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| follow[/b] the national cycling routes, but merely use them as a guide/suggestion. They often take you to roads that I don't consider to be the best option for riding on (which could be for any or all of the following reasons: too undulating, too indirect, too steep / inconsistent gradient, not surfaced). The section around Lake Brienz is particularly problematic - the route takes you along the south shore of the lake along a very steep and unsurfaced track. I've not done it myself, but I didn't like the look of it on the map, and then someone told me what a nightmare it had been for them. I've always gone along the north shore of Lake Brienz, which is a great ride, traffic is not too heavy because a lot of people use the motorway instead.
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I did it on a roadbike coming from Interlaken to Brienz and it totally sucked. Steep downhills on gravely dirt roads, sections I had to walk...going the other way,probably a little better as the downhills will be mostly on the paved parts but still I would not recommend on a road bike. Saying this, it is an incredibly beautiful section that would be very enjoyable on a MTB perhaps