CONCLUSION

The highlights would have to include those mountain passes, and the curvy roads wrapping around the sea. Screaming down those hairpin downhills with incredible views of rocky capes and indescribably beautiful coves. Being out there surrounded by all that beauty, experiencing it in the round. Being on a bike is so much more immediate than being in a car. As the New Zealander said, you have to earn your views on a bicycle. There's something to that. The experience is quite special.

I never really did fit into the Italian schedule of things here. I usually did my sightseeing during chuisora, Italian siesta time. I headed to the beach typically when everyone else was leaving. I went out to dinner generally hours before everyone else. I visited Cagliari when it was literally empty. What can I say? I had to plan much of my biking around the heat of the day. The sun was too strong for me to sit exposed on the beach in the afternoon. And, I'm not Italian.

There were no serious problems or mishaps to speak of. I had no major mechanical failures. I never even had a flat tire! There were no serious injuires. I had no major losses. There were never even any bugs!

The training in Bassano was smart. It put all the Sardinian hills and mountains in perspective.

The iPod was a great asset, as was the hammock.

I reckon I travelled 1000Km.