Po_1974

Po_1974 and Anna Maria went gravel riding

August 11, 2026 at 08:08

Splendida Val Bellino. S.Anna.

Time

4h14m

Distance

42.0km

Speed

13.8km/h

Ascent

1,060m

Descent

920m

GusmeRicky, Fabio T., and others like this.

3 days ago

We move to Val Varaita, another of the Occitan valleys of lower Piedmont. It is the valley of the "Colle dell'Agnello" (the highest border pass in Europe and the second highest pass in Italy) but it is rich in many other places perhaps less known but full of history and culture. It is the valley characterized

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Po_1974 and Anna Maria went gravel riding

August 9, 2026 at 08:47

Sancto Lucio di Coumboscuro e la sua valle.

Time

3h40m

Distance

27.1km

Speed

9.9km/h

Ascent

1,050m

Descent

950m

GusmeRicky, Nadia, and others like this.

4 days ago

There were two main reasons for our period in the Cuneo valleys, as mentioned, a déjà vu of the 80s with kayaking (a return to those places) and the second was to visit some of the valleys in the Provençal linguistic area. Provençal is one of the Neo-Latin languages of the d'Oc family from the South

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Po_1974 and Anna Maria went gravel riding

August 8, 2026 at 07:20

Santuario di S.Magno e altro

Time

6h01m

Distance

39.0km

Speed

11.6km/h

Ascent

1,220m

Descent

1,200m

Nadia, Stephan, and others like this.

August 15, 2026

The goal was the Fauniera pass but today was not my day (Anna has no problems with the e-bike), so we stop at the sanctuary of S.Magno and on the way back I take a detour into a small and unknown valley (the kind of detours I like). Fauniera was reached last year, same period, but by climbing from Val

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Po_1974 and Anna Maria went gravel riding

August 6, 2026 at 07:36

Vallone dell'Arma, San Giacomo.

Time

4h15m

Distance

44.0km

Speed

13.7km/h

Ascent

1,120m

Descent

970m

Maurizio, Nadia, and others like this.

August 10, 2026

I've always wondered where this name comes from, frankly a bit strange, and I discover it's a toponym, like many places in Italy. Even near my home, many towns have the prefix, Ripalta, meaning Ripa Alta (High Bank), because they are above the bank of the Serio river. In this case, it recalls the ancient

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Po_1974 and Anna Maria went gravel riding

August 5, 2026 at 08:20

Santuario Madonna del Colletto.

Time

5h23m

Distance

46.3km

Speed

13.1km/h

Ascent

1,220m

Descent

1,030m

Alberto, Frank, and others like this.

August 8, 2026

Another beautiful ride this time in the lower part of the Stura valley, over the Colletto pass and then a subsequent passage through Demonte. The sanctuary of the Madonna del Colletto is located right on the watershed that connects the Stura valley with the Gesso valley, just below Mount Piastra, which

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Po_1974 and Anna Maria went gravel riding

August 4, 2026 at 08:23

Colle della Maddalena.

Time

6h30m

Distance

64.6km

Speed

14.1km/h

Ascent

1,580m

Descent

1,340m

Alberto, Mobilat, and others like this.

August 7, 2026

We decide to go for the second pass of the Stura valley, the Maddalena pass, which divides Italy from France, on this side the Stura valley and on that side the Ubaye valley, the one that leads to Barcelonette and then from there to the beautiful lake of Serre Ponçon which to the north has the Durance

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Po_1974 and Anna Maria went gravel riding

August 3, 2026 at 07:32

Colle della Lombarda

Time

5h22m

Distance

44.4km

Speed

11.0km/h

Ascent

1,650m

Descent

1,480m

Maurizio, Matteo Recanati, and others like this.

August 5, 2026

Today we decide to climb to the Colle della Lombarda, which is probably one of the most beautiful and wild climbs in the Stura valley. The pass, which today is a border crossing, connects the S.Anna di Vinadio valley with the Tinee valley, we are practically in the heart of the French Mercantour National

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Po_1974 and Anna Maria went for a bike ride

August 2, 2026 at 06:58

Un po' di su e giù per il vallone dei Bagni di Vinadio

Time

4h59m

Distance

39.0km

Speed

12.1km/h

Ascent

1,180m

Descent

980m

Klaus, 🌺Marianne 🦂, and others like this.

August 2, 2026

First approach to the Stura valley. Actually it's a déjà-vu, not cycling, a return to the '80s when we used to frequent these valleys with kayaks and with friends from CCM (Canoa Club Milano). Like last year (Val Maira, Valle Po, Val Chsione) we returned to see how much they had changed after almost

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Po_1974 went gravel riding

July 31, 2026 at 06:39

S.Maria dei Prati

Si chiude oggi una settimana calda, caldissima. Oramai con certe temperature ci dovremo fare l'abitudine. Fortuna che domani si parte sperando in temperature più miti.

Time

1h52m

Distance

36.1km

Speed

20.3km/h

Ascent

70m

Descent

70m

Maurizio, pallerotte530, and others like this.

July 31, 2026

﻿@Po_1974﻿ I've been stopped for 2 days due to feminine issues 😑😑😑😑😑😑 The heat isn't helping me with these problems and I'm stopped tomorrow too, then I hope to recover on Sunday.... For tomorrow I had a planned ride that I had to skip because with this heat and my problems it wouldn't have been

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Po_1974 went gravel riding

July 30, 2026 at 07:27

A nord di Crema.

Time

2h16m

Distance

43.1km

Speed

20.1km/h

Ascent

60m

Descent

60m

Maurizio, Stephan, and others like this.

August 1, 2026

Well, you came to my neck of the woods! By the way, here north of Crema we always have 10°C less than in Madignano, you must have been very comfortable 🤥🤥🤥

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