Cycling - Munich to Tegernsee

Date: 28-May-2005
Starting Point: Munich-Giesing
Weather Very Hot (high 20C to low 30C) and sunny
Route: Giesing > Sauerlach – by bike 17.4KM est.
Sauerlach > Holzkirchen – S-Bahn n/a
Holzkirchen > Tegernsee – BOB n/a
Tergernsee > Tergernsee – by bike 18.3KM est.
Tergernsee > Munich – by BOB n/a
Map Ref.: Radwander-Karte: München Bayerisches Oberland 1:100K

Newly arrived in Munich I have been salivating over the bike trails and routes surrounding the city. Before we go any further however, a little about me.

I am a 40’ish accountant in fair shape with a desk bulge about the middle as evidence of hazards of my occupations. I have never raced bikes but have always loved them. So if you do race or are one of those who zoom by me on your 32gram Italian jobbies, don’t snicker at my distances or times.

This particular ride was based on a map (nicely laminated I might add) entitled: “München Bayerisches Oberland� (3.95€ from a local bike shop). Having ridden in German before, I have learned that bike maps should be considered ‘suggestions’ of routes rather than gospel. The routes sometimes are not the best and the supporting signs on the ground spring up and disappear like mushrooms. Nevertheless, the map, a compass and some common sense can usually get you in a direction that is a reasonable approximation of the intended route.

This was my first significant ride after two years of relative inactivity. I started on the Tergensee strass near the stadium (mostly because that is where I live) and headed south along Tergensee and highway A995. This is a good route all the way to Taufkirchen with an independent bike trail much of the way.

Zipping through Taufkirchen I went through Oberhaching and picked up the Via Julia. This is the old Roman road that now looks like a very straight train track. I pulled into Sauerlach after about 2 hours of riding and decided to train it the rest of the way. That particular May weekend was so hot that heat exhaustion was a possibility.

I hoped aboard the S-Bahn to Holzkirchen and then bought a one-way to Tergnesee on the BOB. If you have not been aboard a BOB yet, do so. They are new, modern and seemingly full of cyclists on weekends.

Leaving the Tergernsee you are given the treat of a screaming downhill ride to the lake. Bavarian Lakes seem to be Meccas for expensive cars and beautiful people. The ride around Tergernsee is nice if somewhat unmemorable. I was hoping to cut west along the BO-KÖ bike route into Bad Tölz, but missed the turn off and ended up returning to Tegernsee.

It was probably just as well. The heat made riding slow going. The screaming downhill to the train station was replaced by a slow plod back up to the BOB.

Suggestions for next time I do the trip:
1. Start at Tegernsee and work north to Holzkirchen or West to Bad Tölz.
2. Figure out where the heck the BO-KÖ cut off is.

Overall this is a good ride for beginners and low intermediates.

May 28?

@kitkat.. notice how its all in the past tense too?

and..

It's just a recount of a ride he took. Very descriptive and helpful for those who might want to embark on that ride

Oops, I didn't read the whole post. Just skipped to the last line.
I'm still hungover from Saturday(wedding in Stuttgart, caiparinias in large quantities) - still feeling the effects today. Ugh.

"Desk bulge" hehe