I totally remember that one. There were mysterious squeaks from the back of the tandem as we sailed into it. :)

Wow. That’s terrible. It’s an expensive lesson to learn. With a velomobile I’ll ride in most any weather, but I did sensibly draw the line at ascending the Reschen Pass in 40F and rain. You would think a hotel on the Gardasee could easily find someone else to take the room.

Since we are on the road for 9 months we are very careful about choosing refundable bookings but we accidentally booked one this time for 3 nights that wouldn’t refund even 1 day.

Good to know. I guess I will not be patronizing non-refundable properties in the future. Too unpredictable these days with extreme changes in weather. It’s about 40F colder today than yesterday. That’s not normal.

The hotel in the Gardasee refuses to refund. Everyone else has been very understanding about the bad weather. It’s really very cold out today.

The Urban is doing really well. The extra ground clearance has been helpful on some steep transitions and rough trail. The small turning circle has made it possible to make turns i could not make on my tour last year. The Urban is a really good bike for this type of touring. I am very happy with it.

I wish I could say it was the only ride I did in bad weather. So far, it is at least the longest ride in bad weather. The heavy rain lasted about na hour yesterday. More is on the way.

That is a lighting module. It puts the lights up higher closer to driver eye height. In my experience it helps a lot with visibility in traffic.

Maybe I’ll attempt that today while I’m waiting out the rain.

It’s great that the weather turned out better than expected. I definitely agree with you about it not being a suffer fest. Good luck on changing your reservations.

Great photo of you!

Great ride and photos! Too bad about the detour and having to walk so far to get dinner. I hope the weather doesn’t end up as bad as is predicted!

I have cycled part of your route on a racing bike and trekking bike. Absolutely stunning views. Had the opportunity with and without rain. Sun ist nice, but the clouds complete the impressive views almost more to my liking. So keep up the good spirit!
How is the new bike holding up? How does it compare to the normal Bülk? You already proved the off-road capability :)

If you cancel a non refundable reservation you usually end up eating the cost. Occasionally booking.com will ask the property if they will waive the penalty, but in our experience the properties usually do not.

So I See!