Cycling and Life
A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during May 2023. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Three Gö Scouting – May 28 2023 Andrea, Josh,… Continue Reading
Home – Route 72km – Route 60km – Route 54km – Route 41km – Asphalt Only – Gallery More Gravel: Het Volk – Gö North 48km Brevet Card – Facebook – Strava – Komoot The Gö Feldweg Omloop (Flemish word for a circuit or runde) is a ‘road’ based bike ride linking together asphalt and Betonweg field roads (Feldweg) with cobbles… Continue Reading
Feldweg Home I have always loved cycle road races such as Paris Roubaix, Tro bro Leon and more recently the Strade Bianche, all of which leave the public roads for something a little different. The Gö Feldweg Omloop collection of rides offer a mix of asphalt and gravel feldweg plus Betonweg with as little public… Continue Reading
DE Home – ENG Home – Manifest – Video/Links – Galerie – Gutingi Rides 30km Route – 40km Route – 56km Route (DE) – 56km Route – 80km Route – Tal Traverse 51km Brevet Card – Facebook – Strava – Komoot Schließ´ die Augen und stell Dir vor, Du seist in der Toskana, und mach´ sie… Continue Reading
Gö Strade Bianche DE Home – ENG Home I rode out from the Gö Velodrome with the aim of crossing the valley going West to East. A running race had closed the paths/roads in the immediate area around the velodrome which meant I had to change my plans a little bit. I cheered them on!… Continue Reading
Featured images used as a ‘cover’ for each month since April 2018 when Cyclesport.London became Velo Klubhaus.com. See also Gallery for lots of pictures from across Velo Klubhaus. May 2023In hope that spring has sprung… April 2023March was a bit damp, a picture by Josh Schenk making this point clearly. March 2023February was a cold… Continue Reading
A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during April 2023. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Nörten-Hardenberg Omloop – April 30 2023 Andrea, Craig, and… Continue Reading
A new Gö Feldweg Omloop travelling north of Göttingen following the Leine Valley reaching out beyond Bovenden and Nörten-Hardenberg. Whilst we go close to Northeim we turn back before it and our return shadows the journey out but is different. Within a crowded valley floor are Intertwined a myriad of Feldweg (concrete, asphalt, and white… Continue Reading
Gö Strade Bianche DE Home or ENG Home Like the March Hare a character in the British curiouser and curiouser novel Alice in Wonderland we can all get a bit crazy in the springtime, but unlike that hare I am not perpetually waiting for the Mad Hatters six o´clock tea party . Instead, I live… Continue Reading
A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during March 2023. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Gö Feldweg Omloop 60km – March 29 2023 Gent… Continue Reading
It was on my Specialized Crux cyclo-cross that I almost fell into the arms of Hades the Greek god of the Under World. Fall to Earth I haven´t ridden the Crux since May 2022 when I clipped a rut hidden in long grass on a stretch of gravel, my 28mm road tyres fitted at the… Continue Reading
A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during February 2023. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Gö Gravel Internationali Omloop – February 26 2023 We… Continue Reading
We scouted a Gö Gravel Love of Mud party ride chosen by Sandra M. It compliments the All Along the Watchtower tour and it is an amended version of a previous Peace Ride. It was lovely to share the day with Sandra, Andrea, Josh, and Craig. A War Not Fought Many conflicts have ravaged the Göttingen… Continue Reading
This was a scouting ride for a – Love of mud – Gö Gravel party ride to be held in February, 2023. Straße, Betonweg, Feldweg, Kopfsteinpflaster, and gravel The track follows public roads (14km), Betonweg, asphalt feldweg, cobblestones, and 18 gravel sectors. The tour features sections of both the Gö Feldweg Omloop and the Gö… Continue Reading
A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during January 2023. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Breaking Ice in Gö – January 29 2023 The… Continue Reading
Gö Gravel have a new Brevet Karte issued free at rides. Like a passport you can collect stamps for specific tours, or in which season you rode. Sandra M is the first to get a stamp for her recent Omloop ride. It’s offered in the same spirit as the Gö Strade Bianche Brevet Karte –… Continue Reading
Winter wetter (and cake) is an existential matter for any cyclist. What is the meaning of it all? I was not to be a hostage to my angst and motivated by the company of Sandra and Andrea we rode a variation of the Gö Feldweg Omloop 40km. Angst The weather is a major matter for… Continue Reading
This was a scouting and GPS setting ride for a coming Gö Strade Bianche – Love of Mud Winter Series party ride. We visit the Kopfsteinpflaster Karussell and the Bürgertal Canyon plus the Rosengarten at Reinhausen. This route features several stiff climbs including one gravel ascent I walked up (25% plus) – the ride rocks… Continue Reading
A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during December 2022. I ride regularly, and I do not necessarily post a web page for each tour I do. I do post to Facebook, Garmin Connect, Strava and occasionally to Komoot and Instagram. Monthly Tours Post-Christmas Gö Strade Bianche – Love of mud in… Continue Reading
The ground had been swollen in the days before my ride by rain plus snow and the weather was bleak in attitude offering a taste of the winter yet to come. The trails will now become increasingly sodden until they freeze and then return to being a quagmire in places during the subsequent thaw. The… Continue Reading
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