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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DE Home – ENG Home – Manifest – Video/Links – Galerie – Gutingi Rides 30km Route – 40km Route – 56km Route (DE) – 56km Route – 76km Route – VISTA Tour (52km) Brevet Card – Facebook – Strava – Komoot Schließ´ die Augen und stell Dir vor, Du seist in der Toskana, und mach´ sie… Continue Reading
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Omloop Home DE Es war gut, den 40 km langen Gö Feldweg Omloop im Abstand von nur wenigen Tagen zu fahren. Bei der vorherigen Fahrt wurde ich von einer Frau auf einem gelben MTB aus den 1990er Jahren überholt. Das Lied Big Yellow Taxi spielte daraufhin in meinem Kopf. Diesmal habe ich Joni Mitchell nicht… Continue Reading
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Omloop Home ENG Stage four of the 2022 Women´s Tour de France from Troyes to Bar Sur Aub featured four sectors of ´Chemin Blanc´ and this inspired me to ride a revised short Gö Feldweg Omloop. This route has an additional gravel and cobbled sector (I am always looking for cobbles) with all other routes… Continue Reading
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At this time of the year the landscape is brightened by pink and white and, on this ride, we followed the blooming Cherry, and the apple blossom the latter now emerging at the end of the April. In Germany the cherry trees will be harvested in July and the yield is expected to be down… Continue Reading
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DE Home – ENG Home DE Wir feiern das Strade Bianche-Rennen mit den ´Weißen Straßen´ von Göttingen sowie Beton-, Schotter-, Asphalt-Radwegen und öffentlichen Straßen. Es war nass und kalt, aber es war herzerwärmend, Jan Menkens zu treffen.Diese überarbeitete Tour hat Hügel und beinhaltet eine neue Westseite und einen Wechsel am Ende der Fahrt. Angetrieben von Cadbury Dairy… Continue Reading
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DE Wir feiern das Strade Bianche-Rennen mit den ´Weißen Straßen´ von Göttingen sowie Beton-, Schotter-, Asphalt-Radwegen und öffentlichen Straßen. Dies ist die überarbeitete Route für kurze Fahrten – Mehr Tours. Heute führte uns der nasse Strade zurück zur Giro dÍtalia Etappe 7 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF33PS8GaV4 ENG We celebrate the Strade Bianche race featuring the ´Weißen Straßen´of… Continue Reading
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The average life expectancy of a washing machine is ten years and if excessively clunking noisily or if your machine gives off a fugue then it’s probably telling you the end is nigh. Washing Machine BluesIf you live a clean life, you may push a machine beyond the average, but for a cyclist especially when… Continue Reading
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The first turn of the train wheels broke the stiction holding me to my home because in the past two years plus I have not ventured away. Although I have explored my new home in Göttingen with enthusiasm my last big journey was when I moved from London. The Covid pandemic being a strong reason… Continue Reading
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DE – Gö Strade Bianche (66km tour), mit Gö Grupetto Partypace Schließ´ die Augen und stell Dir vor, Du seist in der Toskana, und mach´ sie erst am Ende der Radtour wieder auf. Im Staub zu reiten war poetisch. Danke an alle, die auf mich gewartet haben! ENG – Gö Strade Bianche (66km route), with Gö… Continue Reading
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A ride in celebration of the Strade Bianche race held in Tuscany, Italy. This tour featured the ´Weißen Straßen´ of Göttingen plus concrete, dirt, asphalt cycle paths and public roads. I began the Strade Bianche de Gutingi at the Gö velodrome and 51 gravel sectors followed. The route took me along the Leine Valley north… Continue Reading
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We ventured away from the Dransfeld Ramp (an abandoned railway) and rode into the Börl Valley via the village of Hetjershausen (the village well survives) to the west of Göttingen. In Groß Ellershausen the Lindenhof pub still stands and this was frequented by the first German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck and poet Heinrich Heine, and… Continue Reading
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(Lost villages) It´s good to stop and think… I did that, at what has become a regular riding spot for me. In my first week of moving to Germany I sat on a bench at Kerstlingrodefeld and wondered at what I had done. I was now an immigrant. Käthe KollwitzI began this ride at a… 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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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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