Category: Cycling Netherland

  • Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 5

    Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 5

    I stayed in Stockholm for two weeks working remotely, I had fixed schedule where I got up at 6:00 cycled 20 km to Eriksdalsbadet, where I swam for 40 minutes and cycled back then I had my breakfast and started working. On the only weekend I had in town, I visit the graves of family…

  • Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 1

    Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 1

    This journey that I call going on a cycletrippin, started at my home in Amsterdam the Netherlands, the route took me all the way to Nordkap and back to Amsterdam. During the trip, I cycled through the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. For the most part of the trip I cycled, I also…

  • Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour De France

    Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour De France

    This cycling story started in Amsterdam, I cycled through the Netherlands, Belgium, France to Spain and back, the journey was similar to the one I did in 2014, Cycletrippin Amsterdam to Sant Hilari Sacalm in Spain. This time around I chooses to take a different route on my way down to Spain, my return trip…

  • Fix My Bike Amsterdam

    Fix My Bike Amsterdam

    Today, I did something different, my bike needed some truing done to my wheels. Normally I do it myself, I have not had any luck getting the wheel to straighten, as I did not have all the right tools to do it right.

  • The Dune and Bulb bike ride

    The Dune and Bulb bike ride

    You probably have heard about the spring classics, Milan San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, The Amstel Gold Race, or the Paris – Roubaix. I have my own spring classics, biking through the flower fields near Lisse and up along the North Zee beach between Noordwijk and Zandvoort. This is what you can experience…

  • A bike ride to the North Sea beach near Amsterdam

    A bike ride to the North Sea beach near Amsterdam

    This is a story about a bike ride, I took out to the North Sea beach, located about 25km from Amsterdam. If you visiting Amsterdam, you can rent a bike and ride out to Zandvoort or you can take the easy option, taking the train. What will you miss if you take the train, read…

  • Cycling the Ringvaart in February

    Cycling the Ringvaart in February

    If you come to Amsterdam, you should definitely cycle along the Ringvaart canal, the Ringvaart is a true circular canal surrounding the Haarlemmermeer polder. Cycling the Ringvaart is a popular activity for folks living around Amsterdam. I ride the Ringvaart as often as I can, yesterday was no exception, it was a windy day –…

  • The cycling benefit of work balance

    The cycling benefit of work balance

    I have done many long-distance cycle trips in Europe and North America, during the trips I had plenty of time to think about life in general and whatever comes up during a ride, lately, I been thinking about work balance and what cycling can teach.

  • A weekend of cycling in the Netherlands

    A weekend of cycling in the Netherlands

    A weekend of cycling to get some bugs out of the systems. I’m preparing myself for a multi-day cycle trip at the end of August and needed to see if the body could take multiple days of physical activities in excess of 100 km a day. At the same time, I also tested out some…

  • The Le Tour 2015 Grand Depart weekend in Utrecht and Gouda

    The Le Tour 2015 Grand Depart weekend in Utrecht and Gouda

    I had a great weekend of cycling mixed in with the Grand Depart of the Le Tour de France 2015, the time trial on Saturday was in Utrecht, it was packed with people in full party mode. On Sunday I headed down towards Gouda to take in stage 2 that started in Utrecht with a…