Cycling and Life
Cycling and Life
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 Frühling Gö Feldweg Omloop – March 24 2023 With… 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
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. March 2023February was a cold month but we were able to turn our pedals happily. February 2023Ending a ride at the cafe and looking at our muddy… 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
Gö Gravel is a loose collective of people almost all being based in the central German city of Göttingen. We like to ride with others and listed at the link below are Party Ride routes we have followed since late 2022. Theses are in addition to the Gö Strade Bianche, Gö Feldweg Omloop and All… Continue Reading
This was a scouting ride for a – Love of mud – Gö Gravel party ride to be held in February, 2023. On the ride we celebrate two great Belgian road races both of which signal the commencement proper of the European road race season. Het Volk Omloop and Gent Wevelgem Het Volk Omloop and… 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
A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during November 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 A Taste of Rospuutto in Gö – November 30… Continue Reading
Hurra, der erste Gö Strade Bianche Kalender ist für 12.50 Euro zu haben! Der Kalender hat natürlich ein Fahrradthema, da wir die weißen Straßen von Gö feiern (weniger weiß im Winter) und Craig von Window Gazing, ein Mitglied der Gö Strade Bianche-Gruppe, hat einen coolen Job gemacht, künstlerisch auszudrücken, warum wir es lieben, in der… Continue Reading
The eleventh of November is Armistice Day marking the end of the First World War. In Germany, the National Day of Mourning (Volkstrauertag) is held in remembrance for those who have died or have suffered because of war (November 13 in 2022). In the United Kingdom Remembrance Sunday plays the same role. In Belgium November… Continue Reading
Feldweg Home My longest ride since my fall in May! Herbst is firmly with us in Lower Saxony despite some record-breaking high temperatures in October. Autumn (or Fall) means that sections of this tour featured a carpet of fallen leaves which crackle under wheel in the dry or rustle when on foot and are slippery… Continue Reading
Home – Route 72km – Route 60km – Route 54km – Route 41km – Asphalt Only – Het Volk – Gallery 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 and gravel, plus cycle paths… Continue Reading
A page featuring galleries and links for cycle tours undertaken during October 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 The Gö Internazionale go for Coffee in Gö –… Continue Reading
Gö Gravel Rides Schließ´ die Augen und stell Dir vor, Du seist in der Toskana, und mach´ sie erst am Ende der Radtour wieder auf. Gö Gravel (Previously Gö Strade Bianche) is an informal group, there is no central committee and, rather it’s a simple collective of friendly-minded cyclists. We do not hold formal led… Continue Reading