Tag: Amsterdam

  • 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…

  • Sunday bike ride under cloudy skies

    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.

  • Saturday bike ride along Noordzeekanaal and the beach

    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…

  • A lap of Markermeer – 170km bike ride

    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.

  • Friday cycle ride from Amsterdam to Dordrecht

    Friday cycle ride from Amsterdam to Dordrecht

    It was a great day for cycling, I set out to cycle from Amsterdam to Roosendaal in Southern Netherlands, I was doing a one direction ride which I do on days after a hard workout.

  • A sunday bike ride around Ringvaart near Amsterdam

    A sunday bike ride around Ringvaart near Amsterdam

    It was a nice Sunday the sun was out, a bit on the chilly side with 5 degrees celsius, the wind at was strong came in from NNE. I got my bike out and went for a ride around Ringvaart near Amsterdam.

  • An early spring bike ride north of Amsterdam

    An early spring bike ride north of Amsterdam

    It was a lovely day, the temperature climbed above 10 celsius, and the wind was strong and cold, so not the perfect day for a bike ride, I had been waiting for a day like this all winter. I took my time trial bike out for a ride north of Amsterdam.

  • Ride in style in a Tesla Taxi from Schiphol Airport

    Ride in style in a Tesla Taxi from Schiphol Airport

    Want to have a carbon-free Taxi ride in a Tesla, maybe time to visit Amsterdam and ride a Tesla Taxi into the city from Schiphol Airport. Tesla’s used by Schiphol Taxi is Model S 85 – The Tesla Model S is a full-sized electric five-door, luxury liftback with extra storage in the front where the…

  • A ronde of markermeer

    A ronde of markermeer

    I’m living in Amsterdam for the last few years, as a cyclist, there are many good rides you can do on a weekend, the one that you should do if you are in Amsterdam is the Ronde of Markermeer.

  • Heron waiting for the fisherman

    Heron waiting for the fisherman

    Today at lunchtime I headed over to the strip mall to get some lunch, on the way I passed over a canal and what did I see.