Completing 27 laps of the 37.73 mile TT circuit in 30 hours does not seen to difficult at first glance but add in a few complications and it became a very interesting ride for some. You can find a good report by Lynn...

Yes they do

And in the summer you could try this in Norway. Just imagine setting up for the hairpin and one of these guys buzzes you!

Thanks Don. That's a very kind offer. At the moment I have a (very) tentative plan of hiring a bike in Seattle or Vancouver (BC) and building a 2 or 3 week tour based around the Dam Tour but everything is flexible until early 2012. Who knows I may even make it to SW FOG 2011. It seems Adam is in...

I already have Sept 2012 pencilled in the diary for my next trip to the PNW. Perhaps I should think about June and including BC and/or AB?

I am fortunate to work for a Italian company that has a in-house motorcycle club and back in June I rode down to join them for their ride out to Monte Amiata. As I was short of vacation time (at least then, but what happened a week later is another story) I left the UK early Friday morning and...

I visited Bodie a couple of years ago on the advice of a rider I met on Tioga Pass. A fascinating place but as I was 10 miles into reserve at the time I wanted to make sure I made it back to Lee Vining before the gas station closed so I did not give it the time it deserved. I guess I will make...