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  • Blossom in Gö – April 27 2022 Gravel/Road Ride

    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

    on April 28, 2022
  • Strade Bianche de Gutingi

    DE Home – ENG Home – Manifest – Video/Links  – Galerie – Gutingi Rides 43km Route – 56km Route (DE) – 56km Route – 76km Route Brevet Card Schließ´ die Augen und stell Dir vor, Du seist in der Toskana, und mach´ sie erst am Ende der Radtour wieder auf. Strade Bianche de Gutingi In der… Continue Reading

    on April 13, 2022
  • The Gö Feldweg Omloop

    Home – Route 78km – Route 76km – Route 61km – Route 56km – Route 40km – Gallery The Gö Feldweg Omloop is a ‘road’ based bike ride linking together asphalt and Betonweg field roads (Feldweg) with cobbles and gravel, plus cycle paths and public roads into what we hope is a soulful ‘classic’ homage… Continue Reading

    on April 7, 2022
  • Gö Strade Bianche 56.50km – December 18 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    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

    on December 18, 2021
  • Gö Strade Bianchi 40km – November 29 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    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

    on November 29, 2021
  • Farm Roads in Gö – November 14 2021 ´Road´ Ride

    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

    on November 14, 2021
  • Welcome to Halle – September 11 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    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

    on September 13, 2021
  • Strade Bianche de Gutingi / Partypace – August 15 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    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

    on August 16, 2021
  • Gö Strade Bianche 84km – July 31 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    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

    on July 31, 2021
  • Börltal in Gö – A Westside Story – July 22 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    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

    on July 22, 2021
  • Thinking of Käthe in Gö – July 8 2021 Gravel Ride

    (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 Kesterlingrodefeld and wondered at what I had done. I was now an immigrant. Käthe KollwitzI began this ride at a… Continue Reading

    on July 8, 2021
  • retsalfpnietsfpoK Carousel in Gö – April 9 2021 ´Road´ Ride

    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

    on April 9, 2021
  • Kopfsteinpflaster Carousel in Gö – March 29 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    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

    on March 29, 2021
  • All Along the Watchtower in Gö – March 20 2021 Gravel Ride

    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

    on March 20, 2021
  • Classics Celebration in Gö – 28s Dransfeld Ramp/Gauß Turm Tour – March 14 2021 Road/Gravel Ride

    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

    on March 14, 2021
  • Gauß Tower in Gö – March 3 2021 Road Ride

    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

    on March 3, 2021
  • Eisenbahn Romantik the Dransfelder Ramp in Gö – February 24 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    Inspired by Josh Schenk´s coffee making trip in a minus 11 temperature we cycled along the Dransfelder Ramp a lost railway in Göttingen where we enjoyed sunshine and warm temperatures. The development of a ´national´ railway system in Germany was originally stymied when rail builders had to negotiate with a myriad of mini states which… Continue Reading

    on February 24, 2021
  • Sons o´ Satan in Gö – February 4 2021 Gravel/Road Ride

    The sky above Göttingen was a battle field during World War Two and on this ride we visit the site where a B17 Flying Fortress of the USAF was shot down on returning from an attack on an aircraft factory at Halberstadt in the Harz Mountains in 1944. Air WarA massive technological leap occurred between… Continue Reading

    on February 4, 2021
  • Gutingi All Along the Watchtower – Die Warten

    DE Home – ENG Home – DE Route – ENG Route Manifest – Galerie – Jimi Hendrix – Links – Air War – WW2 – Gutingi Rides “Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl” (Bob Dylan) Mein Lieblingssong von Jimi Hendrix ist All Along the Watchtower von Bob Dylan – dieser Song geht… Continue Reading

    on September 5, 2020
  • Witzenhausen to Göttingen – August 22 2020 Road Ride

    A short train ride took us to Witzenhausen the smallest university town in Germany (it has been a seat of learning about agriculture since the 19th century) and is a major place for cherries. A notable resident was Johann Jacob Schweppe, (1740-1821), known for the famous Schweppes brand. It is also the birthplace of the… Continue Reading

    on August 22, 2020

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