Strava

It's a joke amongst cyclists these days that you didn't do the ride until you've uploaded it to Strava. Well, here they are, all my rides from Italy are up on Strava.
A few things I was surprised by: I didn't realize that that climb to Piancavallo which I did on the first day there was an HC* climb (according to Strava). I thought that was supposed to be a shorter easier ride so that's why I started with it. If I had known, I probably wouldn't have done it. But sometimes it's better not to know. It was a great ride and I even went out for another ride later that day.
Also, I was surprised how many top 10 overalls I had on climbs. I am even the owner of a few KOMs** in Italy! I noticed that I have more down near Parma. I have a feeling more Strava users ride up north in the mountains, but not as many down there. Strava is growing every year though so I'm sure I'll have some competition soon!
8/21 Piancavallo
8/21 Verbania Bonus Ride
8/22 Mottarone
8/23 Recovery Day with Amici
8/23 Exploring Intra
8/24 Hard 100k massive headwind all the way back to Verbania
8/26 Scott's ride from Laveno and Monte Rosso. Forgot to turn garmin back on after ferry. Rambling around Pallanza for a while.
8/29 Riding around Parma
8/29 First Emilia Romagna ride. Messed up with Garmin so I missed the first 12km or so.
8/31 Tried but it rained. Try again tomorrow.
9/1 Best ride of the whole Trip 130km to La Spezia. Absolutely what riding in Italy is all about!!
9/5 Last ride in Italy, of course it rains in the mountains, but still a nice ride. Massive Jensie effort to beat the storms on the way back to town.
* For those who don't know, HC means Hors Categorie, meaning beyond category. In the major races they rank climbs from 4 being the easiest classified climb, up to 1. HC means it's beyond 1, the hardest, based on length, grade, and in the races, how far along in the stage it is.
** For those who don't know, Strava uses everyone's GPS times from uploaded rides and makes a virtual leaderboard on the segments, in other words, specific sections of road like climbs, descents, etc. Segments are user created, and pretty much everything is a segment these days. Strava will award you with a "trophy" if you place in the Top 10. If you are number one, it's called a KOM, or King of the Mountain, stemming from similar competitions in Grand Tours.