RCKS - my mountain biking buddy in his 70's can out pace me on the uphill sections he has a second home in this part of France, where we are going to cycle the rural roads this winter ( part of the winter months ) the Tour de France travels through his home town area https://www.google.com/maps/place/Payrin-Augmontel,+France/@43.5362301,2.3138142,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x12ae1973eefc2ad1:0x834b6dc2c7498977!8m2!3d43.5414931!4d2.3468195 his Father hand built the home, its structure behind the stucco is solid rock boulders in a stack wall the European way, use what is nearby