11 day tour, mostly self-supported, main exceptions:
- Train to Scuol
- Chairlift Scuol – Naluns
- Bus Susch – Flüelapass (keep on schedule to get to Tömulpass in good weather, and not so interesting to mountain bike up)
- Bus Davos Wiesen – Lenzerheide (get to town before store closing for bike brake repairs)
- Hotels/Restaurants
Route:
Bike setup:
About 1kg in front bag, about 2kg in saddle bag, about 3.5kg in backpack.
- Front bag (2 G3 50 cm ski straps + dyneema tent bag) + contents had no noticeable effect on bike handling
- Ortlieb Seat Bag (M) attached with WolfTooth Valais
- Can bike medium technical trails with seat lowered – works well
- For most technical downhills, put the saddle bag in my half empty backpack.
Photos:
- See daily photos October 10 – 20, 2018: https://phspot.ch/blog/index.php/2018/10/
Navigation:
- Supertrail and Singletrail Maps for the first few days (then I didn’t have ones I needed)
- SchweizMobil mobile phone app
Gear:
What worked well:
- Having a much lighter backpack most of the time, compare to other multi-day tours and having everything in the backpack
- Low season, last minute availability in hostels and hotels
- Great weather + deciding to avoid rain if it came (stop trip, or have a break, or skip to place with better weather)
- Great public transportation gave possibility to not bring rain gear, and adapt trip if necessary
What to change for next time:
- Have an empty frame design bike, put a half frame bag there, and small saddle bag under the seat
- Be a few days earlier, while Tiefenbach Hotel is still open
- Take a pencil and some sticky notes
- Mount phone (for navigation) on handlebars
Statistics:
- Kms: Minimum, average, maximum, total: 18, 43, 91, 477
- Climbing M+: Minimum, average, maximum, total: 100, 850, 1650, 9420
- Descending M-: Minimum, average, maximum, total: 450, 1100, 2350, 12300
- Photos: number, GB: 1800, 8.5GB
- Lodging cost CHF: minimum, average, maximum: 36, 65, 150
Other multi-day bike tours: