Pässe und Bergstraßen per Fahrrad / Mountain roads and passes by bicycle

The challenge to cope with highest category mountain roads and passes; to experience foreign cultures, languages and people; watching the weather and starting at the appropriate moment; the warmth of first rays of sunshine after starting in the very early morning; the calmness and solitariness far from the day-to-day hustle and bustle; the overwhelming landscape and gigantic mountains scenery; to encounter marmots, mountain goats or even yaks and llamas; the hour-lasting pulse of 150bpm; the soothing sound of every pedal rotation; to experience physical limits at altitudes over 3,000 meters; the view literally down to the worries of everyday life; with increasing distance and altitude the struggle with shaky riding; the goosebumps and feelings of happiness on the last meters to the summit; the pain and exhaustion when back in the hotel bed; at home the desire to tackle the next mountain road; trip planning lasting for weeks and pleasant anticipation of the new target and finally the adventure with bicycle transportation at several airports ...

All this and much more is the fascination with uphill cycling!