Cycling the Dolomites--and feedback on my FAQ?

[khg]

So some of you know that, for the second time, I spent the end of the summer cycling in the Italian Dolomites with Cinghiale Cycling Tours. Briefly, it was amazing, and I just signed up for this year's tour!

Then I came back, started a new job, and have sort of dropped off the face of the earth with my new workload. So Happy New Year and all--I hope everybody is doing well

When I did this trip the first time, I had a ton of questions, was really anxious and nervous, and was grateful for any crumb of info I could find. Before the trip this year, I was in touch with a few people who were considering the trip and had a ton of questions, were nervous, etc.

So as part of the write up of the trip on my blog that I *just* finished, I added a FAQ section. I don't know if this is really the right forum for this (sorry if it's not!), but if anyone is curious about the Dolomites trip, and wouldn't mind looking at the FAQ I wrote, I would really appreciate some feedback--am I missing some obvious questions, should I give better explanations, that sort of thing.

It's here: https://mebikedolomitesoneday.wordpr...ghiale-my-faq/

And a couple reasons why I'm going back:





And because I was even happier and more delighted than I look in this photo:

[rebeccaC]

Nice write up!! Is your husband going this year? You covered some things the cinghiale faq doesn’t and in a well written and more personal way ….they should link to it! (I noticed you didn’t mention the 40,000 ft of climbing ) ....and S&S couplers ftw on a traveling bike!!

great photos!!!!

....and you had me with the chocolate and cookies

[khg]

Thanks rebeccaC! Added travel couplers and 40,000 feet info to the FAQ

My husband is going this year--he put the dates on his work calendar as soon as they were announced, just in case we were able to go back. He didn't want to miss it again!

And don't forget--they aren't just any cookies, they're Italian cookies

[Crankin]

It's a good write up, khg. Good enough for me to know I would never do it! I know as soon as I start anything that resembles training, it takes all the love out of riding for me. I know I'll never be the fastest on a tour, and I have never been the slowest, but my mantra is to just get up the hills as slowly as I need to, to get up them in these kinds of situations. Sun and heat affect me, eating and drinking (an important part of the tours I've done in Europe) affect me, it seems, way more than others. I do ride a lot of hills, and that's how I've got to where I am at. I guess I just don't want to suffer as much as others. It does look beautiful, but I think that any vacation for me in the Dolomites would be what we call a "regular person" vacation, with a little riding and hiking thrown in. In fact, that's what my 2 vacations in Italy have been, and I loved it.

[salsabike]

The total climbing was all I wanted to know, too--but I DID want to know it. Great pictures! Glad you're both going this year, and hoping that that new job is going well.

[shootingstar]

Great photos kg!

Since it's so rare for me to travel in Europe, I prefer a cycling trip that's more utilitarian and enjoyable with some benefits of scenery along the way. Cycling would be secondary, while my effort is learning and seeing up close great different culture, history, art and architecture. I would be taking too much time, trying to climb the mountain routes. And with limited vacation time, need to focus on where I want to spend time and money overseas.

Coincidentally dearie and I are planning a European trip, hopefully this fall. It would be in Beaune area of France just north of Alsace region or southeastern part of France in Beaujoulais wine country. Not as hilly as Dolomites. Then we take a high speed train with bikes to Barcelona, Spain for a few days. Back via Spain to Germany to a medieval, Rennaissance well- preserved town that neither of us have visited.

It will be my 4th trip to Europe.