In theory I am testing out a couple of things on my bike (that might be subject of a future post) but my main motivation for this one is to reach the top of a nearby mountain. OK, you may call it a hill since it's half a km high but in any case it offers an unparalleled full view to the sea so...
However, not all things are what they look like from far and the road near the top proved to be not as accessible by a bike like min on street tires as I expected it to be. Or I should better say I wanted to ignore the potential risk. So at some point I had to give it up in order to spare me trying to lift a 200+kg bike on my own on a slippery uphill with no one around on this Sunday morning.
Loose stones and concrete offer grip levels that compare only to soaped marble:
Not even solid concrete but just broken patches of it:
The little stones you saw above act as rollers on concrete, way much worse than riding on dirt and this plus the steep uphill made me chicken out - too lose terrain to risk it solo:
I wish I had my mountain bike instead but we can't have it all though the view I get feels like I do have all I need right now:
I'm a bit of an early bird and the sun is still partially behind the hill but you get an idea.
Thanks for the adventure dear road, see you again soon with my 4x4:
As I move back lower I try to get more shots of this masterpiece but that excavator spoils the view badly:
You see the economic crisis that froze things for a decade is now fading and the real estate is blooming in Greece hence there's houses around this spot poping up like mushrooms. AirBnBs, cottages, even residential ones.
A little lower things get much better and now the road feels like brand new tarmac to me compared to the previous one:
That view though:
It's aeroplane league isn't it? Can't wait to come back to make it all the way to the top and even hike around if possible.
For the moment one more shot a little lower than the previous one:
As you can see in the above image I am using the mirror folding option that I have just implemented on my new DIY mounted mirrors. These guys tend to be the first to break if you fall so this is their "offroad" mode 🙂
I'll soon be back, hopefully even tomorrow if I find the time so stay tuned for more.
Till then here's my last one:
And a 4K video: