Having already planned to do train, ride, train at the weekend, I thought it would be great to learn new roads and join the RideRawr group ride when I saw it posted on Strava.
If you are in the Luzern area, check out their Strava group and rides. The group is always fun and inclusive.
https://www.riderawr.com/ RideRawr Strava Club
Train to Luzern for a start at a cafe outside the centre, meaning I had to navigate the busy city roads, not fun for me. We headed off out of the city, through some roadworks and soon we were speeding along past green fields, a short stop to remove a windproof layer before the first climb. The first part of the route was basically one steep climb, then some rest, more steep climbing and some downhill recovery before a coffee and Berliner stop in Wolhusen after about 32km. I was pretty pleased with myself that I didnt drop too badly on the stupid steep parts. There were a few gravel parts which I survived as the route joined empty farm roads with other empty farm roads.
After the sugar refill we set off again, straight up another bloody hill. This one was too much for me and I got a little over half way before I unclipped and pushed the bike. But if you look at our times for the segment apparently I can push quickly as my time is practically the same as the others :). Or they waited for me ... who knows.
One final climb where the roadworks had a cycle lane (genius idea) then swoosh down to the start again. I said goodbye to the others and with 60km and 1230m of climbing in my legs, I still felt good. As I had lots of food left I decided to cycle towards home having no real plan of how far I would get. Turns out I got to Olten and, instead of that one last Hauenstein climb which would mean another hour to get home, I got the train.
Great day out, many thanks to my companions especially Helena from RideRawr for the guiding and the route.
Total distance : 123km
Climbing: 1800m
Avr Speed: 19.3km/hr
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