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
Preparing for your first time cycling in the mountains can be tricky in our flat little country. But with some good tips, you will succeed! In this blog, our explorer Nynke gives you some tips for first-time mountain cycling. She tells how she prepared for a cycling 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 [...]
