Ride report: the donzelles ride (22jun2013)

Ride report: the donzelles ride (22jun2013)

Terrain de jeu: Les Voirons

Up: 1193 m

Distance: 57.4 km

Time on the bike: about 5 hours

Max speed (asphalt): 71.3!

Riders: Papy and Limoncello (host)

Day started with minor bike adjustment and coffee + fresh croissants!

Went up les Voirons partly with another friendly MTB rider from Thonex (un bon coup de pédale).

Long long break on the way up so that Papy could demonstrate his play-boy skills with 3 of his friendly neighbours, including 2 donzelles (hence the name of the ride).

Beautiful scenery while on top. It seems we do not want to miss one single sunny day this season.

Really cool downhill, pretty dry, some trees on the way, but les Voirons seem to have less suffered than le Salève.

Long long break on the way down: it seems that the majority of the Voirons is privately owned, and we had the pleasure to have this explained to us in details with one of the owners. It took some time for him to relax and agree we were friendly, respectful and armless (to the mountain) riders.

Stop at Lossy for some refreshment, then back home (via Jmi's for Christophe so we have the exact same mileage).

Points:

Host point: 1 Limoncello

Rider points: 1 each Papy and Limoncello

Bonus points:

0.5 for Papy for: bike overview (considered as after-sale duty), being on time and riding from home, showing the way in les Voirons, entertainment on the way up

0.5 for Limoncello for: Coffee and fresh croissants provided, riding with and to Papy's place on the way back (and not cutting to go directly home), so we have the same mileage and ride condition