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About Dalsnibba from Geiranger
This is a very rare ride where you get to ride from ‘fjord’ to ‘fjell’ (mountain) and get to experience summer and winter in one ride. It is one of the best rides in Norway and definitely a bucket list ride. You start at the Geiranger harbor, located at the head of the Geirangerfjord (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). From the harbor, you work your way up through town. For the next 12 kilometers / 7.5 you have wonderful views of the Dalsnibba mountain right in from of you. From the mountainsides, water is tumbling down making the whole area extremely green. Slowly the greenery is replaced with snow, and the landscape is transformed into an alpine fairy tale with frozen lakes and white mountains. You have two small descends on this segment where you can rest a bit. As you leave the main road and pass the toll booth to Dalsnibba the gradient increases to double-digit numbers. This is the most difficult part of the ride, but the views definitely make up for the hard work. On your way up, you ride along meter high snow walls. After a small plateau where you can rest a bit, you get to the final steep section. As you make it to the top you have climbed almost 1500 meters / 5000 feet. Every year cycling enthusiasts meet and compete at ‘Nibberittet’ (a yearly Norwegian sport event) to see who is the fastest rider on the mountain.
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Add your music to the ride:
Most cyclists would agree that the ride to Col du Tourmalet is awesome. But when it comes to music opinions are very mixed. This is why we recommend adding your favorite music. It is quite simple to add it yourself. Mute the tab and open an extra browser tab. Find a site that offers music (Spotify, YouTube, etc…) and pick the music you like and enjoy the ride… The original sound of the ride has been left out. The natural sound of the surroundings is simply drowned by noise from passing cars, vibrations from the road, wind, and the rider’s breathing.
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18 Comments
Great scenery, but what a place to live. No wonder the Vikings wandered!
Guapísima Noruega. Este es uno de tus vídeos más maravillosos. Gracias.👍🏽👍🏽
Beautiful! Thank you!
Totally AWESOME
Great footage! Looks incredible. Any chance I could email you about it? Mgoldbergla@gmail.com
Trollstigen ???
Thank you for these beautiful landscapes, and the video. 😉👍🚴
I don't worry about "lockdown". I exercised in France, and Switzerland, on Tuesday and Wednesday, then a quick move to Norway (never been before), and off to France in a mo'. All thanks to Bike the World, accompanied by Jazz music in my ears (from Portugal). I've probably said this before, but never in my 82 years could I have imagined such pleasure was possible in the comfort of my own home, and for virtually no expense.. Thanks and well done to everyone concerned in creating such experiences, and I have loads more to look forward to.x
Not been to Norway for many years thanks for taking me back.
I was lucky enough to ride this exact route a couple of years ago. One of my very top cycling (and non cycling) memories – incredible view from the top and a great fun (and long) descent back down… Quite a difference in the temperature between the start at fjord level and the summit
Another great session after I had to abandon a road session due to a mechanical issue. The strangest thing was I didn’t really take note of the location just the duration before starting, then I suddenly thought “I know this place”. Didn’t take long to realise I’d holidayed there and actually stayed in the hotel early in the video. Great memories, thanks. Starting to get accustomed to the slow motion walkers and cars because of the filming from a motorbike I guess. Unfortunately I cannot use the full computer programme due to old laptop. Thanks
I just wish they'd film these on a bicycle in real time and not shoot them all on a motorbike and slow them down. Even at the half-speed they use (I guess) it's still too fast and I have to slow it down again to 0.75x or even .5x then all the cars going the other way are crawling past and people walking on the side of the road are in total slo-mo and it spoils the experience. I suppose it's just cheaper and less hassle to send out a bloke on a Honda for an hour than it is to pay someone to ride up on a bike for two hours or more. 'The natural sound of the surroundings is simply drowned by noise from passing cars, vibrations from the road, wind, and the rider's breathing.' 'The rider's breathing' – yep, that made me laugh a bit. Is there an fx mic inside his crash helmet then?
Choose your own music so you can't hear the motorcycle's engine, you mean; ha! :0)
However, I do enjoy the scenery and the opportunity to visit places I've never been and probably won't ever get to visit.
Yeah, I know, download the app for more control over speed, better experience, etc; but I run these through a laptop and projector onto a big white screen, giving me a 2.8m image, and can't connect my phone this way. I have nothing fancy by way of trainers to hook an app up to – just a dumb old fluid resistance trainer and an old mountain bike fitted with a road tyre. It does for me and there are plenty of other sites offering rides that are filmed from a real bike saddle.
There is a half-marathon (21 km) competition from fjord to summit, all up hill. Often won by skiers because it is harder than usual long distance races.
The first two-thirds of the road were built in the 1880s (designed for horses), a model of the road was displayed on the World Expo in Paris (won the gold medal or something). Then in the 1930s the last section to Dalsnibba summit (my grandfather built this after Trollstigen was done). Dalsnibba road is private.
At 17:30 is a loop of the original road, abandoned in 1970 but still functional.
Djupvasshytta (hotel/lodge) and Djupvatnet lake at 45:00 this point is at the water divided between east and west. Water flows east towards Lillehammer from this point.
When is this filmed? 🙂
I love the Norway videos! They are my favorite. Recommended your videos to my fellow teachers!