Ken Roberts and Sharon Marsh Roberts
 
We love the bicycling in the Hudson Valley of New York, but we also travel to other places to ride on the roads:

Italy

  • Dolomites: Südtirol + Veneto mountains - [ map | photos | more ]
  • Veneto foothills + plain - [ photos ]
  • mountain passes of Dolomites (Ken on single): Falzarego, Valparola, Giau, Fedaia, Tre Croci.
  • mountain passes west of Dolomites (Ken on single): Stelvio - Gavia - Bernina - [ photos ] - Umbrail.
  • mountain passes of Aosta (Ken on single): Gran San Bernardo, Grand Ferret, Piccolo San Bernardo, Col de la Seigne - [ map | photos ]
  • mountain passes of Piemonte (Ken on single): Colle del Nivolet + around Gran Paradiso, Colle dell'Agnello - [ map | photos ], Colle di Sampeyre + descend Elva gorge.
  • Rome + Amalfi coast - [ photos ]
  • Tuscany + island of Elba - [ photos ]

France

  • Isere river + northern Alps - [ map | photos ]
  • Provence west: Aix + Vaucluse + Cassis coast + Grand Canyon du Verdon - [ photos ]
  • island of Corse / Corsica - [ photos ]
  • Provence east: Cote d'Azur - Alpes Maritimes - [ photos ]
  • Dordogne + Lot river valleys [ photos ]
  • Paris city center + Ile-de-France rides near Giverny, Chantilly, Fontainebleau.
  • Auvergne (Ken on single): around Puy de Sancy, around Vic-le-Comte.
  • Alps (Ken on single): climb high passes from Mediterranean Sea to Lake Geneva [ map ], including Turini, Couillole, St Martin, Bonette, Cayolle, Vars, Izoard, Montgenevre, Sestriere - Fenestre - Susa, Mont Cenis, Iseran, Roselend, Saisies, Aravis, Colombiere, Jambaz.
  • more Alps (Ken on single): Galibier + l'Alpe d'Huez + Mt Ventoux - [ photos ]; Lac Serre-Ponçon, Cormet d'Areches, Petit St Bernard, Col de la Seigne - [ photos ]; Glandon south + Croix de Fer + Telegraphe + Galibier; Col du Glandon north; Col des Montets both sides, Col de la Forclaz + Gorges du Trient - [ photos ].
  • Loire valley - [ photos ]
  • Alsace + three countries in one day
  • Bourgogne / Burgundy lakes + farms

Switzerland

  • St Gallen - [ photos ]
  • Alps (Ken on single), climb high passes (West to East) [ map ]: Grand Ferret, Grand St Bernard [ photos ], Croix, Pillon, Mosses, Grosse Scheidegg [ photos ], Susten + Grimsel + Furka [ photos ], Nufenen + Gotthard [ photos ], Oberalp, Albula, Fluela, Bernina.

Austria

  • Salzkammergut lakes - [ photos ]
  • other riding north + northwest from Salzburg - [ photos ]
  • mountain passes (Ken on single): Grossglockner highway north side up to Edelweißspitze (2571m).

Germany

  • Bayern / Bavaria rides: around the Forggensee, around Erlangen + Nürnberg, München/Munich city streets + farmland northwest from city, 
  • middle Germany: Frankfurt city streets, Ludwigshafen - Speyer loop.
  • northern Germany around Köln + Bremen - [ photos ]
  • around west end of Bodensee (Lake Constance) from Konstanz to Meersburg - [ photos ]
  • Chiemgau in southeast Bavaria: around Traunstein and Wagingersee - [ photos ]

Belgium

  • west Flanders around Bruges - [ photos ]
  • in and around Brussels
  • Wallonia around Rochefort - [ photos ]

Czech republic

  • lakes northwest from Česky Budejovice.

Spain

  • Ronda + Zahara (in the mountains between Sevilla + Malaga) - [ photos ]
  • Aracena (near Sevilla) - [ photos ]
  • Montefrio (near Grenada) - [ photos ]

Scotland

  • west coast: isles of Mull + Skye - [ photos ]
  • Edinburgh city + River Tweed in eastern Scotland - [ photos ]

more . . .

  • Seattle - Victoria - San Juan islands loop with ferries
  • west coast of Ireland
  • Colorado Rockies: Trail Ridge road above 12000 ft altitude on tandem bicycle
  • weekend bicycling in Vermont, Finger Lakes, Adirondacks, central Pennsylvania

 

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