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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Winter wetter (and cake) is an existential matter for any cyclist. What is the meaning of it all? I was not to be a hostage to my angst and motivated by the company of Sandra and Andrea we rode a variation of the Gö Feldweg Omloop 40km. Angst The weather is a major matter for… 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 ground had been swollen in the days before my ride by rain plus snow and the weather was bleak in attitude offering a taste of the winter yet to come. The trails will now become increasingly sodden until they freeze and then return to being a quagmire in places during the subsequent thaw. The… Continue Reading
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Hurra, der erste Gö Strade Bianche Kalender ist für 12.50 Euro zu haben! Der Kalender hat natürlich ein Fahrradthema, da wir die weißen Straßen von Gö feiern (weniger weiß im Winter) und Craig von Window Gazing, ein Mitglied der Gö Strade Bianche-Gruppe, hat einen coolen Job gemacht, künstlerisch auszudrücken, warum wir es lieben, in der… Continue Reading
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Feldweg Home My longest ride since my fall in May! Herbst is firmly with us in Lower Saxony despite some record-breaking high temperatures in October. Autumn (or Fall) means that sections of this tour featured a carpet of fallen leaves which crackle under wheel in the dry or rustle when on foot and are slippery… 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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Gö Gravel Rides Schließ´ die Augen und stell Dir vor, Du seist in der Toskana, und mach´ sie erst am Ende der Radtour wieder auf. Gö Gravel (Previously Gö Strade Bianche) is an informal group, there is no central committee and, rather it’s a simple collective of friendly-minded cyclists. We do not hold formal led… Continue Reading
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Feldweg Home Not drinking it but thinking about wine on this ride. The Feldweg Omloop is a homage to road race classics which are not confined to asphalt. Paris Tours (Oct 9) features 9 gravel sectors through the vineyards of France. This is the short Gö Feldweg Omloop. The previous route featured a section of… Continue Reading
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Feldweg Home Feedback is great and thanks to Sandra M for hers. Thus, we have revised once more the 54km Gö Feldweg Omloop (soon the 41 will follow) by taking out the cobbles adjacent to the railway at Obernjesa. Although the cobbles at the Obernjesa railway are fun especially where the rusting rails remain from… Continue Reading
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DE Home – ENG Home A shorter version of the Gö Strade Bianche held to the southwest of Göttingen heading through Rosdorf to the high ground above Volkerode. Whereafter, we descend back into the Leine Valley via Sieboldhausen. Keeping it all Westside. Gravel sector 15 (of 19) was especially poignant for me because this is where… 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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Feldweg Home The Gö Feldweg Omloop without the gravel and cobbled sectors – riding the asphalt farmers roads, cycle paths and public roads. We start and finish at Geismar and visit Sieboldhausen six times! You might get a bit dizzy as you switch back and forth. Riding a local circuit, runde or in this case… Continue Reading
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During a flying visit to Germany by Tom and Irene from the Netherlands, we ate lots of cake, toured Göttingen and then went walking in the Harz Mountains (close to Gö). I have visited the Harz many times but after a year’s gap it was shocking to see large swathes of dead trees. It is… Continue Reading
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Feldweg Home The Feldweg Omloop (circuit oder runde) 50km ridden on a road bike on a revised route (September 7 2022). Volkerode/Obernjesa/Stockhausen/Wendebachstasse/Reinhausen/Appenrode/Diemarden. The village at Reinhausen features an amazing rock face lining the road. More gravel and cobbles at the start plus we have cut out the public roads at Bremke. 53KM – 12.6 km… Continue Reading
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With just a few days before the end of the nine Euro ticket valid on all regional transport we decided to cross state lines and revisit Kassel some 50 kilometres from Göttingen. Tickets deals for internal travel within my home state of Lower Saxony will remain. Kassel sits upon the Fulda River in Hesse (some… Continue Reading
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Feldweg Home Friedland/Bisenhausen loop – 60km (revised 28 August 2022) A revised route for the 60km Go Feldweg Omloop riding via Volkerode, Obernjesa, Friedland, Besenhausen, Reinhausen, Ballenhausen, and Diemarden. This version of the Omloop (Flemish word for a circuit or runde) has a new route out from the velodrome featuring a section of gravel and… Continue Reading
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The plan was to make use of our nine Euro rail ticket and visit Hannover, but the train was delayed because of a defect, and we opted to go instead to Kassel as that train was scheduled to leave much sooner. Hann Münden On board the train we decided spontaneously to jump off to visit… Continue Reading
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Bad Harzburg is not a ye oldie German town and has very few signs of life before the 18th Century when it developed into a Spa Resort (it was called Neustadt until 1892). The town situated to the north of the Harz Mountains and is overlooked by them, drew people from across the German speaking… 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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