Ride Reports (PNW and France)

[Kyle Cotchett]

Hey all!

I've been messing around with writing some ride reports on my website. For the most part, they are around the Pacific Northwest. My girlfriend and I are taking significant time off work and moved to Paris for summer/fall. We brought our bikes with us, and I'll be continuing to write up some rides here in France! I thought I'd share them here with ya'll to enjoy! Thanks for reading!

-Kyle

[D D]

Kyle, 

Good looking site. Thanks for sharing 

Dustin

On Aug 4, 2023, at 12:09 PM, Kyle Cotchett <kyleco...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey all!

I've been messing around with writing some ride reports on my website. For the most part, they are around the Pacific Northwest. My girlfriend and I are taking significant time off work and moved to Paris for summer/fall. We brought our bikes with us, and I'll be continuing to write up some rides here in France! I thought I'd share them here with ya'll to enjoy! Thanks for reading!

-Kyle

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[Piaw Na]

When I lived in Munich I'd go for rides every weekend and it was always so good. Having a train to take you home meant you could range further and get into bigger trouble. One day I rode through a forest and climbed a ladder onto what was obviously a road. I rode on it and everyone honked at me. I said to myself: "These Germans are really friendly." 10km later I realized I was on the autobahn. (I actually kept track of those trips: https://blog.piaw.net/2008/12/munich-trips-index.html)

[Kyle Cotchett]

You're not alone out there with highway riding. Conversely, last summer my friends and I did an overnighter and began talking to a fellow bicycle camper. He was from Germany and riding from Seattle to Montreal. When we asked him what route he took to get to the campsite, he told us he'd been riding on the shoulder of the I-5 haha. Thanks for sharing your blog, I'll have to take a look!

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[Bill Schaefer]

Kyle - Enjoyed the write ups. Keep 'em coming!

[John Johnson]

Thanks for the ride report, Kyle.

I live not far from fontainebleau. The weather the last week or two in July was definitely not great. Sorry that was during your trip.

For what it's worth, the Scandiberique route (eurovelo 3) runs right through the area and there are some great rides along old canal route paths. The portion just south of Fontainebleau (Nemours to 'Bleau) is really lovely. 

And open invite to anyone on the forum to look me up if you're ever in the region. 

Cheers, 

John

[Kyle Cotchett]

Thanks Bill and Dustin! I will update this little thread as I add some more!

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[Kyle Cotchett]

Hey John!

Someone else just messaged me too about setting up a ride while I'm out here! It would be sweet to get a route in together. Maybe sometime in early September?

Kyle

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[Kieran J]

Thanks for posting Kyle - these are great.

I noticed your Cascadia Super Gravel post and then realized I rode a lot of the route with you and Jaytee and the big party pace gang. I'm the tall guy on the pink Black Mountain in one of the pics. Such an awesome event!

Enjoy your time in France. One of my bucket list trips is cycling from Paris to the south, or even to Barcelona maybe. Hoping to do that in the next couple of years.

Kieran

Victoria, BC

[Kyle Cotchett]

Haha no way, fancy finding you here Kieran! That was an awesomely gruesome day. Glad I got to meet you all. Gram, Jaytee, and I are definitely returning next year. Hopefully I'll catch you out there again! I am hoping to instigate some more lively camping the night after the ride ( •̀ᴗ•́ )و ̑̑

Dang that sounds like it would be a sweet tour. The riding out here has been great. I wish we had enough time to make it that far! We got one lined up to head west to Normandy over 5 days. I'll have to report back on that route.

Kyle

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[Kieran J]

Yep I plan on going back again (will be my third year). See u there :-D I was there with my sister and she has already sold the event to some of her CX buddies. The ranks are growing! I don't normally do paid organized races/events like that, but it's a special one for sure.

Looking forward to seeing/reading more about your FR escapades!

Best,

Kieran

[Kyle Cotchett]

Hey all,

My girlfriend and I took out our rivs and toured from Paris to Deauville following the Velo Seine route. We made it a 5-day tour. It was our first one and a real good time. I wrote a long-form ride report over here if you are interested! 

cheers!