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A Spontaneous Ride to Mont Tendre Following the Wrong Route

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Yesterday I hesitated to wake up to go for the Coffee and Croissant loop. I decided to go anyway. This ride was at a relaxed pace. It's amusing. When I left home I could see a beautiful sunrise, with nice light, and clear skies. By the time we started the ride mist had come up and we were riding through humid clouds. It was so wet I saw drops of water falling from my glasses as they condensed during the ride.

After this someone suggested we go for another ride. I went home, re-charged my head unit for a few minutes, as well as my radar, before heading back down and starting the route.

Because it was at short notice I didn't draw the route properly. I relied on the swiss national swiss cycling signs to get us to where we wanted to get. I thought we wanted to follow route 7 but we wanted to follow route 1 and 46, before then heading up to Mont Tendre.

Route 7 goes to Vallorbe, but it doesn't go to Vallorbe via Marchairuz, it goes via the Route Des Montagnes, by the Noirmont. This means that we got close to where we wanted to get, on the wrong side of the Jura.

My memory had played a trick on me. We should have followed route 1, 63, and then 473 towards Montricher, and then up to Mont Tendre. I had expected route 7 to go up via Montricher. It would have been easy to check.

If you're cycling, you can draw a GPS track, and then follow it, but, if you study the cycling route maps, then you can follow the signs instead. This allows you to take roads that are usually quieter. Cycling without cars is more pleasant. I don't remember if any cars passed us along the top.

The route we took, although wrong was nice. Now I know that I could cycle to Vallorbe, if I had the desire to.

And Finally

If you cycle in Switzerland, and you want to use the national routes, rather than a GPS head unit, make sure you're following the right routes like you would when driving from Switzerland to Barcelona. It's Route 1, until it's route 63, and from this village we follow route 473, and then we follow the signs for our destination.By this method you can explore without a GPS, or have a backup solution, if you get lost.

And Finally, next time I will draw a route properly.

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Strava Conversational Tools

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The sun is shining. For a day or two the grey Autumn weather is gone. This would be a good time for a spontaneous bike ride. The issue with this is that Strava is great for sharing activities that are planned in advance, and those that have passed. It's easy to get kudoes. It isn't easy to converse.

They have instant messaging but it is only available via the mobile phone app, rather than from the web interface. It is seldom used so to use it might appear spammy to use it like we use Signal or Whatsapp.

With the beautiful weather, and blue skies we have today, it seems a shame not to have a spontaneous social ride. It would be easy to say "hey, let's meet here at that time and go for a spontaneous ride. This is especially true since the weather could be bad for the weekend. It might rain for the entirety of Saturday and Sunday.

I suspect that weather, rather than motivation, is keeping people indoors. If the weather was nice people would leave their indoor trainers and enjoy the Autumn air, sights and sounds.

And Finally

I suspect that if Strava, and Meetup.com, as well as WhatsApp for events, became more conversational, so the amount of noise would go up, as well as the number of activities decline. Strava, and Meetup.com fill the niche of giving us a place to organise events, and then speak in person.

Twitter was great for online conversations that eventually resulted in tweetups, but those days are long gone, due to algorithms, and now AI bots making conversations between individuals more challenging.

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#spontaneous : proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint

- French: Spontané

- German: spontan

- Italian: spontaneo

- Portuguese: espontâneo

- Spanish: espontaneo

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