Is this the first bike on a bridge post here? Well it is not a bridge actually, so the first is still up for grabs. It's on the last dam about before grimselpass in switzerland, maybe 200m below it. I knew i was in for some sportscars and motorbikes stinking up the scenery, it was sunday after all. I didn't expect the piaggio vespa riders from alpine countries to have a meeting somewhere, which were like 250 machines extra, conservative guess. Still, the landscape up grimsel was absolutely phenomenal. I originally wanted to sleep somewhere up there but it was early so i kept going and rode furkapasstooo. It's like 400m down from grimsel and then another 700 up.

Boy was it gorgeus, the whole day (other than the motorbikes). This photo was taken just a tad bit below furkapass, the serpentines coming into the valley in the distance were the downhill from grimsel:

This was todays route.

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I've never had an ebike before and don't really know where I should start. I'm looking for something practical and hopefully not too expensive.

My second tour. Tent is staying at home for this one, i have a cabin on the ferry and a hotel in 'dam. Plenty of space in the pannier for ahem, "souvenirs"

Hi everyone, I'm looking to buy a cargo bike because my bike with a pannier is not enough. I looked at bike trailers but I see the limit is around 20kg which I feel is on the smallish side.

Is there a cheapo cargo bike i can buy? No need for motors and stuff because I live in a flat town.

Edit I see 2 comments in the counter but only one in the app?!?!?

Recently got a '14 Trek Domane and have been racking up the miles. I found a group nearby that does 50 mile rides most Saturday mornings and states 14-16mph. What speed should be able to maintain on my own to not get dropped?

Continuing my tour, now in Switzerland on the way towards Italy, rode this amazing pass this morning. Very beautiful but kind of steep coming from Grindelwald. Most of it is motor traffic free apart from a few buses who are allowed, dropping off hikers up there. Quite a few cyclists and hikers around though. Took my time on the way down to enjoy the scenery.

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This is such a sad and needless accident. It's one thing to end a stage on a summit, but quite another to end it at the bottom of a steep descent. My thoughts are with the rider's family and all those who knew him.

Recently got a 1by Canyon Grizl, it's been quite the adventure! Coming from the world of mountain bikes, I'm blown away by just how far I can ride on a gravel bike. Instead of taking a car to trails, I just ride from my house! It does everything, and is so much fun.

Best photo i took on my tour yet, from a few days ago. I was looking for a route through the black forest that would keep me at altitude for a while, ended up on the 'schwarzwald radweg' that i didn't know of before, i liked it a lot, skipped my original route and followed that. It's almost completely motor traffic free, mostly on gravel but everything was ridable with 38mm tires. It was surprisingly lonely on the route, hardly anybody on it, apart from some towns it passes or some more touristy places like feldberg. Involved a lot of climbing but i liked it a lot.

If you are interested in the route, there is a gpx downloadable from here.

Hi Kevin, are you ok?

In Cambridge, MA, USA, and nearby communities, bike advocates have made real progress with lanes and paths and general infrastructure. Also the city requires that new builds have a proper bike room. This building was recently gutted and fitted out and this is the bike room today - overloaded, and the building is barely half full... Looks like they will need to find more efficient bike racks!

Meanwhile in a recent commute I was in a queue of 30 bicycles at a light at which about 6-8 cars get through at a time. 10-15 years ago I was one of the few bikes on the roads at any time.

Hats off to the advocates and representatives of the local cities that have made this happen through continuous pressure and work over decades...

Is there a specific route or trail you want to hit up this summer? A distance or fitness goal of some sort? Planning a bicycle tour? Bikepacking?

Please share, I'm curious to see what all of you are getting up to for this summer!

Heavy and slow. But a fun reliable ride 😁

Hello. I just figured I'd mention this exists and should be similar to r/bikewrench as far as repair specific help, but I am also including sharing shop repair resources if anyone wants to post informative first person noncommercial content to share with others.

Assuming bikewrench gets traction, I will need any help I can get. I am mostly a hardcore roadie and haven't worked in a shop in 6 years.

We took some scenic routes so speed was definitely not a priority, but very fun nonetheless. Also learned that between Malmö and Helsingborg there is a bike trail(with a mix of actual bikepaths and roads with cars), that has signage the whole way! Sydkustleden is the name of it.