Tag: Cycling
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Why does the wind always come from the front and is hard work when cycling?
To distract myself from the annoyance of the headwind, I spend some time thinking about why it is so annoying. The first thing to notice is that there are far more headwind than tailwind trips. This is due to the fact that one si going forward, so wind from the side also feels like a…
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England cycle trip 2023 (8 – summary)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. The week after the event I took leave to explore a little more of England. This is the summary of the bicycle tour. The individual days were: When I was planning the trip,…
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England cycle trip 2023 (7)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. The week after the event I took leave to explore a little more of England. This is the sixth (and final) day of the bicycle tour. The sleep last night wasn’t great. In…
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England cycle trip 2023 (6)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. The week after the event I took leave to explore a little more of England. This is the fifth day of the bicycle tour. Also on Thursday morning the accommodation didn’t have breakfast,…
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England cycle trip 2023 (5)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. The week after the event I took leave to explore a little more of England. This is the fourth day of the bicycle tour. This time the accommodation didn’t include breakfast, but that…
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England cycle trip 2023 (4)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. The week after the event I took leave to explore a little more of England. This is the third day of the bicycle tour. For four nights I spent in sparsely populated areas…
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England cycle trip 2023 (3)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. The week after the event I took leave to explore a little more of England. This is the second day of the bicycle tour. A little later than I had hoped, after a…
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England cycle trip 2023 (2)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. The week after the event I took leave to explore a little more of England. This is the first day (half day) of the bicycle tour. It started in the valley which was…
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England cycle trip 2023 (1)
I traveled to Northumberland (in the north of England, almost on the Scottish border) for an event at the end of March. Getting there consisted of a train journey to Newcastle and some cycling to the destination. I was a bit dreading the bicycle space reservation. However the call to LNER customer service was quick…
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Endurance
My bike will be 15 years old in June, but it has already reached a milestone today: 100,000 km. For this I sat on the bike for 4340 hours (about half a year) and was on the road 3154 days. (By now it should be clear that I like numbers.) Only 522 times was the…
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