Marty drove to my house and after that
we set of towards the Breitenberg. Nico and me still noticed our sore
legs from two days prior. We may be good at biking downhill, but
walking down a steep mountain in the early mornings is not what we
are used to. Going towards Pfronten we had a bit of a head wind, but
managed to Pfronten Kappel and onwards no problem (I still got lost
there). After that up through Achtal to the back of the Breitenberg,
where the firs surprise was waiting. The complete way up we wanted to
bike up had been closed due to timber felling. After a short brake we
saw a car with very lumberjacky looking people come down and as it
was a bank holiday we concluded that there would be no danger.
Started biking uphill with Nico rocketing of nearly instantly, me
coming second and Marty bringing up the rear. After going uphill for
a while we heard some weird hollow sound. Turned out it was a
woodpecker pecking an old tree. Carried on even higher until we had
to give Marty some moral support for the last stretch of road.
Reaching the top we where once again greeted by breathtaking Alpine
scenery. Had a bite to eat and something to drink before we put our
long clothes on to go downhill. Was a rather interesting tour
downhill, basically it amounted to a few things. Bad track conditions
on some way, near accident on my (and I think Martys) side, a
puncture for me (number three this year) and some drifting for Marty
and Nico. Reaching the bottom we powered back to Nesselwang before
the presumed thunderstorm hit. We have had hot conditions the whole
day, but in the evening the usual thunderclouds where rolling in.
Time in saddle: 3 hours 20 min.
Distance: 43 km
Average speed: 12,8 km/h
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