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Tag: #Cycletrippin
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My race at the Stockholm Triathlon
I got up early on the day of the race, got all my gear for swimming, biking and running together,for the bike section I used the same bike I had cycled on from Amsterdam, the only modification I did to the bike was to change the tires, put on a pair of race slicks. I…
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Tomorrow is race day in Stockholm
Tomorrow is race day in Stockholm, I will be starting in the Triathlon Stockholm – it will be an early night for today as I start at 8:00, I have to be at the event about 90 minutes before the race, getting there from my current location I will have to ride my bike 20…
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Cycletrippin Day 6 – Jönköping to Norrköping
Today started out great the sun peaked out behind friendly clouds and warmed me up when it was out, I stayed the night on my niece’s sofa, had a great sleep. I overslept and did not get going before 10:30 – with a bit of Blueberry soup in my tummy I started my ride.
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Cycletrippin Day 5 – Pensionat Björkelund Stenbrohult to Eksjö oops Jönkoping
Today was a tough weather day windy, with sudden wind gusts that I had to compensate so I would not be pushed into the path of cars or the ditch, heavy rain showers that completely drenched me in minutes. The whole day was like that, the riding terrain was rolling hills which I like –…
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Cycletrippin Day 4 – Djurslövs Brygghus – Pensionat Björkelund Stenbrohult
What a day, showers, showers, showers, sun, showers, showers, sun, showers – Not sure what more you need, it was mentally tiring with all the rain, I got through it and I arrived in time to Pensionat Björkelund Stenbrohult a few kilometers north of Älmhult.
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Cycletrippin – Day 3 Lubeck to Djurslövs Brygghus
Today is a rest day, I’m taking a ferry from Travemunde to Trelleborg Sweden. To get to the ferry I cycled 20 km to the Skandinavienkai in Travemunde to catch the ferry. The ferry left at 10:00 sharp, heading through the narrow canal with a full view of the Travemunde city, after 20 minutes the…
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Cycletrippin – Day 2 – Delmenhorst to Lubeck
I woke up early, actually, I did not sleep that well, lots of noise outside the hotel all night long, somehow I got an hour or two of power sleep. Got up around 8 felt stiff from yesterdays ride, I kicked off the day with a big breakfast of local produce, I was carb loading…
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Cycletrippin – Day 1 Amsterdam to Bremen ops Delmenhorst
My aim today was to push as far as Bremen in one day, I did not make it, I fell a little short. I made it to Delmenhorst, Germany – which according to Google Maps is about 15 Km from Bremen. Why did I not make it, I run out of daylight, I had to…
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Cycletrippin – Amsterdam to Stockholm to Amsterdam
I did not tell you all how I would travel to Stockholm for the Vattenfall World Triathlon Stockholms on August 24th. My travel plans are simple I will take my bike to bike from Amsterdam to Stockholm and back to Amsterdam. This will be my longest trip this year, a round trip of 3,000 km…
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Hazard on a bike ride
The other day, I went past the airport just approaching an underpass – a big 747 airplane was rolling on top, I did not feel to be in the underpass – so I stop and took a picture.