Category: cycling

  • Linear Bike Rides

    Linear Bike Rides

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Almost all of my bike rides are loops. The reason for this is that I am a single person, so I usually need to end where I start, either to get home, or to get to the car. This means that if I do a 30km loop it has to return…

  • Cycling From Haute-Morges To Nyon Along the Top

    Cycling From Haute-Morges To Nyon Along the Top

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Yesterday I cycled from Haute-Morges to Nyon along the top. I did this because I was curious to see what route the GPS would recommend. The natural thing to do would be to cycle downhill towards Rolle and the lake.  Trees and a meadow in a road bend The Route Instead…

  • Cycling from Nyon To Geneva and Back

    Cycling from Nyon To Geneva and Back

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Catching the train to Geneva and back to Nyon costs about 14CHF per day, depending on whether you have paid 180 CHF for the half fare or not. In contrast two Continent GP 5000 tires cost about 110CHF and you can go to Geneva and back a few hundred times.  Place…

  • The Energetic Bike Ride

    The Energetic Bike Ride

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Yesterday my intention was to cycle along the Voie Verte from Crassier to Grilly and then back down towards, the lake, along the lake and end up back in Nyon. I didn’t follow this plan through. I was thinking “I don’t want to do the steep Mies climb so I’ll go…

  • A Worn Through Tyre

    A Worn Through Tyre

    Reading Time: 2 minutes There was a time when I would change the rear tyre regularly. I was changing from an indoor trainer tyre to a road tyre and back regularly. I developed my skill at this art and then the pandemic occured and I stopped changing tyres as regularly. Recently I went for a…

  • Barefoot Shoes and Cycling

    Barefoot Shoes and Cycling

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently I swapped the clip-less pedals for flat pedals and yesterday I decided to try the pedals on a bike ride. I went for a 74.91km ride with pedals I had never used and shoes I had never worn for cycling. I cycled for almost 75 kilometres with Merrel Vapor Glove…

  • To the Rhone and Back

    To the Rhone and Back

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I cycled for three hours. I cycled to the Rhone and back along cycling lanes. Initially I had planned on a little 20km loop but because of dog walkers walking with their dogs, off of leash, I decided to ride along the road for a bit, before joining the voie…

  • Cycling In The Rain

    Cycling In The Rain

    Reading Time: 2 minutes By some fluke I have now gone for two bike rides in the rain. The first time I rode in the rain my hands got cold and I had to warm myself up again. Yestrday I went for. a bike ride again, expecting the weather to stay good. It drizzled almost…

  • The Tour De Romandie Bike Ride

    The Tour De Romandie Bike Ride

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday I went for a bike ride and I was head towards Gland via Genolier but changed the route due to a dog walker when I wanted to turn East. I turned West instead and noticed some people and flags by Crassier. I thought “Was there an accident” as I also…

  • The Extended Bike Ride

    The Extended Bike Ride

    Reading Time: 3 minutes My usual loop is around 30 kilometres but for the last two bike rides I have extended them, to reach 50-60 kilometres respectively.  I cover this distance in about two, to two and a half, hours. Cycling is good at the moment because plenty of people are on holidays so the…