Wow!

At about 2 or 3 kms from here there’s a chateau – Chateau du Peuch. It’s more or less downhill all the way from my house and in summer when the tourists are here you often see middle-aged couples who have hired or borrowed bikes struggling to get up the slope which is quite steep in places. It’s a wonder there aren’t more heart attacks!

I would never have attempted it on my old electric bike but hit the hill yesterday afternoon. Going down was quite an experience as after the recent rains there was a lot of loose gravel on the road surface, but coming back up was exhilarating.

There’s a flattish bit at the start in front of the chateau entrance and then it’s more or less up-hill all the way with windy bends in places that I had to slow down for. Otherwise I hit 40 kmh in places and never went below 37 kmh – with no pedalling! This bike is totally amazing 😀