Cycling in the snow: 5 tips
You look outside and you see a thick white blanket of snow. As the white flakes fall from the sky in steady quantities, a beautiful white blanket forms over the roads and in the forest. You want to go cycling today. Cycling in the snow, it will be. You now have two [...]
First time cycling: what to look out for?
There is a first time for everything. If you've never stepped on a road or gravel bike before, it's useful to prepare for it. You won't be the first to fall over, get on a bike that is too big, or too small, or forget other handy things. If you are the first [...]
Cycling Destination Approved: Tête de Course
In our Cycling Destination Approved section, we highlight hotels, cafes and cycling businesses that stand head and shoulders above the rest. How to become an 'approved location' you can read in this article. Most important to us: the title has to be earned and cannot be bought! Today, we look at a great place in [...]
Everything you want to know about bikepacking
If you tell your grandmother that you are going 'bikepacking', she will look at you funny. You used to just call it cycling holiday. For me, an image of two elderly people in zip-off trousers cycling from junction to junction immediately springs to mind, their toes wobbling in a pair of decent Teva sandals. The average young person you'll [...]
The joy of riding - Is a cycling holiday for me?
When I first bought a road bike, it was not my thought to spend several days, travelling with my bike. In my (sports-oriented) environment, friends and girlfriends went to the Alps or the Pyrenees for weeks at a time. With a tent, in an apartment or luxury in a hotel. Bikepacking was not hip back then. [...]
CHASING POTATOES - Bicycle washerette Chasse Patate
Do you live 4-high in the city, but prefer showering alone to riding your bike? Or do you like to ride your steel steed through the mud, but are less keen on cleaning it? Then drop by the country's first bike wash, 'Chasse Patate' in Amsterdam's Pijp district. In just half an hour, [...]
Tips for first-time mountain cycling
Je voorbereiden op je eerste keer wielrennen in de bergen kan lastig zijn in ons vlakke landje. Maar met wat goede tips, gaat het je lukken! In deze blog geeft onze explorer Nynke jou een aantal tips voor de eerste keer wielrennen in de bergen. Zij vertelt hoe zij zich heeft voorbereid op een trip […]
Starting graveling: Tips for your first ride on a gravel bike
Are you ready to leave the beaten track? Gravel biking is the way to combine freedom and nature with a sporting challenge. If you have never gravelbiked before, the first ride can be a bit uncomfortable. I know this from experience, especially if you have always been on a road bike before. All of a sudden you are riding with [...]
5x tips for a cycling holiday in Tenerife
Although Tenerife is known to many as the ideal winter destination for a cycling holiday, you can do well all year round. The main reason for this is the 'Teide'. The island's giant, at more than 3,700 metres high a point not to be missed, creates a dichotomy on the island. The mountain creates a [...]
Cycling in Greece: Peloponnese part II
After the first two stages and Rik's accompanying story, we were already bowled over. Cycling in Greece: Peloponnese - II is another gem. Greece is an underrated destination for a wonderful cycling holiday. The Peloponnese area is rugged, varied and it is a living photo-shoot location. Maarten Zuur, who was along [...]
