Long weekend could not have been better. Great cycling, great camp-sites, great food, wine, and company. The Mosel did not disappoint, although I could have done without 70 km of headwind on Sunday 😅
If I did it again, I would skip the part from Koblenz to Cochem, and maybe do it over four days instead of 3 to have time to stop to see more along the way. Nonetheless, and excellent long weekend.
#BikesBikesBikes #Easter #Mosel #MoselleRiver #fahrradFahren
Nothing like a cycle tour as an excuse to pay some attention to the bike.
Washed, everything tightened, tyres installed. So ready for a few days tootling up the Mosel.
This is my third set of g-ones, such a solid everyday tyre. Very rarely get punctures, nice profile for not too chunky gravel, and they go on easy.
#Easter #cycleTour #bikesBikesBikes #PuttingTheRadInFahrrad #Mosel
I did another interview with a #bike person. Have a read of my chat with Caz here. Feel free to subscribe if you want to read more of my bike-themed stuff.
https://spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-caz/
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...and people treat you differently as well. The locals of a place will see you differently. They'll see you more as "them" rather than someone else. Travelling in Indonesia, when we were on the bicycles, people were so much happier to have us in the cafe or whatever, which was cool.
Housemate asked to borrow my bike. No worries, says I, just be aware the shifters are on the bar ends, and the brakes are wired backwards to what you're used to. For some reason he changed his mind? No appreciation for style.
Ultracycling fans, the documentary of Lael Wilcox's record-setting ride around the world is on youtube!
The 2025 Stadtradeln/city cycling competition is coming soon!
Register as either an individual or a team :) MPIC has a team, apparently we're aiming to beat our ~10000 km effort last year!
Even casual cycling fans should get a kick out of this. Sarah Ruggins is on track to take the lejogle overall (!!) Record! Lejogle is a cycling route from Land's end to John O'Groats and back again. Just a casual 2700 km...
So far Sarah is averaging ~500 km a day, and should be finished tomorrow, she's got just over 400 km to go.
Follow the dot here: https://www.followmychallenge.com/live/lejogle-2025
Labour Day well spent slowly rolling to Worms.
There's some very nice gravel trails along the Rhein, and a huge icecream at the end helped to offset the heat of the day!
Saturday well-spent riding to Koblenz. 20°C, sunny, tailwind, good company - a splendid way to spend a Saturday. Highlights include very good icecream in Sankt Goar, and being there for my friend's first metric century, done on a Hercules city bike! She's strong 💪.
#CriticalMass is on tomorrow in #Mainz! Meeting at Fischtorplatz at 18.30. I'll be there :)
Dr Micha Campbell
Lakeswimmer
