Welcome to Zinguy.com

The site where odd things are parked and visitors are by invitation only!

Being one of the hosts (Doug Beckett, Nils Venge and me) of the ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates & Producers) Winemaker's Cruise - somewhere in the Mediterranean

 


Strava feed of my current riding

 

 


The climb up Col du Telegraph and Col du Galibier - Classic climbs from the Tour de France - 2011

A 22 mile ride that is pretty much straight up - at least the ride down is down for 22 miles! - click here!

 

 

 

European Odyssey Bike Trip 2011 

 Genoa, Italy to Bruges, Belgium - Click here!

Provence, France Bike Trip - June 2011  - Click here!

 

The climb up Alp d'Huez - 2010

 

How's that for switchbacks? 21 in total. The most famous climb of the Tour de France!

To view this climb in MapMyRide and see the map, elevation profile and other info: click here  There is an option to "Watch course fly-by video" and it is pretty cool, will make you dizzy following all the switchbacks in actual satellite imagery with 3-D google earth rendition! (takes a while to load so be patient)

The climb up Alp d'Huez, the most famous climb in cycling

Driving up Col d'Galibier, another famous climb in the Tour de France

Driving thru the French Alps

 


The bike trip through Burgundy, June 2010

click on the picture or caption to open the picture set - trips operated by www.clicismoclassico.com

Day 0 - Tournus

Day 1 - 25 mile check out ride

Day 2 - Tournous to Cluny

Day 3 - Tournous to Beaune

 

Day 4 - Rain Day in Beaune

It rained today, so they scheduled a wine tasting lunch in a cellar from the 1500's then another wine tasting at a chateau.

Day 5 - Riding thru the Grand Crus

Day 6 - Levernois to La Brussiere

Day 7 - Last day

 


The trip thru Tuscany and ending on the island of Elba - June 2010

Day 1 - Tosi loop

Day 2 - Loro Ciuffenna loop

Day 3 San Donato to Siena

Day 4 - Rest day in Siena

 

Day 5 Siena to Volterra

Day 6 - Loop to San Gimignano

Day 7 - Elba

 

 


The Bike trip across Italy - 9 days, 400 miles and 29,000 ft of climbing - July 2009

Bruce in Rome

Day 1 - Fano

Day 2 - Fano to Urbino

Day 3 - Urbino to Genga

Day 4 - Genga to Gubbio

Day 5 - Gubbio to Spello

Day 7 - Spello to Todi

Day 8 - Todi to Orvieto

Day 9 - Orvieto to Sovana

Day 10 - Sovana to Porto Ercole - FINISHED!

 


 

Pictures from the ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates & Producers) Winemaker's Cruise - May 2009

          

Egypt

Click a picture above for each picture set - there are 3 sets each with about 20 pix each!

Delos Greece

Mykonos Greece

Crete

Kusadani, Turkey

Corfu

Santorini, Greece

Dubrovnik Croatia

Kotor Montenegro

Jesi Italy

 


Older pictures - click the picture for the album

Riding the Geiger Grade

Reno to Virginia City

Riding up Mt. Tamalpais

Stinson Beach to Mt. Tam

The Golden Gate

Tiburon to Sausalito

 

Links:

JR Wines

JRE Test

Radio Stations

Patents 1, 2, 3, 4

Radio Transmitters

Stealth Recording Mics

 

 

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