I was in France in July 2009 trying to ride my bike up
some
of the famous Tour de France mountain stages in the Alps. One of
the most famous is the Alpe d'Huez. That's my bicycle below, a
green
"Gilmour" (Andy Gilmour is a local bicycle builder) at the top of the
Alpe d'Huez.
I was back in France this past summer. The next picture
shows the last 3 or 4 km of the road to the
summit of Mt. Ventoux, another famous climb in Provence.
