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No problem. I've not ridden there myself as yet, but I understand that getting decent topographic maps of Italy is rather difficult #understatementSixPotBelly wrote:Many, many thanks, Dr Matt. Those IGC maps look to be exactly what I'm looking for.
...followed by GPS Visualizer DEM overlay.jameso wrote:edit, answered my own q (googlemaps to gpx conversion)
Pretty much where I am at too.Bearbonesnorm wrote:I'm torn between rigid 29er and crosser
Not really needed, loads of water points and the cues note where many useful ones are, to save doing what we did last time, carrying 2l up big climbs where there's taps on the top. Of course the adventurers/nobs will wing it w/o cues and see what happens* : Dbest water carrying capacity.
One thing to note: fill up at the Col de Tende. the section immediately following that is very high and arid, and will likely be very short of water at the end of the summer. You can probably fill up at the Refuge Don Barbera, but if you're not staying there, I wouldn't rely on it.jameso wrote:Not really needed, loads of water points and the cues note where many useful ones are, to save doing what we did last time, carrying 2l up big climbs where there's taps on the top.best water carrying capacity.
For route editing, I find bikehike.co.uk is great ,as you can 'follow' roads and tracks on Google Maps. Unfortunately, the MapQuest features (elevation and follow tracks on OpenStreetMap) no longer seem to work, but you can do a DEM elevation overlay with GPS Visualiser afterwards, and it's pretty quick to manually fill in any tracks you need to from the OSM map which aren't on Google.jameso wrote:GPS Visualiser's a great site, found it really useful for working on the full route files.
You can, I've been talking to the proprietor and they'll be open. He's mentioned being ready for a few riders coming past with appetites. I don't think they're that busy in early Sept, I was thinking of staying there this time just to ride the section just after it at dawn, it's a nice place. Either that or another bivi on top of the Tende and an alpine start for the whole section.You can probably fill up at the Refuge Don Barbera
vaguely exciting stuff. What's the latest time you'd get food at the top of the Col de Tende? I reckon up the Col late-ish in the day, refuel and then push on for the refuge so you can ride Via del Sale early would be an excellent option. Pre-dawn breakfast at the refuge possible?jameso wrote:You can, I've been talking to the proprietor and they'll be open. He's mentioned being ready for a few riders coming past with appetites. I don't think they're that busy in early Sept, I was thinking of staying there this time just to ride the section just after it at dawn, it's a nice place. Either that or another bivi on top of the Tende and an alpine start for the whole section.
so I'll look at flights to Turin on the 5th, and back on the following Monday night from Nice.
