Cyclopaat, an alter ego with a twist
Next month, we’ll be heading for Colmar, the self-proclaimed capital of Alsatian wine. While I’m sure that this title alone will make some of my readers go wild, I’m actually just going there because it’s an excellent place to start cycling trips through the Vosges mountains. Gérardmer – or La Bresse – is probably the more popular …
Hoping for the best with regards to the pandemic and – perhaps even scarier – provided that the mad dog in the Kremlin doesn’t destroy the planet, we have booked two holidays for this year. One will be a week in Hochsauerland (Germany) where we have rented an apartment as the base camp for another cycling …
Col du Mollard and Chalmieu The forecast for today looked pretty much like the other days so far, except yesterday. While I do go out when it rains – within broad limits – it’s obviously nicer if that can be avoided. In the end, I think I even had more sun than expected, but there’s …
My Sensa Giulia G2 has evolved in such a way, that it is actually no longer suited for long rides in the mountains, as I have fitted it with a 3T Vola cockpit to make it look like a TT-bike. It’s fine for the short bursts uphill in the south of my country or the neighboring Ardennes and Eifel, …
Medebach Hochsauerland After our previous trip to the Hochsauerland area in 2014, I promised to come back one day for more cycling and last week we made good on that promise. Like last time, we rented a cottage in Medebach, which is in ‘High Sauerland District’, the area where the highest ‘mountains’ are located. And …
