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15-06-2008

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Overijse BLOSOs and then some Meerdael

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The weather forecast called for rain this Sunday but when I woke up there was no cloud in sight. Around 11am I set out to ride up to Sint Agatha Rode in order to do the Overijse BLOSO routes. These are some 34K long and yield around 480 heightmeters. I set out on the loop in the reverse direction and quite quickly I noticed quite a few bikers who were doing the loop in the right direction. I had to inject a few extra climbs of course - mainly around Ottenburg where there is one climb that is next to impossible to ride in the reverse direction of the BLOSO loop - the downhill on the Red loop with the steps for those who know the loops.
So instead I added another steep but manageable climb, a tricky and very slippery descent back to the field and then the climb that the BLOSO route also follows back up towards Ottenburg where I rejoined the BLOSO route in my chosen direction.
The tracks were a bit wetter than yesterday but only slippery in the shade of the forest. Still, the Overijse route is quite a handful with some steep descents and climbs. The one out of Overijse was made with great effort on my lowest speed. But I made it. The sun on my skin felt good but I could notice more clouds gathering as the minutes passed by. Next to Hoeilaart I stopped at the field where some beautiful Brabander horses were standing. Two of them with fowl.

I ate a powerbar and made some pictures. The fowls were a bit scared of me but their moms didn't mind being fed some grass. Perhaps the fowls were too young to already eat grass. I got on my way - keeping in mind the dark clouds I spotted at the horizon - along a tricky downhill with deep gullies that nearly did me in. But somehow I managed to keep the rubber side down and finish the remainder of the loop. A little bit of exploring in the Sint Agatha Rode forest and I was off towards Meerdael. I still had some time so I set out on the Blue Meerdael BLOSO loop from Sint Joris Weert. A couple of uphills later I was next to the Naamsesteenweg and I incorporated another loop close to the Dikke Eik - where I spotted some interesting woodcarvings. The wind was blowing fiercely now and just before the first drops began to fall I was home. A very good ride, very relaxed pace and still a good average speed.

Ride Stats : 61K and 820 heightmeters in 3h33mins

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15-06-2008, 17:53 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf

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14-06-2008

Rain rain stay away

It looked like it would rain all morning but when the sun peeped through the clouds I decided to take my chances and do a local ride. Nothing more local than the Meerdael BLOSO routes so I tackled those. The trails were pretty dry, except for some muddy puddles which were easily avoided, in most cases. I had mounted my fenders so I didn't care either way. At one point I even began changing my mind about attending an organised ride tomorrow. It didn't look THAT bad so why not? But when I exited the forest I saw a big dark cloud looming and all I could think of from that moment on was to make enough speed to make it home dry.

Well, I almost succeeded. I had lost some time when my front fender decided to break free on a tough downhill. Probably due to the shocks. I tried to attach it again - it is some kind of eccentric thing that attaches to the inside of the fork tube - but failed to make it stick. So into my backpack it went and I rode on without a front fender. When I arrived on the last bit of the trails it started to rain very gently but then the gentle drizzle changed into a downpour. Luckily at that point I only had about 2K to ride. Made it just a bit wet but before things really got torrential.

Ride Stats : 55.5K and 510 heightmeters in 2h48mins

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14-06-2008, 15:35 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf

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13-06-2008

Relaxing ride - sort of

After the rain we got yesterday I wasn't too keen to ride offroad so I decided on an easy LSD ride. Setting out on the Road Bloso route which goes over Sint Joris Weert I rode to Nethen and then further on to Pecrot, Archennes and Ottenburg. Nice and hilly enough to stress the muscles. From Ottenburg I descended into Terlanen and then tackled the Smeysberg. After the Smeysberg I rode towards Neerijse . On one of the steep climbs I noticed my chain wouldn't go on the largest cog in the back. Very strange and rather tough on the legs. I must try to adjust my rear derailler at home, an arduous task for someone with two left hands when it comes to bike technology. Anyways, I rode on towards Egenhoven and Heverlee to finish my ride into Blanden and towards Meerdael. The weather remained dry although with only 17 degrees C - it is June ! - it wasn't too hot , on the contrary.

Ride Stats : 50K and 460 heightmeters in 2h08mins

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13-06-2008, 20:09 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf

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10-06-2008

Ravel

A couple of days of nice warm weather so I couldn't resist taking a day off from work to do a long LSD ride. I set out over Bierbeek, Meldert and Hoegaarden towards the Ravel No2 Hoegaarden-Namur. This is an old train track that has been closed and instead there is a tarmac road for bikers and hikers. The slope is very gradual and at the end it drops nicely into Namur. It was warm and I took it very easy, keeping my heartrate around the 110bpm mark to stay on the edge of the fat-burning processes. Not that I have any fat to burn but that way you can literally ride for hours . In Namur I took a little break to eat a powerbar.

Returning the same way the road is generally downhill but there was a noticeable wind blowing from the North so that kinda evened out the effort needed. A little over 5 hours riding time brought me back home.

I just read in the paper that our "National Pride" , Tom Boonen, has been caught sniffing the white powder, cocaine. I hope they punish him - if not only to make him see that he is not above the law . It looks like he can't get his private life under control. Making a lot of money obviously the lure of drugs and other vices - he was caught speeding at 180 where 90 is allowed - is great. He would do better focussing on his biking. As far as I'm concerned Quick Step should fire him for this. Lesser drivers have been fired for lesser causes. I hope he recovers from this and doesn't turn into another VDB or Pantani.

Ride Stats : 120K and 600 heightmeters in 5h03mins

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10-06-2008, 16:44 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf

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