Rough Go Friday
The last day of a very busy cycling month needed to be worthily celebrated. And there was no better way than to climb a peak that I have not visited in more than a month, the Mont Sujet. Today’s ride was pretty special as it marks the first time I climbed this mountain on a road bike. I’m pretty sure that the mountain has not been visited by many skinny tires. It’s just more suited to mountain biking or hiking as there’s only one paved way up to the top and it’s not a very smooth pavement, hence “Rough Go Friday”. To get there, I crossed a busy town and headed upwards in Vingelz to reach the Twannberg via Gaicht. Gorgeous climb! With the low September sun the lights and shadows in the forest were simply amazing. “Rough Go” though, this climb has a lot of pot holes. In the end I rode 43.6 km to end September at a whopping 560 km and over 20’000 meters of vertical climbing. As far as cycling, September ended up being a perfect storm, where motivation to ride and the weather to do so came together. In addition, I didn’t have a mileage killing mountain bike. Limited to the road, I therefore covered a whole lot more distance than in any other month. Frankly, I don’t think I’ll reach this amount of mileage any time soon again. But that isn’t bad. My only cycling goal is to have fun and as fun has it, it isn’t measured with a silly mileage number. Tomorrow will be a day off the bike and Sunday might be a good day for a hike I’ve been wanting to do. Gotta take advantage of the sunny days. The weather will certainly be less pleasant in October.
