It's somewhat unconventional to go touring with 8 speed bikes (or 7 speed if you factor in the lowest gear always throws the chain), but some would suggest to take said bikes over a 1000m mountain range would be pure stupidity. In fact, we had met some hardened cycle tourists (German of course) a day earlier who had warned us of the climb mentioning that they went as slow as 4kph on their 24 speed mountain bikes. They went somewhat silent when we mentioned our lack of gears.
Yet here we are having reached the 1017m pass on our way down the east coast of Sardinia. Sadly, there were no conveniently placed campsites at the top and it was only after a total of 85km that we arrived in Lotzorai back at sea level.
The views along this road were absolutely stunning, not to mention a football field perched on the side of a mountain.
Ahh, to be young and stupid! Thankfully we celebrated our
dumb luck success with a bottle of Sardinian vino for dinner.
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