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Welcome on travelling.zone . Combining my old familie-schmidt site and GPS-info website is a lot of work. I hope you enjoy reading all articles, if you got thoughts or questions please let me know..News
Just Pedal Bikeshop Social Ride
Just Pedal is al een paar jaar mijn lokale bikeshop voor allerlei onderdelen. Ook kan je hier je eigen fiets samenstellen. Dit weekend was er een Social Bikeride georganiseerd. Geen records maar een gezellige fietstocht vanaf de bikeshop naar Soesterberg. Wil je de route ook rijden kijken dan op deze komoot pagina. Tijdens de rit mijn nieuwe GoPro Hero 13 meegenomen. De beelden kan je hieronder bekijken.
Work in progress
The coming month I will be working more on the website. Last couple of years I had less time to work on the website. Also the other website about biketouring will be merged into this website. I will try to keep the site multilangual as possible. our biketouring holidays will start in Dutch and translated later on. If you have questions about one of the tours, please let me know.
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)
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. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Guido Schmidt (@guidoscm) A few…
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…