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Some of the roads in Madeira would make Paris Roubaix feel like a gentle walk through a meadow. Some of the cobbled roads (which they call cal?adas) have small' date=' round, smooth cobbles, and would be impossible to ride on with a road bike or even a hybrid. But they have resurfaced most of the roads now. In the photo is a typical road near the Monte, and then another one near the Estreito da Camara de Lobos, overlooking the ocean from about 600m up.[/quote']

 

I got this serious feeling you never rode cobble stones or never saw them ridden by specialist. I have the pleasure of having plenty of them in my back yard and even more famous stretches close to work.

 

Show me some pics of your impossible stuff as I actually believe the stuff you speak of is very good ridable to our standards it just gets bloody slippery in the rain.
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These pics are great ! Enjoy your time there. What do one want more than the sun' date=' beach and a few sardines. O yes wait, a beer. smiley4.gif [/quote']

 

These pics are great ! Enjoy your time there. What do one want more than the sun, beach and a few sardines. O yes wait, a   FEW CASES OF beer

 

small correction WinkWink

 

admin now please close this post i cant take it any more !!!Wink

 

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awesome scenesThumbs%20Up

 

but were is the sardines???

 

 

no sardines there, only tasty Madeira wine.

mr.Yang u are not dressing the Mz jersey kit..Nice pics
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Hi Seb- I actually asked Dan if the kit would be ready before I left- unfortunately it wasn't.

 

Have sardines ever hijacked a thread before? Back to the cycling.

 

For those who know, Estreito de Camara de Lobos is a highpoint near Funchal. On my Polar it indicated an altitude of 1,500m, although I don't seem to get accurate readings for altitude from my Polar. I didn't have a computer or a speed sensor on the bike, so very difficult to say the distance and the gradient. The 1st photo is the proof that I was there Big%20smile, and the second shows where I climbed up from- up the little ribbon of road on the left side of the pic, and there was still a way to go up after this.

 

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Another great view.20080819_050033_DSC05533.JPG

 

Hope you don't mind Yang, I am using this photo as background on my laptop.  Thanx for the very nice photo's

 

 
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Another great view.20080819_050033_DSC05533.JPG

 

Hope you don't mind Yang' date=' I am using this photo as background on my laptop.  Thanx for the very nice photo's

 

 
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Am flattered Backlash. You will see the triangular rocks perching in the sea just in front of the cliff in the far distance. Here they are from another angle.

 

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My outlaws are from Camara de Lobos' date=' my father is from Canico and my mom from Faja de Ovelha. Me, I was made there, born hereLOL [/quote']

 

PB, these are for you. A shot of Camara de Lobos from the top, and from the sea, taken off a catamaran. Please say you don't want to see the stunning photos I took off the catamaran, with the dolphins, because then I will be posting all day instead of working. Wink

 

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Maybe your outlaws will be able to pinpoint where their houses were.

 

My Mom is from Calheta, and Dad from Sao Roque in Funchal. I was made and born in Durbs.

 

The guy who lent me his bike, Miguel Zacarias, lives in Cani?o. I have a shot of it from the sea but can't find it. Never went to Faja.

 

This is a a picture of the Lido you asked me about earlier, taken during one of my rides along a promenade in front of the resorts on the coast.

 

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Some of the roads in Madeira would make Paris Roubaix feel like a gentle walk through a meadow. Some of the cobbled roads (which they call cal?adas) have small' date=' round, smooth cobbles, and would be impossible to ride on with a road bike or even a hybrid. But they have resurfaced most of the roads now. In the photo is a typical road near the Monte, and then another one near the Estreito da Camara de Lobos, overlooking the ocean from about 600m up.[/quote']

 

I got this serious feeling you never rode cobble stones or never saw them ridden by specialist. I have the pleasure of having plenty of them in my back yard and even more famous stretches close to work.

 

Show me some pics of your impossible stuff as I actually believe the stuff you speak of is very good ridable to our standards it just gets bloody slippery in the rain.

 

Hi Crazy- couldn't find decent pics of the cobbles I was talking about. They're about the size of eggs, and barring any masochistic rider who hates his road bike, I cannot see any roadie taking to these roads without losing his teeth, damaging rims, and going into a long stretch of St Vitus Dancing after getting off . The other roads (and I have pictures of those) are like the normal cobbles- big and flat stones that have been smoothed and anchored over time- and slippery in the rain. But most roads have now been tarred.

 

Miguel Zacarias (+351 963095883, mzbike@gmail.com) says that cycling in Madeira is dominated by off road and downhill.

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