Trans-Alp: Day Eight
In the eight commandments of Garmin. The eighth commandment states that the ride was 86.2km long with a ride time of 4hrs and 17mins. And we only covered 133m of climbing… 133m… sit and spin folks… sit and spin. And because it was just a sit and spin day… There’s no need for a ride …
Trans-Alp: Day Seven
In the book of Garmin, chapter 8, it is written that the day consisted of 85.5km and took a total of 5hrs and 36mins of riding to complete taking in 1887 meters of climbing. To be honest. I wasn’t looking forward too day seven. It was the last climb of the tour. The …
Trans-Alp: Day Six
The Garmin, who is on high, declared day six to be 57.6km long with a ride time of 3hrs and 21mins and consisting of 1246 climbing meters. So it is Strava’d. So it is done. Amen. After the shambles and weather of day five, day six started on a fresh note. A good …
Trans-Alp: Day Five
According Garmins fifth letter to the Stravins, Day five was 36.7km long and took 3hrs and 46mins of ride time and consisted of 1604m climbing. But this was not the whole story of day five. What happened was an entirely different story… The day started off as usual. After breakfast we hopped on …
Trans-Alp: Day Four
The all holy Garmin has decreed that this day consisted of 58,5km ridden over 4hrs and 42mins and contained 1916 climbing meters. And… With that out-of-the-way… Let’s get on with it shall we. After breakfast we saddled up, and hit the road. After nipping through town and getting back on the route we …
Trans-Alp: Day Three
OK… So what was day three? Well. According to the Garmin, the satellites and the holy Strava our distance for day three was 101km, with a ride time of 8hrs and 19mins (That’s actual ride time folks… not total time. Total time was over 13hrs) and a total of 3008m climbing. Day three was …
Trans-Alp: Day Two
According to the holy Garmin. The stats for day two were 80,4km. A ride time of 4hrs and 20mins with 1,045m climbing. Done. Stats for the day over… Now… What happened. Well. After breakfast we saddled up and headed out. With only 80km to do we left a little later in the morning as …
Trans-Alp: Day One
So let’s get this out the way first. Day one was 103,5km. 5hrs 12mins ride time and 854 climbing meters according to my brothers Garmin. So we’ll take that as gospel. With that out of the way how was it… Well… An early start, without breakfast, had us out the door and on the bikes …
Two Guys, One Van: The Murgtal
OK my pretties… Here it is. The first in the series where Schlonky-Pooples and I give you a little taste of the Murgtal. A little patch of heaven in the Black Forest. Loads of naturla trails, close to a few bike parks and cheap as chips to hang out and drink beer… So… Give …