These pages are about
climbing with a
bicycle, and the views
along the way. Both
paved and unpaved
roads, trails,
recognized and
unrecognized summits
are included. You'll
find elevation
profiles,
descriptions, photos
and for some areas,
historical
information.
All elevation profiles
(on the linked profile
pages) are drawn to
the same scale, with
the same vertical
exaggeration. This
way, one can get a
good idea of the size
of the climb at first
view.
But in first place
this site would like
to be about the joy of
bicycling. So here an
essay by a former
president of the
Denver Bicycle Touring
Club about bicycles
and the people who
ride them,
redistributed with
permission.
Also,
two short travelogues
of three day weekend
tours over a few
passes covered in
these pages :
The
Wild Kingdom,
goes over the
following passes in
Colorado: Pearl,
Ohio, Cumberland and
Taylor Passes.
The
three day day ride
goes over Berthoud
Pass and the the
Trail Ridge Road
Passes (also in
Colorado).
For more narratives
about longer cycling
tours - with and
without mountains -
see the links in the
blue line on top.
Each area ( links
are on the left
navigation frame) is
organized into its
own home page.
A fairly convoluted,
wordy explanation
(but, -hey it works)
how these pages are
organized, ie. what
makes a pass or a
summit or a shoulder
summit is contained in
the
