Cycling Trés Sierras: Cycling in the Alpujarra, Tejeda and Subbéticas ranges As soon as the topography gets hilly Spain keeps on giving as a road biking destination and our last ramble through Andalusia proved that point. These are three lesser known ranges that are definitely worth a two wheeled visit.
Cycling A quick review of road cycling on Gran Canaria While Mallorca still might be the best known destination for an offseason cycling getaway the Canary Islands are popular as well, both for their great weather and beautiful landscape. We checked out Gran Canaria in January and I got to rent a road bike for five days.
Cycling The Zip Tie Express and its entourage Take four climbers, put them on (and in) bikes, point them towards the Tramuntana mountains, add the special sauce of this being a test for Sebastians handbike creation and see what happens: That was the plan for this two day round trip on Mallorca.
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 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 ALL THE CLIMBS! Road bike overnighter in the Tramuntana mountains So what do you do if a good friend and fellow Grimer visits you on the island of Mallorca for four days? Two overnight bike trips of course - one on MTBs and this one on road bikes. Our road bike trip covered the
