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Category: Having fun
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Sunday bike ride under cloudy skies
Today I had a great bike ride under cloudy skies, I mapped out a route with the HammerHead App that took me northwest of Amsterdam along the North Sea Coast to the town of Bergen, then across to the village of Schardam on the shore of Markermeer, south along the coastline to Amsterdam.
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Saturday bike ride along Noordzeekanaal and the beach
Windy day, today is just a recuperation bike ride, not going to push hard just work flush out my leg muscles and do a bit of hill work. Yes, we have small hills that we can practice on in Bloemendaal about 2o km from my house, on the street Hoge Duin en Daalseweg in Bloemendaal you…
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What device to use for bike cadence and speed?
Over the years I have tried many devices to provide me with data on heart rate, speed, and cadence.
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A lap of Markermeer – 170km bike ride
Today I went on a bike ride around Markermeer in the Netherlands, I started out at my home in Amsterdam an came back 7 hours later after 170 km on the bike.
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Bike ride – Amsterdam to Vlissingen
My ride today took me from Amsterdam to Vlissingen located at the mouth of the Schelde, the most important passageway to Antwerp.