Lodève mit dem Fahrrad

This was one wonderful ride, with the exception of D999, which has little shoulder and often too much traffic. The route is a little convoluted since we unexpectedly (for the first time that we can remember) ran into "route barrée" signs that stopped us cold and had us adding many miles to our route. The added mileage, though, was all excellent riding and put us on roads that were new to us.. The first gorges that we went thorugh was like a mini-Grand Canyon. Simply marvelous. We recommend going from south to north, as the southside was indicated as 12% while the northside was indicated as 10%.

This was a challenging ride with plenty of climbing on mostly low and zero traffic roads. This was late October 2024 and we had fog and some rain, especially on the descent after the Col du Perthus. A bit chilly. The first major climb was at a pretty steady grade for the entire ride. I think the second climb was similar, though my memory is a little fuzzy on it. The last major climb from Combret to La Loubière felt absolutely never ending. And with our heavy panniers at the end of a long day, it was indeed slow. Also, as we were nearing sunset and the road was wandering sometimes west and sometimes south, the sun was too often directly in our eyes. A tough climb to end our day. We highly recommend these roads. As is evident, late in the ride, we went straight when we should have made a turn. That added several kilometers to the ride.

sehr schön ,runter in Virenqueschlcuht,Strassenbelag der Horror,rauh und hubbelig,auch Abfahrt der Horror so wackelt alles,Rad kaum zu beherrschen super wetter wie immer le mas gauzin schön und ruhig

Traumhafte Landschaft mit super Ausblicken besonder vom Ortsrand am Abhang Bastide Knall Sommer obern auf Col guten Ü Platz entdeckt