Ruinen

Location: Ruinen
Duration: 1 hr
Distance: ?
Weather: cold, windy
Comments: not so long ride, no heavy trails.

Boswachterij Ruinen

Location: Boswachterij
Duration: 1 hr
Distance: ?
Weather: snow and ice.
Comments: cold but nice ride, snow and beautifull forrest. Tryout just nose breathing, works good.

Dwingelderveld

Location: Dwingelderveld
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Distance: apprx. 17 km
Weather: cold and drowsy
Comments: Very wet ride, I felt tired and down.

Ruinen, try out after maintenance

Location: Ruinen Gijsselte
Duration: 1 hr
Distance: ?
Weather: good
Comments: Little round, just hard roads and bicycle tracks. Removed the deraillieur and bend it back in shape. Ajusted the screws and oiled everything. The gearshifting worked okay and the cracking noise is gone. Next week I have to replace the brake linings.

Dwingeloo ATB trail

Location: Dwingeloo, Spier
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Distance: 23 km
Weather: good
Comments: good ride, various elements, some very difficult. The gear is very noisy. The chain came off once. I have to do some maintenance!

Almost drowned in a swamp

Location: Dwingelderveld
Duration: 2 hrs
Distance: ?
Weather: good, sunny, cold.
Comments: first a little round with the dog along the Ruiner A. Brought him back home and wanted to round the east side of the Dwingelder heath. The track was muddy and after a while swampy and flooded. Had to walk 500 mtr through kneehigh water.

No ATB track in Heerde, but Hulkesteinse bos

Location: Hulkesteinse Bos
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Distance: ?
Weather: Raining, cold, dark
Comments: Wanted to ride the trail at Heerde, but it got late and dark, so I stopped earlier in the Flevopolder(came from Amsterdam, the METS). It was a very wet ride, the trail was one big pool of rainwater and sometimes I wondered if I was riding a trail or a ditch. It got dark very soon after I started. I didn't meet a soul, except the one hind I almost collided with.

Ruinen

Location: Ruinen Dwingelderveld
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Distance: ?
Weather: good, some rain, more sun
Comments: very muddy trail, everything was wet from the rain, saw a woodpecker.

forgot my shoes

Location: Hilversum
Duration: 0 hrs
Distance: 0 km
Weather: lousy
Comments: everything I needed was in the car, exept my shoes. Don't ride on bare feet and neither do I wear my fancy leather shoes on the bike.

Sunday afternoon

Location: Ruinen
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Distance: ?
Weather: good, sunny, warm
Comments: very bumpy trail, slow and difficult because of the tree roots. The bike is oke again, the gear shifting isn't noisy anymore. During repairs and maintenance I found out that there are several cogs missing from the main cog wheel and from the little cog wheels in the deraillieur.

Appelscha, ATB trail

Location: Appelscha
Duration: 1.30 hr
Distance: 21 km
Weather: very good, sunny.
Comments: Very muddy trail. I love mud and big deep puddles on the trail. The deepest was at least 50 cm. I got this huge branch in my chain, the derallieur was completely bend. Could fix it, later at home bend it back in shape.

Ruinen

Location: Ruinen Dwingelderveld
Duration: 1.10
Distance: ?
Weather: Rain, cold
Comments: Very good ride, muddy, had to walk when the trail suddenly stopped.

Location: Zandebos Nunspeet
Duration: 2 hrs
Distance: ?
Weather: good, later clouded and rainy
Comments: good ride with Wim.

ATB trail Ruinen

Location: Ruinen
Duration: 1.15
Distance: 17 km
Weather: Good
Comments: ATB trail Ruinen, beautiful trail, muddy, many tree roots, sometimes a bit artificial. With heart beat meter.

Home

Location: home
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Distance: ?
Weather: good
Comments:

pain

Location: Drenthe
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Distance: ?
Weather: cloudy
Comments: pain in my behind.