Trips & stuff about cycling
The rain and wind stopped at midnight. And as it was my first night in the tent, I preferred to watch how it was doing into the wind. The sunrise waked me up before 6am. The first motorbikes were riding … Read More »
from Diesentis the road continued to the east. There was two ways: either over the oberalp pass or more to the south over a mountain pass following the MTB route. Higher, longer, but surely nicer thanks to the nice trails … Read More »
The fifth day was quite easy: enjoying the first trail down, and then going east towards Disentis where I needed to catch a packet at the post office. After Lunch near a nice small lake, the weather started to change … Read More »
First cycling with drill master D
The night was quite and I woke up earlier then expected for vacation. Breakfast was at 7:30 at the buffet. The evening before, I had tried to check any possible way to get on the top of the Churfirsten Mountains … Read More »
2nd day
End of the first day And ended with a beautiful trail: big smile! [excerpt] end of the 1st day [/excerpt]
Ready?
First meters
tires are changed, last stuff is bought, just need to pack everything. That year: west Austria to Côte d’Azure by MTB. At least a try. 🙂
First test
feeling not perfectly well, I decided to explore another way up to the second trail. With the risk of having to turn back. The climbing was very nice – even having some passages at >20%. But will have to review … Read More »
Sunday as a trailing day… The day started strangely: lack of sleep and when I was on the bike, I saw that I had forgotten to take my bottle of water. When I asked the first person – a very … Read More »
A picture tells more than thousands words…
two weeks ago, I bought the compact stove from Primus, the Lite+. It is “only” a gas stove, but very compact. Ideal for a few days ride. I haven’t compared it to others, it was the “only” choice I could … Read More »
Another day on the Jura-Trail with some drops of rain and cooking rice in the Primus cooker. 🙂 Cool day! Cheers
in case you’re thinking if you want to buy the new silencer for the Primus OmniLite Ti, here the differences: Pro: A first raw test with 500g of water says: a bit faster. Must be confirmed with more precise measure … Read More »
check it out and register to find your next shower: http://www.warmshowers.org 😉
I don’t like to clean bicycles, especially the chain. I like robust bikes. For me, form follows function.
Let get straight to it: I always start late my rides. Which must not be bad.
I must admit: I’m lazy about cleaning my bike. Sorry. 😉 That was one of the reason to choose the “raw” colour of the Nicolai Helius. And another reason for Pinion. But not the main one.
Dear all,now that I have reach main target behind me, it is already time to think a little bit ahead: I will have to come back!Saturday, 15th of May 2010 I organize an “apéro” with drinks and small stuff to … Read More »
Dear all, everything gets to its end… after a looong week in New York with Franziska, we finally came back to “reality” and landed with over 4 hours of delay in Zurich. I really cannot recommend to anyone of flying … Read More »
Hi all, for the one of you who are addicted (or interested) in numbers, here an overview of my trip: Distance: 3,329.51 km Time: 259:46:54 h:m:s (including waiting at traffic lights, etc) Calories: 181,749 kCal (or minus 7 kg on … Read More »
Now getting to the end my time in south america I would like to thanks a lot people, mainly those who stayed in touch during my travel, especially:Fränzi, my better half! And the kids for supporting her…Maman for her great … Read More »
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