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New mtb routes in the netherlands
There are more MTB trails build every year. When they are nearby I try to ride them and create a gps track. The track will be uploaded on trailforks. Some new area’s are: Hardewijk en Ermelo (dutch) Den Treek., woudenberg (dutch) Click to change language: Dutch
Bart Brentjens Challenge 2018
It is 2007 when I first participate at the Bart Brentjes Challange. Bart is a former mountainbiker who is having his own team now. The BBC does start in Eijsden, southern Netherlands, called Limburg Limburg is known for his more hilly area, so the climbs are longer then the rest of the Netherlands. In 2009 I did participate again in the trail ride. ( directly to the photo or video) BBC 2018 Would it be fun to ride it again with my…
Tow whee, the bungy strap
We have been mountainbike a long time with the familiy. We did notice it is hard to make nice downhill track is there is no cablecar nearby. We parked our car on the top and rolled down the mountain and I did cycle up again to get the car. Then I found out there is a bungy rope designed for bikers. I orderded one for testing. A few weeks a go we did test the rope in Belgium. Our son…
Eleven cities biking tour 2018
A few weeks ago we were in Friesland already, we then cycled with our tour-bikes the “elfstedentocht“. The second day of Pentecost (whit-monday) we did ride the 240 kilometer eleven cities bike ride. We were accompanied by 15.000 other bikers. Different categories of cyclists participate in the tour. Fast ‘race’-cyclists, sporty cyclists and real recreational cyclists. The bicycles of the participants also vary. During the tour we see a lot of racing bikes, but also ‘regular’ bicycles, transport bikes, tandems…
elfstedenroute bikeride
Last may holiday we did ride most of the elfstedenroute . The elfstedentocht is a iceskate trip that only take place when there is enough ice to ride it on iceskates. Due to bad weather and a broken spoke we have to make some changes in the route. The statistics: date from to km hm temp remarks friday 27 april 2018 Balk Molkwerum 29 65 13 saterday 28 april 2018 Molkwerum Witmarsum 31,5 24 12,7 sunday 29 april 2018 Witmarsum Harlingen 22…
Bike-experience Roosendaal
Last weekend (18-04-2018) we went to Bike-experience Roosendaal. We did bring our BMX and MTB with us. The have created a large 3500 m3 pumptrack for skateboards and BMX. A MTB track with 3 differant routes and a racetrack for speed bikes. We did use all 3 of them. How we did that? See our video: Want to go there? See locations below: Click to change language: Dutch
Frog bike 78 trekkingbike
The frogbike is rebuild to trekking bike. Why | Parts| Photo Why: Frogbikes make perfect kids bikes but miss out on some parts. No reflective striping on the tyres. (most common in europe) mudgard don’t have a break out. Shimano Acera 8 speed is a to “light” for serious climbs. Since our first Frog bike some things have been changed: Mounting option for locks. mounting options for mudgard. So I decide to make some changes to our frogbike. My local…
