Riders: BoumBoum, Adrien (Bassist - contrebasse) at the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Limoncello
Ride lead: Boumboum (comme d'hab)
Ride stats: 52 kms, 850m up, 3h10 on the bike (note: I went up the hill before reaching home to pass the 1000m up mark (just for the sake of it). Total time …. well, probably 5h due to some stops, talking, mechanical, drink with a lady who fell in love with the musicians, etc...
A really nice ride: Arve river banks (flat, direction Chamonix) till St Pierre en Faucigny, then up next on le Mole, via a pretty technical track (rocks, roots) including about 150m portage (in preparation for TdMB?). Then down in direction of Fillinges, to reach the little single by the Ménoge which took us back to the Arve again, about 2 km of the Casino).
Highlights (see pictures in relation to some of the comments):
- The Danny Macaskill pass
- The Arve river banks are beautiful. Its a nature reserve with numerous spots to admire the wildlife
- Meeting Carla and Nicolas Sarkozy (hence the title) and their friends (including Obama)
- Limoncello: mechanical with "le dérailleur de merde". Not sure buying this bike was such a good deal
- Refill stop by a house for Adrian who was running out of water. The lady (no picture available) clearly fell in love with our two musicians, and heavily insisted to invite us (successfully in the end) for a drink in order to get BoumBoum and Adrian's contact details (which they eventually gave). That was supposed to be for his son, who was here and couldn't care less, so I let the readers draw appropriate conclusions.
- Boumboum: tentative for OTB (no succes)
- Almost a hit into a horse who was quietly drinking out of a bucket, right in the middle of a small road (downhill). Lovely apologetical owner (unfortunately, no picture)
- The "Labrico land" road … you need to see the last picture for this one
Points: No points claimed since the ride was not advertised (per the rules). Up to the venerable ref to make exceptions of course.
Pictures:
Come on BoumBoum, Danny Macaskill would do it on the bike with closed eyes
(wooden bridge probably taken off by the water a few weeks ago)
Wildlife
The Arve near St Pierre en Faucigny
Nice pedestrian bridge over the Arve (near St Pierre en Faucigny)
The former and future French Presidential Couple
Sarko, no Banania for us, beers for 3 thirsty MTB riders please!
The whole family
Attention les poules (et les poulettes), la prochaine fois, on amène Labrico!
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