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.

  • atocci
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    63 months ago

    Best guess, it’s for allowing cars to pass?

    • @AchtungDrempelsOP
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      23 months ago

      Nope.

      A hint: These two poles and the one with the solar panel make sense of the whole thing.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 months ago

        Or a simple bicycle counter - authorities are interested to know how many cyclists are using this route and at what times of day etc.

        • @AchtungDrempelsOP
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          13 months ago

          No bicycle counter. But times of day is being collected.

      • @[email protected]
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        33 months ago

        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.

        • @AchtungDrempelsOP
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          33 months ago

          Wait a second. There might be something further down and up the hill that i have not fully understood yet, so this could also be a timing machine, i am not sure. It’s not the function that i’m looking for though.

        • @AchtungDrempelsOP
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          23 months ago

          No timing, but this is getting close. There is nothing further down this climb, but this infra apparently also exists on a few other climbs in the area.

          I have posted the solution already, but you can keep playing.

      • atocci
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        23 months ago

        Some sort of service station? Maybe there’s an air pump and various tools in that box?

        • @AchtungDrempelsOP
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          13 months ago

          Hahaha. Thanks for playing my friends.

          But no, you are not sopposed to stop there.

      • @[email protected]
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        23 months ago

        Perhaps to turn on something like ‘Bicycles ahead’ warning lights for an upcoming section with poor visibility, or a tunnel or similar.

        • @AchtungDrempelsOP
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          13 months ago

          No, there is no poor visibility. Google street view from before it was built klick