TourThe sun was shining for a second day and we needed no coaxing to ride again to enable us to soak up the warmth to help recovery from a bug. The proposed All Along the Watchtower gravel ride has taken yet another new turn with the possible introduction of the Rosdorf Warte atop the Wartberg.… Continue Reading
Monthly Archive: February 2020
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I long ago realised, as the wonderful Slits punk band said, that I am a “Weekend Warrior, Bread and Butter Hunter” thus I tend to find my modest pleasures close to home etc… So, having been off the bike for over a week we turned once more a trip to buy cat food into a… Continue Reading
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The fifth in the ‘It’s A Small Cycling World’ series features old school cyclo cross. The course is marked intermittently with rope and some sections have fallen into the mud. Lap scoring is done with eye, pencil and paper an almost impossible task on muddy days. Hooray for transponders. Links: It’s a small cycling world… Continue Reading
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Video and picture links to UCI rated 2019/20 cyclo cross races unless otherwise stated. I am now based in Germany and the big issue is geo-restrictions on content which may not be shown where you are are (I try not to post links to stuff that may be taken down). There are VPN services that… Continue Reading
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OK, so how do places get named? This crossed our minds when we got to the Lumpensammler Buche or Rag Collectors Beech. The German language can be fun, but don´t ask Mark Twain because he would have told you that it is “awful”, I rather would say that it is confusing. Today, the ride took… Continue Reading
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I finally rode the long haul up to the Gleichen Hills hindered just a wee bit by fallen trees across the route. The Gleichen Hills can be seen from a long way off and although almost all the castle on the Neu Gleichen has been rubbed out – the closely adjacent Alte Gleichen features a… Continue Reading
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A little while ago I embraced the dark side and put away my cyclo cross tyres and opted for gravel specific rubber instead. Making this paradigm switch in my head reminded me when I first embraced cyclo cross and also rode the Paris Roubaix sportive. Tyre choice has always been a lively subject for discussion;… Continue Reading
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The intention was to kick off the next scouting ride for the All Along the Watchtowers ride where I last left off and make the climb up to the Gleichen Hills and their castles. I would then return to Göttingen via the final watchtower at Diemarden. Alas, when I showed someone my route and outlined… Continue Reading
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Many horses seemed to be laughing with us and not at us as we respectfully passed them by. It was a day for broad grins and smiles. Helmfried and I met at the velodrome and then followed our noses, deciding which way to proceed by simply picking the coolest looking trail. It was tough at… Continue Reading
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We rode out of Lower Saxony into Thuringia on a cold day in more ways than one for the former East German state. This must have been a recovery ride for Josh Schenk who has plans for some great rides in 2020 and he led us out to the old internal border which is now… Continue Reading
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After the steady ascent of the cobbled climb through the Zieten Terrace (nee barracks) I began where I left off scouting a gravel ride that features local castles and watchtowers etc. Last time I visited the Grona (now just a monument stone) and the almost intact Plesse Burge (castles) plus the Dreckwarte and Die Rieswarte… Continue Reading
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The fourth in the ‘It’s A Small Cycling World’ series features two riders who have elected to ride in the gutter away from the pave. Sadly, the gutter is a water filled mud trench. Links: It’s a small cycling world 1 – For the love of pave Part One It’s a small cycling world 2… Continue Reading
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