Today saw me out with the Moots YBB. Fridays' rain was long forgotten and when I entered the forest I could not see anything but bonehard dry trails. I decided to start with my twisty mollendaal trails loop and whilst weaving through the forest from north to south and back again I enjoyed the crisp but clean air. Temperature was around 10 degrees C. No more, no less. When I finished the trail section I rode back to the Weertsedreef for another succession of trails, leading me towards the Warande Pond. From here I followed some more trails bringing me to one of the nicer looking valleys in Meerdael. I took 3 pics and kinda stitched them together with Paint. This is the result. Try not to see the obvious color differences, like I said , no posh stitching program, just cut and paste.

Venturing further along smaller trails , checking out some tracks I did not do for a long while, I wound up at the Hertebron near La Hetraie and decided to take a picture of the bike.

Riding onwards I took the new biketrail parallel to the Weertse Dreef and then took a right turn on the Herculesdreef and another right turn to get back into the military compound and from there I followed the Green Bloso into Vaalbeek. A little venture into Heverlee bos closed my ride for today. Entering Blanden I followed some footpaths and then took a last loop to arrive into Blanden again following the Margrietendreef. Had a long and solid ride.

Endomondo track


Ride Stats : 53.5K and 700 heightmeters (Garmin) in 02h42mins

4673/14945

28-04-2013, 15:18 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf

Haven't been feeling super well these last couple of days so I decided against riding out today, instead allowing me a recovery ride on the Tacx Satori. The weather badly deteriorated, dropping 18 degrees C in a day and bringing some - much needed by the dry nature - rain yesterday. Today the sun was out again but temperatures of 8 degrees C were not really begging me to ride out. Allowing the fallen water to settle on the trails for one more day I am aiming for an offroad ride tomorrow.
Todays' ride went well, relaxing at a low resistance and started reading yet another one of F.Paul Wilsons's majestic dark scribblings ;  Sibs , on my Kindle.

Ride Stats : 48.5K in 01h06mins

4620/14245

27-04-2013, 12:12 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf

The last couple of days saw the return of warm and beautiful weather. It has been dry for several weeks now but the temperatures have been letting us down. Not so today, with temperatures well into the 20ies, reaching 26 degrees C at one point, a lot of sun and a breeze from the south, nature has awoken at last after the winter that seemed to last forever. Every flower is pushing to reach full bloom and the trees are becoming greener with fresh foliage.
So I decided to get the Moots YBB out and join my fellow KBC'ers for their weekly outing into Meerdael Forest and Heverlee bos. Quite a large group, with 10 men and 2 women. The first part consisted of twisting and turning singletrails in Heverlee Bos. Until someone broke his X0 derailler right off and he had to turn his bike into a singlespeed. Luckily his X0 survived and the replaceable derailler hanger saved his frame. But 2 people remaimed behind to make sure he got home allright. This included the guide so I had to take the honors from then on. We were with fast and slower riders so I decided not to make it too difficult. Passing at the Zoete Waters and then some little trails around Sint Joris Weert before riding towards the Herculesdreef. A little venture from the Kouterbos into Meerdael Forest with some more difficult  trails around the Kluis and the the long climb on the BLOSO route. That was about the most strenuous part and I guided them back into the valley of the Tomme, passing over the Tomme and then along the Prosperdreef back into Heverleebos and towards the starting point at the Heverlee kazerne. I hope all did enjoy the fine weather and the super ride.  

Endomondo track


Ride Stats : 45K and 420 heightmeters (Garmin) in 02h15mins

4571/14245

25-04-2013, 21:33 geschreven door Big Bad Wolf