A route to the stelvio Pass
Discussion
As all good plans tend to start this way, i was in the pub with a mate and we've decided to have a crack at the passo stelvio in the spring next year.
not having much in the way of holiday were looking at a friday thru monday jaunt. a quick fiddle on multimap shows it at about 950 miles each way so just over 2k in a weekend.
So does anyone have an interesting reasonabley direct route and the heads up on a couple of cheep places to stay on route... Were looking to take either my Chimaera or DOM's ZT260 :0
Cheers
Graham
not having much in the way of holiday were looking at a friday thru monday jaunt. a quick fiddle on multimap shows it at about 950 miles each way so just over 2k in a weekend.
So does anyone have an interesting reasonabley direct route and the heads up on a couple of cheep places to stay on route... Were looking to take either my Chimaera or DOM's ZT260 :0
Cheers
Graham
Cheers Guys, keep the Ideas comming.
Im open to suggestions on other passes to have a crack at on the way. Going through germany sounds interesting. I'll have a nother look at the map.
Our timescale is fixed though to friday thru monday, and to be honest the distances involved and the timescale are part of what makes it interesting.
I take the point about the stelvio being busy and perhaps not the best ( a bit like going to the louvre. there are much better paintings then the stroppy tart (which you cant get near) that you can get to no trouble) but It is one i'd like to go to.
Yes I should have said late spring towards the end of may, if we went any earlier we'd need to take th discovery <LOL>
It is a toss up between the CHim and the ZT260, especially as the ZT might have a supercharger by then... and is even more tail happy that the chim when you switch off the traction control
it also has sat nav, which with the addition of the right cd could come in handy
cheers
G
edited to add: just in case the pass is stuffed full of bikes, We might be tempted to chuck the mountain bikes in the back as well <LOL>
>> Edited by Graham on Tuesday 13th December 11:33
Im open to suggestions on other passes to have a crack at on the way. Going through germany sounds interesting. I'll have a nother look at the map.
Our timescale is fixed though to friday thru monday, and to be honest the distances involved and the timescale are part of what makes it interesting.
I take the point about the stelvio being busy and perhaps not the best ( a bit like going to the louvre. there are much better paintings then the stroppy tart (which you cant get near) that you can get to no trouble) but It is one i'd like to go to.
Yes I should have said late spring towards the end of may, if we went any earlier we'd need to take th discovery <LOL>
It is a toss up between the CHim and the ZT260, especially as the ZT might have a supercharger by then... and is even more tail happy that the chim when you switch off the traction control
it also has sat nav, which with the addition of the right cd could come in handy
cheers
G
edited to add: just in case the pass is stuffed full of bikes, We might be tempted to chuck the mountain bikes in the back as well <LOL>
>> Edited by Graham on Tuesday 13th December 11:33
polus said:
Infact I think we should all drive around in BMW 530i SE Auto's
I wouldnt fancy doing high speeds in an auto to unpredictable.
but can we drop the bitching and get back on topic
I dont remember asking if i needed traction control and ABS, I can make my own mind up on that FFS.. Now mountain passes in Italy and the best way to get there
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