Stoked to share. The stars finally aligned for me to pull this off. The highlight of the trip was definitely crossing the Grimsel, Furka and Gotthard passes. Over all about 470km over 6 days with 6km elevation gained.
The bike worked great, 38mm Pasellas, 11-34 cassette in the rear and 42/24 in the front. I want to give a shout-out to Tiagra for dealing with the crazy gears. My only mechanical issue was roasting my brakes on the passes in the middle of the trip and having to baby them for the rest.
The weather was good so I threw away my warm clothes before the heavy climbing started. I can type up a pack list if someone is interested.
Cheers!
by MonsterKabouter
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Looks like you had a beautiful trip!
Packlists are always interesting to me. I think I’m always carrying too much. Beautiful pictures! How was traffic on the roads?
1. How was Gotthard pass?
I avoided it last time becuase I was way to heavy and took the train from this point:
https://preview.redd.it/av6ewaxo9mnd1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=274c57d5210a5e1afd186d4f654051c53e972781
btw. What does it mean roasting your brakes? I hope you always carry spare pads to replace if neccessary.
Sometimes also metal spring can break and then you have to replace this too becuase it doesnt separate the pads and you get constant noise.
any chance you have a route on komoot for your trip?
Looks awesome! How did you get the 42/24 crankset. I don’t think tiagra offers that. Deore?
Man I am jealous. Couldn’t fit my dream ride from Geneva to Milano this summer, because of family and because there were no more trains to come back home during my vacation week.
How were the cols? I would’ve avoided the Gotthard because of the cars, as the San Bernardino, but I’ve never actually rode them.