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the fourth day

the fourth day

as we approach the fourth day of what we claim will be the road to barcelona we all get not to good feelings. well we have wind and rain and somehow it wont get any warmer we find. it is all in the head and i think of going down to the spanish coast seeing [...]

a word from stijn

a word from stijn

SOME SUN . . . FINALLY . . . so the last week of march, belgium was finally favoured with some decent weather… since i had plenty of things to do for work in different cities i decided to take the bike out for every occassion i hit brussels, ghent and antwerp all in one [...]

commuting - the right gear

commuting – the right gear

there has been a big wave about this, actually there has been a tidal wave of things about the new jackets and trousers by levi’s. i thought i was time i got myself into some of them and test the hell out of it. first thing is a jacket that really does rival your normal [...]

and yet another day again...

and yet another day again…

well the third day seems to be kind of funky with loose legs as we go to warp speed, well kind of. thing is there will be no warp speed once you realize you are doing 15 km/h while you are pedaling full speed into head wind, it friggin hurt. and the way was more [...]

another day - day two

another day – day two

the second day kind of felt not too bad as we rolled along and hit wonderful towns with names like “beers”. once you managed to get out you will find that your country has the most wonderful places to visit and people to see and that it is not as fucked up as media wants [...]

the fourth day
the fourth day

as we approach the fourth day of what we claim will be the road to barcelona we all get not to good feelings. well we have wind and rain and somehow it wont get any warmer we find. it is all in the head and i think of going down to the spanish coast seeing [...]

a word from stijn
a word from stijn

SOME SUN . . . FINALLY . . . so the last week of march, belgium was finally favoured with some decent weather… since i had plenty of things to do for work in different cities i decided to take the bike out for every occassion i hit brussels, ghent and antwerp all in one [...]

commuting – the right gear
commuting - the right gear

there has been a big wave about this, actually there has been a tidal wave of things about the new jackets and trousers by levi’s. i thought i was time i got myself into some of them and test the hell out of it. first thing is a jacket that really does rival your normal [...]

and yet another day again…
and yet another day again...

well the third day seems to be kind of funky with loose legs as we go to warp speed, well kind of. thing is there will be no warp speed once you realize you are doing 15 km/h while you are pedaling full speed into head wind, it friggin hurt. and the way was more [...]

another day – day two
another day - day two

the second day kind of felt not too bad as we rolled along and hit wonderful towns with names like “beers”. once you managed to get out you will find that your country has the most wonderful places to visit and people to see and that it is not as fucked up as media wants [...]

the road to barcelona pt I
the road to barcelona pt I

it was a grey and a rather cold day when we decided to ride down to barcelona. well, what the heck, as good as any other day only thing was i hadn’t too much sleep as i was djing the night before. all in all not too good of an outlook but with a smile [...]

maybe the greatest – andy white
maybe the greatest - andy white

andy is the man in melbourne, he does wonderful things like his own blog and his own shop where he recreates bikes and polishes things up to good as new. he loves the long rides as we do and he is all the man he can be in that. it is a wonderful interview with [...]

long rides and longer ones
long rides and longer ones

it has been a while again but we have not stopped riding at all. we rode in rain and miserable weather and we got lucky with spring and sunshine, all this leads up to a tour we have planned that will lead us from berlin to paris to barcelona in about 14 days time, well [...]

de roonde, well some…
de roonde, well some...

every year, there is a 6 day track event in Ghent (Belgium) in november where we have the tradition to visit it at least a few times, but our annual appointment is the closing day, on sunday afternoon. since a few english friends are there too, we created a tradition to go for a morning [...]

rainy day
rainy day

this is just to let you know that we are out riding even when its hail and storm and whatnot. it is now the 16th of january and there is snow outside but 900km are ridden already so it is going to be a good season ;) so to all of you another happy new [...]