Garmin Activity: to be added later
禮拜天早上還是傾盆大雨. 我在民宿慢慢用早餐, 用手機跟朋友聊天, 整個都沒有時間的壓力. 衣服乾了, 連鞋子都是. 當雨稍微變少了之後, 我上路了. 這裡的高山我決定改天再來騎. 畢竟安全第一, 這不能打折扣. 頭一個小時真的沒有甚麼雨. 有了一些坡. 我發現了說爬坡的話, 平把真的輸給Roubaix, 下坡反而是顛覆這個概念. 碟煞在這些淋濕的小路真的超級好控制, 我很喜歡這安全感. 看到了許多美麗的風景. 烏雲下的青草真養眼. 在這裡拍了幾個影片, 想要跟朋友
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可惜過沒多久雨就回來了, 而且一來也是連續幾個小時 本來衣服乾了, 很快就回到昨天晚上的狀態. 比較遺憾的是溫度也很低, 淋濕的手套讓手幾乎麻痺了. 幸好我帶了第二套手套! 今天非常需要! 雨中當然沒有派很多照片, 但儘量享受眼前的遼闊世界就對了! 其實就算下雨, 距離也只有135公里. 對於常常騎270的我來說, 這真的是半日遊. 熬過去就好了!
最後五十公里我認得出來! 是我去年十一月來過的地方! 當時多麼陌生未知的世界在這半年裡已經成為霸特習慣的單車訓練場. 回到這裡我才領悟到這一切. 是每個禮拜密集騎車累積的收穫. 可以引以為傲. 這次比較早回家, 晚上還有時間買東西, 準備晚餐. 雨中的周末這樣子結束了, 至少還騎了320公里, 總不錯吧!
On Sunday morning, it was still raining. The only good part was that the distance to Prague was only 130 km. It would be best to just head back to Prague. I will have rain check with the mountains of Vrchlabi.
I took it easy this morning, I had my breakfast in tranquility, chatted with friends from Taiwan and waited it out a little. My clothes were all dry from the heater, so I could commence anew.
I made a quick video report here.
My bike inside of the hostel. The place nice and the owner friendly
When it finally stopped raining hard, I hit the road.
Before leaving, I took a few pictures of the center of Vrchlabi.
The Krkonse museum, referring to the mountain range behind it.
A cute city indeed, will definitely come back. Probably somewhere end May.
The return ride was completely different from yesterday's ride, also nice. Here, I entered the Liberec region, where I encountered more climbing.
The landscapes were actually really beautiful under these thick clouds. At this altitude it was just right. The mountain town of Spindlerov Mlyn on the other hand, would be too high. I have done this a lot in Taiwan, climbing to four-digit altitudes in rainy weather.
The solitude of these little villages in Liberec was fabulous. It invited to many pictures and movie clips.
During this ride I felt the difference in climbing performance between my two road bikes. The flatbar was a lot slower uphill. Downhill on the other hand was a delight with its disc brakes.
Bartman exploring the wet and overcast outsides of the Czech repubic
Another area with few cars and movement. This is so great!
The dry part of the ride was one hour or so, then it started raining again. Once again, this was a several hours downfall. It only stopped as I already passed Mlada Boleslav.
This bike cam's lens is a lot better for selfies. I will use it more often as from now.
Little village on the hill under a grey sky. Beautiful! And the air was incredibly fresh, so different from Prague.
Welcome in the never-ending downpour
I proceeded with care in the descents, it all went fine.
I passed by a lot of forest areas
A view back, I just came from that higher situated area. There were quite some hills here.
The rain continued, my gloves were getting wet and my hands cold again like yesterday. The rest was fine. Then I had to take off my gloves because my fingers were freezing. I was very happy I brought a second pair of gloves on this ride. It made a world of difference.
At a certain point, I began recognizing the roads. My second ride ever in the Czech republic (Nov. 21, 2015), was also here. I rode from Prague to Hradec Kralove, on to Mlada Boleslav and back to Prague. These were the roads I saw again today. A lot has happened in those five months. The country that felt so strange at the time has now already become my training grounds.
As I entered the Stredocesky Kraj region, the rain's intensity decreased. It made the ride more enjoyable. It was a good 50 km from here.
Two days of grey cycling like this make you notice that little shade of sun right away. So bad, that you want to capture it with your lens. That is what happened to me here.
The wind and the lighter rain made my jacket and gloves dry up. Socks and pants were still getting wet from the water on the roads.
This weekend you have to face a lot of shit (literally), thank you for that support! Flying you over from Taiwan was clearly the right thing to do.
The last hour before arrival, the rain completely stopped. It was still grey and dark, but it felt a lot better. My pants was drying from the wind and I was only 25 km from home.
Going from Mlada Boleslav into the Prague Vychod region. That meant I was getting closer and closer.
I had a feeling it would not be raining before I got home, which turned out to be true
The remainder of the ride was a part I had done a few times, passing through the small town of Lhota, where there is a dam and then on to Stara Boleslav. From there to the small town of Brazdim and then back to Prague's Cakovice region (check the Garmin map for more info)
One last mini discovery before arriving back home. 135 km this ride, considering the rainfall, it was enough. 320km this weekend on my flatbar, it can count for a weekend dose..
This time I got home pretty early, I even had time to go to the store and buy ingredients for m salads the upcoming weeks. I baked some fish, had rice and enjoyed the evening inside, uploading movie clips and chatting with friends.
