# @rouleurmagazine on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/56050722-rouleurmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-10T15:50:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rouleur (@rouleurmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/rouleurmagazine

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Blue, red and ivory coloured threads run through the 104-metre tapestry that sits in a carefully temperature-controlled room in the middle of Château d’Angers. Faded orange and green hues mix with gilt and silver woven into the wool and silk. In each stitch with which the material has been painstakingly repaired during its 644 year existence, there are stories of history, love and war. The Apocalypse Tapestry is the most significant and one of the few survivors from the first decades of the great period of tapestry. It is kept in Angers, approximately 300 km southwest of Paris, in the heart of the Pays de la Loire region.⁠
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I’d come to this part of France to ride bikes. To discover the gravel tracks that wind through the vineyards, the cycle paths that skirt the edge of the glittering Loire river and the technical trails that weave through the forests to secretly connect one quaint fairytale village to the next. That part of our visit, I knew was going to be good. I’d seen photos and images of Nature is Bike, the gravel festival that takes place yearly in Angers, noted the perfect mix of challenging sections and fast-flowing off-road sections of the route, remembered the smiling faces of participants, and looked at the varying distance options for different abilities. When it comes to cycling, the beautiful scenery of the Loire Valley was never going to disappoint.⁠
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'The Tapestry of la Loire: gravel riding through vineyards and history' – read  the full article in our latest magazine – Issue 141, on the Rouleur app or online via the link in bio 🔗⁠
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