today I will not make a good endorsment for Garmin. yesterday the navigator (what I keep attached to the bike, which gives me the route, the temperature and many other little things more or less useful) has stalled. blocked at 59 km to arrival, 38 degrees, etc. I couldn't even turn it off, I had to wait for the battery to discharge completely, to get it started again. luckily I also have the routes on the phone, but I have to stop to watch them.
today I was unable to start the live tracking. someone asked me if I had taken a day off, instead I spent the first hour and a half of stage trying to start it, then I had to give up. I'm very sorry for those who expected it, in the end I think it's a Garmin server problem, because my GPS connected correctly to the phone, and everything worked, except live tracking. I hope that tomorrow will be fixed by itself.
for the rest, a beautiful descent to Chambéry, the Savoy mountains are beautiful, practically enormous vertical woods, surmounted by impressive granite stacks. and below, wheat fields.
after Chambéry I found the cycle path that led to Lake Bourget, where I dropped my bike on the shore and took a bath, fully dressed. it was one of the two best moments of the day. the other was when I was ready to climb the col du chat, because the tunnel that runs through it is forbidden to bikes, and instead I discovered that next to the car tunnel there is another smaller one, for the bikes. 500 meters in altitude and I don't know how many kilometers saved. and in the tunnel it was pretty cool ...
when I got to the other side, the navigator was finally reset, and I discovered that there were 41 degrees. the temperature has never dropped. never.
the path of the Rhone (ViaRhôna) is beautiful, sometimes shady, but today there was no way to enjoy it. the Rhone valley was an oven.
at the end of the stage I felt fresh, I looked at the GPS and said 38 degrees. cool indeed.
now it's cloudy, I hope the weather is finally changing.
day 3
ridden 160km (337 total)
height difference 857 (total 3440)
total collected 1330 (675 km donated)
drunk 6.5 liters
pissed twice.
today I was unable to start the live tracking. someone asked me if I had taken a day off, instead I spent the first hour and a half of stage trying to start it, then I had to give up. I'm very sorry for those who expected it, in the end I think it's a Garmin server problem, because my GPS connected correctly to the phone, and everything worked, except live tracking. I hope that tomorrow will be fixed by itself.
for the rest, a beautiful descent to Chambéry, the Savoy mountains are beautiful, practically enormous vertical woods, surmounted by impressive granite stacks. and below, wheat fields.
after Chambéry I found the cycle path that led to Lake Bourget, where I dropped my bike on the shore and took a bath, fully dressed. it was one of the two best moments of the day. the other was when I was ready to climb the col du chat, because the tunnel that runs through it is forbidden to bikes, and instead I discovered that next to the car tunnel there is another smaller one, for the bikes. 500 meters in altitude and I don't know how many kilometers saved. and in the tunnel it was pretty cool ...
when I got to the other side, the navigator was finally reset, and I discovered that there were 41 degrees. the temperature has never dropped. never.
the path of the Rhone (ViaRhôna) is beautiful, sometimes shady, but today there was no way to enjoy it. the Rhone valley was an oven.
at the end of the stage I felt fresh, I looked at the GPS and said 38 degrees. cool indeed.
now it's cloudy, I hope the weather is finally changing.
day 3
ridden 160km (337 total)
height difference 857 (total 3440)
total collected 1330 (675 km donated)
drunk 6.5 liters
pissed twice.
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