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Latest in: Gravel – Gravel, green lanes and forest Weg

  • Jack Frost Nipping at your Nose in Gö – January 18 2021 Snow Ride

    DE Nat King Cole sang eine großartige Linie – ´Jack Frost Nipping at your Nose´. Schnee und Kälte vorgestellt auf dieser mmkm Schotterfahrt ENG Cold temperatures have gripped the area in the past week bringing snow fall of which Göttingen has not witnessed for some time. Nat King Cole sang a great line about the… Continue Reading

    on January 18, 2021
  • Eine kurze Fahrt mit Gunnar auf lokalen Trails – November 16 2020 Gravel Ride

    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

    on November 16, 2020
  • Panzergeister in Gö – November 13 2020 Gravel Ride

    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

    on November 13, 2020
  • Into and Out of the Fog in Gö – November 10 2020 Gravel Ride

    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

    on November 10, 2020
  • Meeting on the Frontline – September 10 2020 Gravel/Road Ride

    The last time I had met anyone on a ´front line´ was in Brixton, London and today I met five riders at what was the Iron Curtain front line at Besenhausen just outside of Göttingen in Central Germany. Where once barbed wire and a death strip split the countryside along ideological lines, now Sunflowers and… Continue Reading

    on September 10, 2020
  • 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
  • Gutingi (Gö) Rad Tours

    Cycle rides in and around the German city of Göttingen. Gutingi is the ancient name for Göttingen a university city set in the heart of Germany, Central Europe. There are three Gutingi Tours at present each of different lengths: The Gutingi Strade Bianche, Gutingi STEIN PRBX and Gutingi All Along the Watchtower – Die Warten. These… Continue Reading

    on September 5, 2020
  • All Along the Watchtower – September 2 2020 Gravel Ride

    A ride from medieval watchtower to watchtower. These old military sites once protected and controlled the approaches to Göttingen. They are now romantic ruins and peaceful, but in the past, they were often the difference between life or death. Personally, I am grateful to live in a period of peace of which Europe has never… Continue Reading

    on September 2, 2020
  • Talking Speed – August 30 2020 Gravel Ride

    For sure we could have gone faster, especially Josh, but that wasn´t the point. We set a pace at which we could talk, be chilled and all rode our bikes as a form of recovery. We began at the velodrome rode across the gravel farm trails into the forest and raced down the available descents.… Continue Reading

    on August 30, 2020
  • Gutingi STEIN PRBX – Hainberg Befestigter Waldweg

    Eine Hainberg-Radtour mit Göttingenpanorama auf Gravel, Waldwegen, Panzerwegen, Kopfsteinpflaster, teils auf öffentlichen Straßen, aber hauptsächlich auf holperigen, befestigten Waldwegen. Eine Rundtour von ca. 15 km Länge, so gut, dass ich sie gleich mehrmals gemacht habe!! DE German – ENG Home – Route – Gallery – Gutingi Rides Mobilität Straßen, Pfade und Trails sind für unser… Continue Reading

    on August 21, 2020
  • Stein – August 19 2020 Road/Gravel Ride

    Riding a circuit is cool, you can stay close to home, you can step off when your body says so and you can go home should a monsoon attack. What it doesn´t have to be is boring! This tough 15km circuit ridden on a 28m front and 26m rear tyre featured asphalt, stein roads, Kopfsteinpflaster… Continue Reading

    on August 19, 2020
  • No Yorkshire Tea – August 16 2020 Gravel Ride

    We talked about Yorkshire tea (*mysteriously it came up) and swapped stories about tea and tea drinking habits in ´Gods chosen county´, but didn´t drink any. Instead we concentrated upon drinking German beer, ate German cakes, and rode cool German gravel. A day of good Anglo-Deutsche relations or should I say Bristol-Göttingen relations – Thanks… Continue Reading

    on August 16, 2020
  • In a German Forest – August 10 2020 Gravel/CX Ride

    My first ride in August having taken an enforced rest from the bike because of illness. I was under instructions to take it easy and so I limited myself to 20 kilometres of playing in the Hainberg Forest and at Kesterlingroder Feld. I am grateful to be back on the bike and my heart goes… Continue Reading

    on August 10, 2020
  • Stoned, Nicht Roubaix – July 30 2020 Stone/Cobbles/Gravel/Road Ride

    There are simply not enough cobbles (Kopfsteinpflaster) in the area to replicate the Paris Roubaix cycle race. What we do have are kilometres of Strade Bianche, then there is Befestigter Waldweg, and in addition there are concrete farm roads all of which criss-cross the area in abundance. On this ride I went scouting for cool… Continue Reading

    on July 30, 2020
  • Freddie Frinton Rides

    Freddie Frinton Rides are rides which are to paraphrase Freddie,“The same procedure as last time”  from Dinner For One, a cult German film shown each New Year. These are gravel, road or gravel/road rides that are undertaken regularly and this includes Freddie Frinton Ride One featured here. Eine kurze Fahrt mit Gunnar auf lokalen Trails… Continue Reading

    on July 19, 2020
  • Scouting All Along the Watchtower 11 – July 14 2020 Gravel Ride

    I thought I had finished scouting All Along the Watchtower but during the Covid-19 lockdown I rethought the ride. The ride will now be spilt into three, one will feature the warte (watchtowers), another three castles and a long ride that will include both warte and castles. Watchtowers and castles tend to be on top… Continue Reading

    on July 14, 2020
  • Exorcising Demons mit John und Andrea – July 12 2020 Gravel/Road Ride

    A lovely day riding with John Beggs and Andrea where all my recent post-crash demons were able to drain away in a gentle exorcism by bike. John has been riding in the super wet and muddy environs of the Harz Mountains lately and so we took him on roads with great views, dry gravel, except… Continue Reading

    on July 12, 2020
  • Sonnenschein – June 24 2020 Gravel/Road Ride

    When I lived in London, I spent a great deal of time within the built environment and I often found myself in the shade. One of the aspects of my new life in Göttingen is that the sky is open to me and the countryside is accessible being just a few minutes from my front… Continue Reading

    on June 24, 2020
  • The Ordinary Resumed – June 23 2020 Gravel/Road Ride

    My first ride with Gunnar Fehlau since February because of the Covid pandemic which has kept so many apart. We reprised our usual lunch time spin and we rode in warm sunshine. It would be easy to see this ride and meeting with people such as Gunnar as being ordinary – how wrong you would… Continue Reading

    on June 23, 2020
  • Liebeskuchen – June 21 2020 Gravel/Cake Ride

    A relaxed gravel ride for cake! 32km, with a few hills including the Tillyberg at over 28% also known on Strava as UP Zum Kirschberg. The Historic Spinnerei Cafe is open each Sunday from May 1 (and public holidays) into the Summer between 1pm and 6pm. The Ride Garmin Connect: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5123820210 Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/3649574164

    on June 21, 2020

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