Iceland Photos

Ride Day 1: Reykjavík—Drangsnes

On Sunday, August 18, our guides picked up everyone in Reykjavik in two vans and drove us a couple of hours to Dragsnes in the Westfjords to start the tour. We got our stuff into our rooms, put our bikes together, and took our first ride of the week. It was a 25 mile ride to get warmed up and ready to ride the following days.

Ride Day 2: Drangsnes—Heydalur

Monday we got up and got ready for our first big ride of the trip. Planned to be just over 76 miles, it included a 6 mile hill with a grade that varied from 4% to 9%. It was a big challenge, but we both got up it, though at different speeds. The top of the climb was a massive plateau with an old, no longer used hiking hut about 100 yards off the road. I poked my head in for some photos and it was in much better shape than I expected.

The descent from that plateau was even longer than 6 miles, but not as steep. As it turned, out, it was not very fast either, because of a several mile-per-hour headwind that meant getting down the hill required almost as much pedaling as getting up. But in the end, I finished my climb down and made it to the lunch site.

Ride Day 3: Heydalur—Ísafjor∂ur

Ride Day 4: Ísafjor∂ur—Bíldalur

Ride Day 5: Bíldalur—Brei∂avík

Ride Day 6: Brei∂avík–Flókalundur

Ride Day 7: Flókalundur—Keflavík