This is a photo from two years ago, i stood there for a good minute wondering how the hell and why this weird cycle path was there. It is in southern France, on the climb to Col d’Ecre, bit north of Nice.
Take a guess, i finally fully understand.
Best guess, it’s for allowing cars to pass?
Nope.
A hint: These two poles and the one with the solar panel make sense of the whole thing.
Some sort of service station? Maybe there’s an air pump and various tools in that box?
Hmm, something like a chip timing station so you can time your climb?
Presumably there would be similar ones at the bottom and top also, and perhaps at other points along the way.
Or a simple bicycle counter - authorities are interested to know how many cyclists are using this route and at what times of day etc.
Perhaps to turn on something like ‘Bicycles ahead’ warning lights for an upcoming section with poor visibility, or a tunnel or similar.
