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  • An Ingress Bike ride that passed by bisons

    An Ingress Bike ride that passed by bisons

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I went on an Ingress bike tide that passed by bison. I went from Nyon to Mies and from Mies up towards Gex, and before getting to Gex, I turned towards Divonne where I met an Ingress player before heading home, as the sun was setting. I went out in the…

  • Ingress Walks – A 12km path to Level 13

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesI stopped playing Ingress a few years ago because of how much time it requires. I have started going on Ingress walks again – a 12km path to level 13 in yesterday’s case, because I’m combining the daily walk that I would do anyway, with listening to podcasts and audiobooks, anyway. By…

  • Ingress By Bike

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIngress by bike is good when you’re in the countryside because it allows you to travel between villages faster than if you were walking and without the carbon footprint of taking the car or a scooter with an internal combustion engine. It also allows you to stop anywhere. Distance Covered In two…

  • Back to Cycling

    Back to Cycling

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went back to cycling after breaking my arm and letting it recover. My lower body is fine despite not cycling for a long time but the left arm still feels vulnerable. I could feel it when changing gears and when going over bumps. As silly as it sounds to wait…

  • The WeWatt Bike wait

    The WeWatt Bike wait

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I experienced the WeWatt bike wait again. The first time I experienced it was when flying from Alicante to Geneva and the second time is when I was waiting to meet someone for lunch today. The principle is very simple. If you see that a wewatt bike is free for you…

  • An 80-kilometre ride

    An 80-kilometre ride

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I set off for a bike ride planning to go from Nyon to Gland, and then up and around before heading back to Geneva and then from around Versoix riding back to Nyon. Instead of this I rode from Nyon to Gland and decided to go further and once at Gland…

  • Climbing to La Barillette

    Climbing to La Barillette

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesThe first time I climbed up to La Barillette on a bike it took me two and a half hours. This time it took one hour and sixteen minutes. I was going so slowly that I had to work to keep the bike upright. Since then I have gone from a mountain…

  • An 80km bike ride to Echandens and back

    An 80km bike ride to Echandens and back

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring a recent walk I noticed that I could hear birds chirping, that the sun was shining and that spring seemed to be booting up. The weather held until Saturday so the conditions were ideal for a nice bike ride. The ride started at around 0840, with frost on the ground and…

  • Tour de Zwift 2019 complete

    Tour de Zwift 2019 complete

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning I completed Stage 9 of the Tour de Zwift. I have now finished the challenge. In the process I went from riding on the shorter events during the first stages to taking the long options for at least the last two stages. A slow start before ramping up. I don’t…

  • Sprinting Towards A Maillot Vert

    Sprinting Towards A Maillot Vert

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Seventh stage of the Tour De Zwift was Innsbruck, a course that some people can do in about 388 minutes. It takes me around 54 minutes. As I have not ridden this course frequently enough I decided to try to keep up with others and that meant a 20 minute best…