I took my black Crust Lightning Bolt to Switzerland. A friend owns a "rustico" in the Italian speaking canton Ticino. The weather was great, the riding challenging, the scenery postcard-ready. We rode in and around Zürich and then took the train over the Gotthard pass to the Maggia valley.
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| San Carlo (957 m), Val Bavona, Ticino, Switzerland |
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| Valle Bavona Climb stats. Not even close to the hardest climbing in the region. |
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| Monti di Rima (3,500 ft), Lavizzara, Ticino, Switzerland |
I haven't crunch all the numbers, but it was about 130 miles with about
17,000 ft of climbing. Gradients reached 23.3 %. On gravel. Hike-a-bike
was done. Beauty was observed. Bucket list items checked off. This wasn't a chase the cols type trip, just riding local roads familiar to a buddy.
