October 2006
And so the Indian Summer continued in full swing...
The highlight was possibly an afternoon off on the 9th where I decided to head as far south on the Gempen plateau as possible. I reached the reputed Chaltbrunnental just before dusk and followed this back towards the Birs valley. The Chaltbrunnental (Cold Springs Valley) is a wonderful limestone stream valley with a mix of narrow and wide singletrack running down it and water which, depending how far along the valley you are, can be roaring off a 10 metre step one minute and swirling quietly in a large pool the next.
No photos of the Chaltebrunnental as it was getting too dark, but here are some from out on the plateau:
Simon and I only did the Gempen classic route once all autumn and that was 12th October. Actually it wasn't strictly speaking the classic as we managed to sneak in Ingelstein too. This was also the day I finally got the latest Dialled prototype frame built up and ready for a beating. It is nice. It has cool dropouts. It rides like a PA, i.e. very well!
Sunday 15th I put together a great little SwissMap/GPS route in the Jura to the east of the Ober Hauenstein pass. The highlight of this was a descent from the 1088m Belchenflue.
The highlight was possibly an afternoon off on the 9th where I decided to head as far south on the Gempen plateau as possible. I reached the reputed Chaltbrunnental just before dusk and followed this back towards the Birs valley. The Chaltbrunnental (Cold Springs Valley) is a wonderful limestone stream valley with a mix of narrow and wide singletrack running down it and water which, depending how far along the valley you are, can be roaring off a 10 metre step one minute and swirling quietly in a large pool the next.
No photos of the Chaltebrunnental as it was getting too dark, but here are some from out on the plateau:
Simon and I only did the Gempen classic route once all autumn and that was 12th October. Actually it wasn't strictly speaking the classic as we managed to sneak in Ingelstein too. This was also the day I finally got the latest Dialled prototype frame built up and ready for a beating. It is nice. It has cool dropouts. It rides like a PA, i.e. very well!
Sunday 15th I put together a great little SwissMap/GPS route in the Jura to the east of the Ober Hauenstein pass. The highlight of this was a descent from the 1088m Belchenflue.
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