bicycle
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Limburgs Mooiste
Last Saturday I went to ride Limburgs Mooiste with my 12 year old son. As we only did 2 practice rides, one of 70k and another one of 80k in the weeks before we took the shortest 70k blue route. With all the hills around Valkenburg it would probably be challenging enough. About the distance…
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Jan Primus route
As part of our preparation for Limburgs Mooiste on June 3 we cycled the Jan Primus route in the neighbourhood of Rotselaar. It is a 72km route with a lot short climbs around Rotselaar so it was a good practice. With the approach to the route and back we cycled almost 80km this time. This…
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Preparing for Limburgs Mooiste
Longer ago than I care to remember I participated in this organised bike event around Valkenburg. I wanted to go again but a few years the hockey season was still ongoing on the weekend of the event and then we had covid. Now, finally there are no conflicts so on June the 3rd I will…
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Is there no price limit for high end speed pedelecs ?
A while ago I got myself the Stromer ST3 Pinion. With a price of around 8700 euro before ‘discount’ I found this already painly expensive. I was long thinking to shave off 1200 euro by sticking to good old Shimano gears and a chain but the absolute maintenance free belt drive and Pinion gears are…
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First 550km with the Stromer ST3 Pinion
This week I reached the 550km mark on my new Stromer. I have it since mid October and due to some unforeseen circumstances I haven’t been in the office as much as expected so the kilometers have added up more slowly than normal. Still, I am now accustomed to the bike and have used it…
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First rides in the wet with Pinion and carbon belt
With the weather turning wet I had my first couple of commutes in the rain on my new bike with Pinion gears and a carbon belt. On my previous bike a ride in such conditions would mean cleaning and greasing the chain again or suffering a screeching chain on the next ride with a loss…
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All Weather Rocket
End of last week my Stromer ST3 Pinion Edition arrived. I had hoped to get the fancy red launch edition but had to settle for a black one in the end. From far away it looks a little common in black. Common is not exactly the word I was looking for but one way or…
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Cannondale Contro-E Speed Retirement
After roughly 8000 commuting kilometers I have ‘retired’ my Contro-E Speed today. You can read a short review in Dutch here. When I bought it back in 2016 it was a ‘trade in’ for my motorbike. I got rid of my unsafe motorbike and got an equally unsafe speed pedelec instead. Of course, going fast…
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Koga Signature (aka Newtonian Motion)
About 20 years ago I bought myself a Koga Signature. I was working in The Netherlands at the time and the government still subsidised the purchase of bicycles. You could trade in some of your vacation days for money to buy a bike. I cannot remember the exact amount you could trade in but as…
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