DE Kurze Tage – kurze Fahrten, dann ist es die Winter Equinox. 36km/2+Std Asphaltfahrt – Geismar, Klein Lengden, Diemarden (foto), Reinhausen, Groß Schneen, Klein Schneen, Dramfeld, Volkeröde und Nedernejsa. ENG Up until the Winter Equinox on December 21 the daylight hours will be getting ever shorter but from thereon (and Christmas a few days later)… Continue Reading
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DE Göttingen hat heute viele “weiße Straßen” Josh Schenk und ich sind ein paar Abschnitte gefahren. Ich habe mich für 28-mm-Vittoria-Pave-Reifen entschieden, als ich als Profi-Rennfahrer bei der italienischen Strade Bianchi oder Paris Roubaix gespielt habe. ENG Riding with road tyres on the white roads of Göttingen is tough but fun! I rode a pair… Continue Reading
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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
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DE 43km – Eine Straßenfahrt mit Niedernejsa, Klein Schneen, Ekerhausen, Marzhausen, Groß Schneen, Ballenhausen, Reinhausen, Wendebach Stausee und Geismar. Heute waren viele Fahrer unterwegs und wir tauschten einen Gruß aus. ENG Many riders were out enjoying the warmth of the sun even if the wind was a bit tough in some sections. We exchanged greetings… Continue Reading
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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
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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
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DE 49km Road tour including/einschließlich: Niedernjesa – Siebold Hausen – Settmarshausen – Juhnde – Volkerode – Niedernjesa (All known roads/ Regelmäßige Straßen) ENG Autumn sun in Gö I was humming Danny and Sandy´s ´Summer Lovin´ song from Grease in my head on this ride. I had dusted off my summer bike and I just couldn´t… Continue Reading
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46KM: 25 gravel sectors – Gravel-Teilabschnitte + farm roads/ Landwirtschaftstraßen. DEHeute in Göttingen regnete es `Misling´ (Ein englisches Wort von Jane Austen zum Niesel Wetter) ENGOn this road/gravel ride in Göttingen rain hung like a suffocating layer. 18/19th Century writer Jane Austen coined the word Misling to help describe this type of weather. Polite society… Continue Reading
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DE Eni ´Fartlek´ 51km Tour mit 16 Gravel-Teilabschnitte. Schön die Sonne zu sehen. ENG A few big chain ring moments as I played upon 16 sections of Göttingen gravel roads. With time being short I made the most of the sunshine and drying trails over 51kms. The harvest time tractors and semi-trailers have churned up… Continue Reading
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DE 47km gravel und Asphalt Tour in der Leine Tal, Göttingen mit 17 Gravel Teilabschnitte (Strade Bianche). Ein ´Freddie Frinton´ tour – ´the same procedure as last time´. ENG A 47km gravel and road ride in the Leine Valley, Göttingen with 17 sectors of gravel (Strade Bianche). An easy paced ride and perfect for recovery… Continue Reading
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It seems we have gravel in our heads in the form of ´Ear Rocks´. OK, it´s not really gravel as we know it (as Spock might say in Star Trek), ratherthey are calcium crystals. I suffer from vertigo although I do not panic, but just feel uneasy when at a cliff edge or similar. Completely… Continue Reading
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This was mostly a new route to Jühnde for me, although I had previously ridden the first section in reverse from Dransfeld to Göttingen when we rode from the Weser River. The climb up to the ridge top saw us pedal on many asphalt roads closed to general vehicle use, under the high speed train… Continue Reading
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I rode the Gö PRBX route in the rain as part of my recovery from having two of my Wisdom Teeth extracted. A cycle ride based upon the Hainberg overlooking the German city of Göttingen featuring gravel, forest trails, Panzerweg, Kopfsteinpflaster (Cobbles), some use of public roads and importantly gnarly Befestigter Waldweg (Reinforced wild road).… Continue Reading
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My second recovery ride since an infection hit me because I had too many teeth, two wisdom teeth now extracted (stitches out on Tuesday). I say goodbye to the last of these troublesome teeth (they lack any wisdom) in 13 days’ time. On a road ride last Saturday, I felt discombobulated and today I felt… Continue Reading
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A simple asphalt recovery ride after the extraction of 2 of my Wisdom teeth. The intention to eat cake (soft in my case) at the Historische Spinnerei Gartetal for what is the last day of being open for the year. It was a warm Autumn day. We rode 38km but it felt like a 100,00000000!!!… Continue Reading
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We no longer grind plants or other ´hard´ foods with our teeth because of our modern diets and for some rammed at the back of your mouth can be four redundant Wisdom teeth (Weisheitszähne). My Wisdom Teeth have become a problem and after two weeks off the bike because of an infection from one of… Continue Reading
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They say there is a heat wave on the way for mid-September but whatever the outcome I have been preparing for Autumn and Winter. Onto my bikes have gone sacrificial wheels and tough tyres, and I had thought that a recent band of welcome rain would have made the roads ´dirty´. I was wrong, although… Continue Reading
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Back on are my summer wheels and tyres (I took them off because I thought summer was over). I also wore my best white summer shoes and socks. Come the Winter I will recall these days with a sigh and I will think about the Spring. 60km. The Ride Garmin Connect: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/5531439618 Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/4054654388
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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
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Soon into the ride Andrea snapped her chain, happily this was quickly fixed, and we continued to ride in a relaxed manner out to Besenhausen to eat Goosegog Kuchen close to the now defunct internal border. We rode out along the Gutingi Strade Bianche route before we swung home in warm weather. 56km. The Ride… Continue Reading
