Bike Trip Day 15: It's All Downhill From Here (Not!) Pre-pre-Post note: We're enjoying the comments on the blog! Thanks all Pre-Post Note: Sorry for the lack of photos, Matt's phone died. Today could be described as epic. Nate seems to enjoy planning 100km+ days with just under a mile of vertical gain. To be fair, we are camping around
Bike Trip Day 13: Passing through Oberalp Pass Today started out with a climb out of the campsite. Then a climb out of Disentis. Then a climb up to Oberalp Pass. In total, we climbed about 800 meters. The 500 meter descent into Andermatt was a well earned blast. On the climb we met a great guy from
Bike Trip Day 12: Disentis Abbey In order to stay cool last night, we decided no fly would've necessary on the tent. This was a great idea until 5:30am when the sun rose and beat down on our tent. No one was able to sleep past 8:30, Matt got up just to put sunscreen
Bike Trip Day 11: To the valley and back (up) again This morning we woke to the peaceful sound artillery fire (our campsite was right next to a Swiss military facility.) Nate and Mark rode into Chur to pick up some more vitamin I for Nate (has he talked about how old he is lately) and a spoon and some glue
Bike Trip Day 10: Up and over the pass Today started with Matt running to the bike shop to get a new back brake cable installed after we learned it's difficult to shove a cable back down the tubing. Thankfully the bike mechanic was a nice Scottish man (so he spoke English!) and was able to repair the cable
Bike Trip Day 9: Rest in St. Moritz I'm going to keep this short, because my battery is going to die soon, but today was a rest day in St. Moritz. It was raining in the morning, so we waited until 10 for the rain to stop, then rolled out of bed and ate breakfast. At the campsite
Bike Trip Day 8: There is no word for flat in Swiss-German Tl;dr Lots of up Though it did rain a little last night, we woke up to a sunny clearing. After a light breakfast of bread and granola we started the day with a nice 500 meter climb. Thankfully there was a beautiful view and whatever the German word for
Bike Trip Day 7: Welcome to Switzerland! Before I get started describing the day, Nate would like to make it very clear that it rained all day (again), and he is not happy about it. And he's ready to go home. That being said, today was a pretty nice day. After dinner last night at a "Gasthof"
Bike Trip Day 6: First Day on the Bikes We were supposed to leave by 8 this morning but due to Matt's unpreparedness we weren't out the door till 8:30, at which time the light sprinkle turned into a heavy rain. We biked east from Innsbruck along the Inn river to the town on Landeck, which we measured
Bike Trip Day 5: Das Mountain Karts Today was our last day to explore Innsbruck, so in true bum fashion we didn't get out till 11. This bros place is just too comfy. It didn't help that we broke down our bike boxes at 11 last night into tiny pieces. The goal today was to get to
Bike Trip Day 4: Lazy Thursday Today was a very relaxed day. Matt woke up at some ungodly hour of the morning trying to combat a pesky fly, but I managed to make it until 9:30 or so and Nate, of course, had to be roused from bed at around 10. Breakfast was bread and
Bike Trip Day 3: Welcome to Innsbruck Today was probably the most stressful day of the trip so far, and it wasn't that bad. We slept in until 9:15 or so, and then had breakfast of bread and cheese kindly provided to us by Michiel and Maureen. We made it to the airport with plenty of
Bike Trip Day 2: Arrival in Europe We arrived at Schiphol at around 10:30am local time and had no issues getting off the plane. All of our luggage arrived with us (awesome) and after a brief issue where Mark left Matt in customs with two bike boxes and one piece of luggage, we were on our
Bike Trip Flights out to Europe Our first day of the actual trip. No majors issues. We crossed the boarder into Canada with out any issues (except a visibly nervous mom) and made it to the Windsor airport with plenty of time to spare. Bags were already paid for, so we brought them to the counter
Bike Trip Gearing Up For the Trip We're getting down to the last day before we leave for Europe all three of us spent 4+ hours boxing bikes over the last few days, and think/hope we're pretty much ready to go. Some last minute gear additions include a solar charger that Nate will bring, as we