Archive for July, 2009

  • Vineyards and Mountain Passes

    Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

    After the GF Pinarello on Sunday, Monday we headed into the beginnings of the Dolomites and the Passo Rolle. As you are headed up the Rolle, to your right you have a view of Cimon della Pala (which I incorrectly identified on Twitter as Tre Cime Lavaredo). The climb itself is not so hard, with [...]

  • Straight Outta the Blocks

    Sunday, July 19th, 2009

    Straight outta the blocks is how I would describe both my trip as well as today’s Gran Fondo Pinarello. Doing the Gran Fondo itself within 36 hours of arriving is certainly a fast start to the trip. Like most Gran Fondos, the Pinarello starts with the chaos of about 2500 people heading out through [...]

  • Off to Italy!

    Thursday, July 16th, 2009

    For those of you who haven’t been following my Twitter stream, I will be off to Italy with Velo Veneto from 16 July until 28 July. Internet access will exist, but spare time will be, well, spare. I also won’t have access to my phone, thanks to T-Mobile’s ridiculous foreign roaming policies.
    I’ll try to get [...]