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  • Cycletrippin Day 5: Chalon-sur-Saône to Vienne

    Cycletrippin Day 5 started this morning from Michel’s house in Châtenoy-le-Royal, France. Michel has a home business of building sailboats and has 3 sons in their early twenties who all live at home. Currently, they’re studying but have a hard time finding a job. Michel mentioned that the boys are thinking of going to Canada.

  • Cycletrippin Day 4: Neufchâteau to Chalon-sur-Saône via Dijon

    Cycletrippin Day 4: Neufchâteau to Chalon-sur-Saône via Dijon

    Cycletrippin Day 4 was going to be a rest day. I had forgotten that I had booked a room through Airbnb so I set off toward Dijon, with my destination being Chalon-sur-Saône, which is in the Bourgogne region of France. It was a long ride and by the time I got to Dijon, it was…

  • Cycletrippin Day 3: Amneville to Neufchâteau

    Cycletrippin Day 3: Amneville to Neufchâteau

    Cycletrippin Day 3 started early in Amneville where I stayed the night. The first part of the ride was easy; I followed the river Moselle and went on dedicated bike paths that google maps provided me with. The only issue was that google maps recommended any path as a bike path so I ended up…

  • Cycletrippin Day 2: Aachen to Amneville

    Cycletrippin Day 2: Aachen to Amneville

    My cycletrippin today went from Aachen to Amneville, I crossed 5 countries! The day started in Germany, cycled up to Drielandenpunt (the point where Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium connect), then I went through Belgium, Luxembourg before finally entering France.

  • What do you need to pack to go on a long bike ride

    Since I’m preparing for my bike ride from Amsterdam to Spain, I thought I would share what preparations you need to make to survive on a long bike ride like this. Firstly and most importantly, you will need a good bike. I am using my modified racing bike for this trip. Instead of racing tires,…

  • I love a challenge

    I love a challenge

    I love a challenge, I been a bit lazy lately in my training, my bike training is on track, the running and swimming portion of triathlon have been suffering, there is going to be a change.

  • Cycletrippin – Amsterdam to Sant Hilari Sacalm in Spain

    This is to let you all now that I’m setting out on a bike ride this Friday, May 30th, I will be cycling to Sant Hilari Sacalm in Spain. I will be using this blog to keep my family, friends, and others interested up to date about my whereabouts. I’ll be tweeting during the daily…

  • Amsterdam to Den Helder – 110 Km

    Amsterdam to Den Helder – 110 Km

    Had a lovely ride from home to Den Helder, a large part of the ride was through the dunes, so no traffic, few people and beautiful sceneries. My plan was to go to Den Helder and from there to Enkhuizen, I spotted some dark clouds in the direction I was going to head to, added…

  • Amsterdam to Vlissingen – 198 Km

    Amsterdam to Vlissingen – 198 Km

    Only two weeks tills my bike ride to Spain, took a ride to Vlissingen to get some mileage in the legs, took me about 9 hours to get to Vlissingen Station. I can now tick off the Vlissingen bike ride, I have always wanted to do it since I was down in Vlissingen 3 years…

  • Made in 1957 Aged to perfection

    Made in 1957 – aged to perfection Torbjorn Zetterlund