vanlife Benasque and the Aneto - The heart of the Pyrenees This chapter of our ongoing exploration of the Iberian peninsula brought us into the central Pyrenees and the very heart of this range, the Benasque valley under the mighty Aneto.
Cycling Re:Tour de Norddeutsche Tiefebene As per usual, just visiting and meeting people is not enough for impatient me. So a quick plan was whipped up to ride a bike all over the landscape surrounding Hamburg and to cap everything off with the first public reading of a book I was involved in.
Cycling Riding the Cayolle, Champ and Allos passes in the French Alps After focussing on rock climbing in first part of our van tour June 2023 I made sure that the bike did not feel lonely in the second half - and a monster ride over three cols higher than 2.000m was just the thing to challenge bike and rider.
Cycling Exploring la España verde Spain does have a deep history of road cycling both as a professional sport and an amateur activity. And especially the northern regions do offer tons of beautiful landscapes, cycling history and winding roads to explore.
vanlife In the shadow of Monviso Our travels through this part of the Alps brought us over to Italy and the source valley of the river Po to continue our eclectic mix of outdoor activities.
2022 Outdoor sports and other adventures in La Brigue The valley has been hit hard by the storm Alex in 2020 and it still shows. However this means that the area is quiet and the many outdoorsy activities you can do here are not crowded at all. And all of the alpine beauty is still there!
Cycling Riding Cols in the French Alps Cycling up long steep alpine roads might sound like madness for most people - but for some this is what we call a very good time. I had the chance to ride some of the most iconic climbs of the French alps and yes, that part of the world is as stunning as it looks in the Tour de France.
Cycling Cycling on Ibiza. Is it any good? The smallest of the three main islands of the Balearics might be best known for its party scene and hippy culture but it turns out that it's a pretty good place for all kinds of two wheeled adventures also!
Tips and tricks Endurace CF SL Disc 8.0 Di2 10.000 km Review After having ridden my trusty Cervelo R3 for about 10 years and 150.000 km I was in the market for a new road bike and after a lot of deliberation I settled on a Canyon Endurace. Seven months and 10.000 km later I can confirm this to be a great bike.
Cycling La Vuelta Media “Ride half the distance of the 2020 Vuelta a Espana at the same time as the pros on local roads - just for the sake of it.” - That was the simple premise of a totally unnecessary and equally fun project that had me riding for 45 hours and 1.500km in three weeks.
Cycling Screw Covid! Ride bikes! Due to busy schedules and the travel restrictions fellow Grimer Torben and I had not seen each other in a very long time and had to put our plans for some future trips on hold. So I was more than happy to tag on a weekend of bike riding with him to my summer trip to the Austrian alps.
Cycling Hitting the road in 2020 To stay on track with my ongoing commitment to do a trip at least once a month I headed out for a two day road bike excursion from the East coast of Mallorca, into the Tramuntana mountains and back in January - and was convinced again that this place just keeps being awesome.
Cycling La Grava del Pla A gravel cycling overnighter on Mallorca Keeping true to one of my goals (doing at least one trip per months be it short or long) I packed ye olde Fargo
Cycling The Galatzó loop A bikepacking weekender in the southern Tramuntana mountains To kick of the new year I went out on the mountains again for a two day exploration of the southern Tramuntana.
Cycling Hunting trails on an aluminum horse Exploring the Oise region of France on a lent MTB Every self-respecting bike nerd will have a vision of riding in France: Mount Ventoux, the Tourmalet or the cobbles of
Cycling Weisswurst Worlds Tour ´18 A two day road ride to Innsbruck to watch the road cycling world championships Having visited the cyclocross world champs a few years ago I pitched the idea to Torben
Cycling Äppelknyckar 1300 km of gravel cycling and camping in Sweden In the summer of 2018 we set out for a two week gravel cycling trip through southern Sweden. This multi-part article
Cycling Äppelknyckar Day 11: Always too short... Uppsala to Arlanda Our flights would leave at Arlanda that afternoon and we made sure to have plenty of time at the airport to pack up out stuff and get
Cycling Äppelknyckar Day 10: There be vikings and blast beats Into Uppsala The day started off weird. While preparing to leave for Uppsala a guy with a giant backpack came right out of the woods. It turned out he was
Cycling Äppelknyckar Day 9: Wasp infestation Köping to almost Uppsala The next morning while having breakfast on the lake shore it dawned on us that this trip might actually come to an end soon. This would
Cycling Äppelknyckar Day 8: The coldest lake Karlskoga to Köping Our general heading for the last few days would be east towards Uppsala and finally Arlanda airport. We started the day with a visit at Alfred Nobels
Cycling Äppelknyckar Day 7: Cannons and Mister Nobel Göta canal to Karlskoga After a few days of sleeping outside and it being quite hot we decided that we should find a hostel or similar for the next night
Cycling Äppelknyckar Day 6: Bikepacking vs Cycle touring Hjo to Göta canal Leaving our shelter in the woods we headed towards the Göta canal. This man-made waterway connects coasts of Sweden and makes use of the two great
Cycling Äppelknyckar Day 5: 50% Vätternrundan Gränna to Hjo This day was spent circumnavigating the southern half of Vättern following more or less the route of the Vätternrundan, a massive yearly cyclosportive going around the complete
Cycling Äppelknyckar Day 4: Tinned ravioli Kisa to Gränna, lake Vättern Our general heading for the day: West until we hit lake Vättern. With thunderstorms forecasted around the lake for later that day we kept a
