Cycling and Life
DE Kurze Tage – kurze Fahrten, dann ist es die Winter Equinox. 36km/2+Std Asphaltfahrt – Geismar, Klein Lengden, Diemarden (foto), Reinhausen, Groß Schneen, Klein Schneen, Dramfeld, Volkeröde und Nedernejsa. ENG Up until the Winter Equinox on December 21 the daylight hours will be getting ever shorter but from thereon (and Christmas a few days later)… Continue Reading
DE Göttingen hat heute viele “weiße Straßen” Josh Schenk und ich sind ein paar Abschnitte gefahren. Ich habe mich für 28-mm-Vittoria-Pave-Reifen entschieden, als ich als Profi-Rennfahrer bei der italienischen Strade Bianchi oder Paris Roubaix gespielt habe. ENG Riding with road tyres on the white roads of Göttingen is tough but fun! I rode a pair… Continue Reading
DE Gut, um die Covid-Isolation mit Gunnar zu brechen, der in der Nähe von zu Hause fährt. ENG A quick spin with Gunnar on well-known local trails. In this time of Covid-19 I have been meeting people who I trust to be virus aware and who aim to maintain a good bubble around them. It… Continue Reading
DE 43km – Eine Straßenfahrt mit Niedernejsa, Klein Schneen, Ekerhausen, Marzhausen, Groß Schneen, Ballenhausen, Reinhausen, Wendebach Stausee und Geismar. Heute waren viele Fahrer unterwegs und wir tauschten einen Gruß aus. ENG Many riders were out enjoying the warmth of the sun even if the wind was a bit tough in some sections. We exchanged greetings… 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. November 2020 (2) A foggy Riesewarte, Göttingen one of a chain of watchtowers built in the 1400s November 2020 (1) The last of Otober October 2020 Autumn… Continue Reading
DE 29KM – Zieten Terrace (Kopsteinpflaster steigen), Kerstlingeröderfeld, langer Abstieg nach Klein Lengden und Garte River (4,9km), Diemarden, Diemardener Warte und Geismar. ENG – (Panzer Ghosts in Gö) Where once Tigers and Chieftains roamed there are a few reminders of the military presence at Kerstlingeröderfeld, but these are often hidden by flora, fauna and trees.… Continue Reading
35KM auf fast trockenen Schotterwegen – einschließlich: Grone, Bovenden, Berg Plesse, Rieswarte, Nikolausberg, Bratental, Lutter River und Hainberg Forest. ENG I last rode sections of this route on January 29, 2020 when I was scouting `All Along the Watchtower´ and since then I have suggested the Warte Route. With little rain having fallen in recent… Continue Reading
DE 49km Road tour including/einschließlich: Niedernjesa – Siebold Hausen – Settmarshausen – Juhnde – Volkerode – Niedernjesa (All known roads/ Regelmäßige Straßen) ENG Autumn sun in Gö I was humming Danny and Sandy´s ´Summer Lovin´ song from Grease in my head on this ride. I had dusted off my summer bike and I just couldn´t… Continue Reading
46KM: 25 gravel sectors – Gravel-Teilabschnitte + farm roads/ Landwirtschaftstraßen. DEHeute in Göttingen regnete es `Misling´ (Ein englisches Wort von Jane Austen zum Niesel Wetter) ENGOn this road/gravel ride in Göttingen rain hung like a suffocating layer. 18/19th Century writer Jane Austen coined the word Misling to help describe this type of weather. Polite society… Continue Reading
DE Eni ´Fartlek´ 51km Tour mit 16 Gravel-Teilabschnitte. Schön die Sonne zu sehen. ENG A few big chain ring moments as I played upon 16 sections of Göttingen gravel roads. With time being short I made the most of the sunshine and drying trails over 51kms. The harvest time tractors and semi-trailers have churned up… Continue Reading
DE 47km gravel und Asphalt Tour in der Leine Tal, Göttingen mit 17 Gravel Teilabschnitte (Strade Bianche). Ein ´Freddie Frinton´ tour – ´the same procedure as last time´. ENG A 47km gravel and road ride in the Leine Valley, Göttingen with 17 sectors of gravel (Strade Bianche). An easy paced ride and perfect for recovery… Continue Reading
It seems we have gravel in our heads in the form of ´Ear Rocks´. OK, it´s not really gravel as we know it (as Spock might say in Star Trek), ratherthey are calcium crystals. I suffer from vertigo although I do not panic, but just feel uneasy when at a cliff edge or similar. Completely… Continue Reading
Results, video and picture links from cycle road races held in 2020 which feature gravel, pave and dirt. Road races that have in common a touch of the ‘Roubaixesque’ about them. Sadly I cannot say that all the video links can be viewed in other countries or will survive review by the geo-restriction or TV… Continue Reading
This was mostly a new route to Jühnde for me, although I had previously ridden the first section in reverse from Dransfeld to Göttingen when we rode from the Weser River. The climb up to the ridge top saw us pedal on many asphalt roads closed to general vehicle use, under the high speed train… Continue Reading
Results, video and picture links from cycle road races to be held in 2020 which feature gravel, pave and dirt. Road races that have in common a touch of the ‘Roubaixesque’ about them. I am now based in Germany and so sadly I cannot say that all the video links can be viewed in other… Continue Reading
I rode the Gö PRBX route in the rain as part of my recovery from having two of my Wisdom Teeth extracted. A cycle ride based upon the Hainberg overlooking the German city of Göttingen featuring gravel, forest trails, Panzerweg, Kopfsteinpflaster (Cobbles), some use of public roads and importantly gnarly Befestigter Waldweg (Reinforced wild road).… Continue Reading
My second recovery ride since an infection hit me because I had too many teeth, two wisdom teeth now extracted (stitches out on Tuesday). I say goodbye to the last of these troublesome teeth (they lack any wisdom) in 13 days’ time. On a road ride last Saturday, I felt discombobulated and today I felt… Continue Reading
A simple asphalt recovery ride after the extraction of 2 of my Wisdom teeth. The intention to eat cake (soft in my case) at the Historische Spinnerei Gartetal for what is the last day of being open for the year. It was a warm Autumn day. We rode 38km but it felt like a 100,00000000!!!… Continue Reading
We no longer grind plants or other ´hard´ foods with our teeth because of our modern diets and for some rammed at the back of your mouth can be four redundant Wisdom teeth (Weisheitszähne). My Wisdom Teeth have become a problem and after two weeks off the bike because of an infection from one of… Continue Reading
They say there is a heat wave on the way for mid-September but whatever the outcome I have been preparing for Autumn and Winter. Onto my bikes have gone sacrificial wheels and tough tyres, and I had thought that a recent band of welcome rain would have made the roads ´dirty´. I was wrong, although… Continue Reading
