Cycling and Life
Results, video and picture links from cycle road races held in 2021 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 countries or… Continue Reading
Some Like it Hot, wie der Film andeutet und wo könnte man besser sein als in einem deutschen Wald. ENG Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemon liked it hot in the movie of that name and today temperatures were at above 30 degrees. So, where better to go than to a lake or into… Continue Reading
I freestyled my way out to the old DDR border at the Dreilländereck where the federal states of Lower Saxony, Hesse, and Thuringia meet. It was a good opportunity to consider that Lower Saxony is 75 years old this year and was created by the Allies post World War Two in what was a huge… Continue Reading
DESuper begehbare Schotterwege, blühende Frühlingsblumen und Kuchen! Wunderbar!!! ENGWonderful! I rolled out of my home and five minutes later I was on the gravel unlike my years living in Central London. Finally, the late blooming spring flowers are coming to life bringing colour to the white roads of Göttingen. We rode sections of what became… Continue Reading
DEUnsere erste Tortenfahrt seit Sommer 2020 und auf einer sanften Tour haben wir Gänseaugen-Kuchen gegessen. Hurray! ENGThere is no ´Freedom Day´ date from Covid lockdown given in my area of Germany rather although the infection rates are down, there is a huge concern about future threats especially the Delta (Indian) variant coming from the UK,… Continue Reading
Castles are cool despite their original intent to control, intimidate and project power over people. Now, they are romantic and can offer great views over an area. On this tour I visit three castles exiting Gö via the Dransfeld Ramp a defunct railway and the tour includes ten mild (ish) sections of gravel. This ride… Continue Reading
DEEine Schotter-, Betonweg- und Asphaltfahrt mit Ray, mit der Dransfeld Ramp und vielen Schotterstrecken. ENGWe mixed asphalt, betonweg and gravel on this ride meeting Ray at the Leine River under a railway bridge, come graffiti art gallery. Once assembled we headed along the Dransfeld Ramp, now a cycle route and which had previously been part… Continue Reading
DEEine kurze Hommage an das GP Herning ´Straße´ Radrennen Ende Mai mit 37 Kilometern Grusvej (Schotterstraße). ENGA short homage ride to the GP Herning ´road´ cycle race held at the end of May and which features 37 kilometres of Grusvej (gravel road). The Ride – 33kmI started in the Hainberg Forest climbing up to 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. June 2021Göttingen Strade Bianche looking toward the city. May 2021Berlepsch Castle, Göttingen. April 2021The Kopfsteinpflaster Carousel. March 2021Eisenbahn Romantik in Göttingen February 2021Mud and winter sunshine in… Continue Reading
Castles are cool despite their original intent to control, intimidate and project power over people. Now, they are romantic and can offer great views over an area. This Ride was the first scouting of a potential castles road tour and here we visited the ruins of the Rusteberg and the Gleichen. The RustebergWhen built in… Continue Reading
Inspired by Tro-Bro Léon and the Strade Bianche I allowed my whimsy to lead me onto the Gö ´ribinou´ and in my-head I was soon ´racing´ both of these cool road events. In the Breton region the word for farm track is ribinou and in wider France they might be called gravé or chemin de… Continue Reading
We have suffered a long, long period of evil cold winds cutting you to the bone – today the sun shone, and the temperatures approached 30 degrees. After a week off the bike because of fatigue triggered by the AZ Covid vaccine I received recently I was determined to venture out and I felt awful… Continue Reading
DEEine Nach-Covid-Impfungstour und wir haben es einfach gehalten. Warmer Sonnenschein ist gut. ENGWith plenty of antigens in our veins after vaccination and feeling a few side effects, we rode a tour close to home along well-known gravel sections. It was a joy to ride, and the sun was shining!!!! I have heard that April 2021… Continue Reading
March 2019 saw me in my new home city in Central Germany and two years on I am living in a time of a pandemic. I began writing these letters at the start of the pandemic in an attempt to understand Germany better and to get to grips with my relationship with the United Kingdom.… Continue Reading
I am a cycling fan and I have done all I think possible to be as Belgian or Dutch as I can, I have drunk Belgian beer, eaten Belgian chocolate (lots of), scoffed Stroopwaffles (Netherlands) and frites I am yet to match a Belgian or a Netherlander in being either. I have also ridden many… Continue Reading
Presenting no obstacle to our free movement this gravel and road tour saw us cross several active and defunct borders. In my head recently has been Peter Gabriel’s song ´Games Without Frontiers´ (1980) where he talks about a subject that resonated strongly with me on this ride. He refers to several political themes kindled by… Continue Reading
I ride regularly through village after village in the Leine Valley near Göttingen. Each has a story to tell spanning for some a thousand-year history and like so many in Central Europe they have been caught up in events beyond their control. In the 17th century the Leine Valley was ravaged by conflict during the… Continue Reading
The Kopfsteinpflaster Carousel tour in reverse. It feels special to ride the roads of the Low Countries made famous by such races as the Tour of Flanders, Fleche Wallonne, Liege Bastogne Liege, Amstel Gold and Gent Wevelgem. But almost wherever you live you can find cool roads and this ride sees the Kopfsteinpflaster Carousel stand… Continue Reading
March 2019 saw me in my new home city in Central Germany and two years on I am living in a time of a pandemic. I began writing these letters at the start of the pandemic in an attempt to understand Germany better and to get to grips with my relationship with the United Kingdom.… Continue Reading
This ride was one of the first we did when we moved to Göttingen and it features the Wendebachstausee (lake), plus the concrete cycle weg from Reinhausen to the climb up to Appenrode. Appenrode was once the home of the Knights of the Gleichen a powerful family who ruled the roost and who built not… Continue Reading
