{"id":272,"date":"2008-08-30T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=272"},"modified":"2024-12-18T20:25:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T19:25:55","slug":"damberg-time-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2008\/08\/30\/damberg-time-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Damberg Time Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>A few weeks before leaving Steyr for good, I am beginning to appreciate the advantages of living in this small town. The close mountains, as well as the valleys of the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Enns<\/span> and <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/span> rivers, offer great opportunities for cycling.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the end of July, I went biking on Damberg for the first time together with some colleagues. We did a tour of <abbr title=\"approximately\">approx.<\/abbr> 45&nbsp;kilometers, going from <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/span> via <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Damberg, Kleinraming, K&uuml;rnberg, Behamberg<\/span> and <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Wachtberg<\/span> back to <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/span>.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"quer_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/ooe\/index_32.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img256x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/ooe\/thumb\/32.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Cycling in Enns Valley\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>In early August, a friend of mine visited me in <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/span>, and we explored the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/span> and the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Enns<\/span> valleys by bike.<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate reason for biking around Steyr, however, was the <a class=\"www\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikemap.net\/route\/63996\"><span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Damberg<\/span> Time Trial<\/a>, which was initiated by a fellow colleague. This route leads from Citypoint <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/span> to <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Dambergwarte<\/span>, passing some specific waypoints in between. Even though I do not own a mountain bike, I was tempted by this route. Therefore, on August&nbsp;19, I just tried whether I am able to do it with my trekking bike&nbsp;&#8211; and suprisingly enough, I did not only manage it, but I was not much slower than my better-equiped colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Encouraged by this good result, I tackled the route again one week later (on August&nbsp;26). I managed to arrive at <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Dambergwarte<\/span> within 57:13&nbsp;minutes of leaving Citypoint <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211; which is, in my opinion, a very respectable result. The following day, I rode my bike again up to <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Dambergwarte<\/span>, this time accompanying a fellow colleague of mine.<\/p>\n<p>For reasons of documentation, I have tracked my rides with my <abbr title=\"Global Positioning System\">GPS<\/abbr>. The map below shows the official &quot;racing track&quot; in red (in the &quot;scenic route&quot; variant during the open routing). Two possible ways back into town (which are also managable on a trekking bike) are shown in blue and green, respectively. <\/p>\n  <div class=\"img gps\" style=\"height:500px;\">\n  <div class=\"geomap\" id=\"map_damberg\" style=\"width:100%; height:100%;\" >\n  <noscript>\n   <p class=\"noscript\">\n    For showing the map, JavaScript is needed. However, either this browser does not support JavaScript, or it has been disabled.\n   <\/p>\n  <\/noscript>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<p>Apart from the joy of mountain biking itself, this route also has another bonus: a great view of <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/span> from atop <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Dambergwarte<\/span>&nbsp;&#8211; provided that you can manage to climb the stairs after the climb with your mountain bike&nbsp;&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[138,139,57],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alps","tag-europe","tag-biking","country-at"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}