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... today time was due to return to the road again. As a first trip I choose a part of my former "Hausrunde" (Olten > Solothurn > Biel > Neuchâtel). Conditions were ideal, traffic (except between Biel and Twann) acceptable and immediatedly I understood what I missed the past ten years... and what I did not miss (cars, dust, traffic smell, etc.).  The bike I used is a customised 1994 KLEIN Quantum Pro, equipped with a Industry Nine wheelset (arranged for single speed). Though lacking a gear shift, the speed was amazing. Details of the trip as .gpx  here .  

-- a note from kt75 A number of recent studies on the towing of arctic sea-ice report new all-time lows of ice coverage [ 1 ]- [ 4 ]. Similar effects have been reported previously for glaciers, e.g. in the Swiss Alps [ 5 ], [ 6 ]. The global warming (climate change) has been identified as one of the primary reasons for the reduction in ice-coverage with obvious consequences, e.g. for regional and local weather conditions. In addition to this economic implications are expected as well [ 7 ]-[ 9 ].  Further readings: [ 1 ], [ 2 ], [ 3 ], [ 4 ], [ 5 ], [ 6 ], [ 7 ], [ 8 ], [ 9 ] kt75 :  http://kt-75.blogspot.ch/