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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DEBrot und Wilhelm Busch feierten auf dieser Fahrt. ENGBrot and Wilhelm Busch celebrated on this ride. The RideWe started with the cobbled climb of Zieten Terrace, onto Panzerweg to the high ground of Kesterlingrodefeld and then we dropped down a great gravel trail to Mackenrode where we rode a silky-smooth asphalt road to Waake (the… Continue Reading
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Can I replicate the cycle road race routes of Flanders in Göttingen? Although the short answer is ´not easily´, I can nonetheless pay my respects to the Flemish (or Wallonia) theatres of cycle sport even if there are so few substantive stretches of cobbles to ride in the Göttingen region. One notable race is the Gent Wevelgem semi-classic which actually starts… Continue Reading
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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
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DEZwei versehentliche Treffen mit Gunnar Fehlau und Josh Schenk auf einem Dransfeld Ramp Omloop (mit sozialer Distanzierung). ENGTwo accidental meet ups with Gunnar Fehlau and Josh Schenk on a Dransfeld Ramp Omloop (with social distancing). 38km – 11 Gravel Sectors The RideGarmin Connect: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/6484213698Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/5002463260
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DE Ich besuchte oder passierte in der Nähe von: 7 mittelalterlichen Warte, Schlachtfeldern, einer Militärbasis und 11 Flugzeugabsturzstellen im 2. Weltkrieg in Göttingen. Ich bin dankbar, in der friedlichsten Zeit zu leben, die Europa je erlebt hat. Wachtürme befinden sich oft auf einer Anhöhe, was bedeutet, dass es auf dieser Fahrt viele Anstiege gab! Ich… Continue Reading
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DEFeier der Frühlingsklassiker – Schotter und Asphalttour auf 28 Pflasterreifen: Gö Velodrom – Dransfeld Rampe – Radweg bei Rischenkrug (B3) nach Dransfeld – L559 und dann der Asphaltaufstieg auf die Hoher Hagen – Dransfeld – Gö Velodrom. The Pave tyre is no longer featured by Vittoria and has been replaced with the Strade Bianche winning… Continue Reading
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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
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DE ´Guerilla Gardening´, die weißen Straßen des Leine-damit sie toskanisch aussehen? Ein kalter Wind wehte und kein Schlamm! 56km und 23 gravel sektors. ENG I played Strade Bianche on Göttingen´s currently off-white roads – in my head I was MvdP or Chantal Van Den Broek-Blaak. It also occurred to me that guerrilla gardening could see… Continue Reading
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A road ride on a mix of public roads and cycle paths to the Gauß Turm atop the Hoher Hagen overlooking Göttingen. The tower is named after Göttingen based Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855) and it commemorates his work with mathematics to calculate the size of the Kingdom of Hannover. He used three high datum points… Continue Reading
