Tonight saw the passing of a fox by the house and some snowfall. Between 3 and 5cm of it. At dawn it began to freeze and around 11am, when I took the Litespeed out for a spin, it was -3 degrees C. I had a vague plan to ride in the direction of St Agatha Rode and pick up on the Overijse BLOSO trails. The roads were still covered with snow which suited me fine. In the Weertse Dreef the tracks made by the few cars that had passed were icy. But in the fresh snow between them there I had no problem keeping up a good pace. Like I said I picked up on the Green BLOSO near Sint Agatha Rode and noticed that there was a little bit more snow than at home. Care had to be taken on some of the downhills because of the frozen ruts under the snow. Some downhills were very difficult as well and the one near Huldenberg I had to walk a distance. Not forgetting to take some pictures to make all those who stayed at home a little jealous.
Switching on the Blue near Overijse I decided to give the Red Bloso a miss. It is the more difficult of the three, with some one downhill behind Ottenburg I would rather not do in these conditions. Moreover I was looking to be home for the start of the Tervuren cyclocross. So when I neared Ottenburg I turned towards Sint Agatha Rode and rode the last 10K on the road. Nevertheless I had a fine ride, cold but still very enjoyable. BR> Ride Stats 47K and 500/555 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 2h54mins. -3 degrees average temp.
135/1505
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04-01-2010
BLOSO Overijse
Je kan op de routes aan de zesdagmaalstraat. Ongeveer halverwege de baan tussen St Agatha en Ottenburg. Net voor het voetbalplein van Sint Agatha Rode komt de route trouwens ook nog door. Je kan de kaartjes van deze - en andere BLOSOs - route vinden op www.mtbroutes.be. Naarmate er meer verkeer over de wegen komt , worden de tracks inderdaad moeilijker en moeilijker. best is nog maagdelijke sneeuw :)
De kwaliteit van de sneeuw is wel goed. Droog en niet klevend.
04-01-2010, 11:10 geschreven door BBW
Jaloers?
Jaloers ? Gisteren ook gereden, Adri . Vanuit Vaalbeek, door Meerdael,over de veldwegen achter Mollendael richting Beauvechain. Prachtig. Ik zou vandaag ook willen vertrekken, maar vrees dat door de vrieskou heel de toestand nog een beetje meer "icy" is.
Waar ongeveer in St-Agatha-Rode kan je inpikken op de Bloso-routes ?
Groeten,
johan
04-01-2010, 10:37 geschreven door johan hulsbosch
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