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I guess nowadays most countries promote cycling, and are eager to tell that there is excellent cycling to be had inside the borders. Costa Rica can be named as one of such countries. But is it really the case? One of the first things I noticed is that there are … Read more
I did not write much lately about my cycling while travelling in Central America. Cycling here is harder in a lot of aspects: the climate: high temperatures and very high humidity the infra structure, (or lack of secondary tracks) no accurate maps and not so much GPS tracks motivation (let’s … Read more
It has been a long time that I had a really nice mountain bike ride. The last months circumstances were not favourable to do so. Of course I did ride a bit, but that had mainly to do with shopping or a simple back-and-forth trip. One of the circumstances was … Read more
Emre from Overland Anatolia pointed us in the direction of Salda Gölü (Lake Salda). If you look at the satellite image (or map), you can see that the lake is not quite round, but then again it is round enough for me to ride around it. A trip with a … Read more
Yep, that’s right: Cappadocia. It was on my wish list for a long time already. Despite this area being a Unesco heritage site, it is still possible to explore this region off road on a bike. Perhaps not many mountain bikers are prepared to ride here because of the (in … Read more
Now, Marcia already wrote something about shopping, and for technical stuff it is a challenge as well. So many things that are common in the western world are less common in the overland zone. Even, or should I say especially, concerning bikes it is sometimes a challenge. The early mountain … Read more
Superstition ain’t the way -Stevie Wonder- Tusheti was calling, with all it’s high mountains. And also perhaps for me a chance to get myself and the bike across the 3000m elevation mark. That doesn’t happen very often. Again, it was difficult to find proper information on the terrain, but I … Read more
After spending one night in this valley I decided it was also a nice opportunity to ride the valley with the mountain bike. We already scouted the valley with our camper van. It is possible to drive all the way up to the Zakagori Fortress with a 4×4. A normal … Read more
While I was cycling the other day, I realized that I have not written anything about it lately. Why is that? I asked myself. and what have cows to do with that? I will come to that later. For me, cycling is a way to relax, but also a time … Read more
We were travelling along the Black Coast in Turkey, on our way to Georgia. So when we were looking for a spot to camp for the night we ended up in the Black Diamond Geopark, and the tarmac is really Black as well (I will explain later). Despite all this … Read more