I looked at the outside thermometer this morning and it showed zero degrees C. Hmm, winter is here after all. Ok, need some thicker gloves but I'm out there, no matter what. Low temps never bother me that much. Ok it is cold for the first half hour or so but then the internal heater is on and things level out for an hour or two. The colder the weather , the shorter the ride becomes of course, I may be somewhat crazy but not stupid. I wanted to do the Overijse BLOSO routes today, commonly known as the "2 Valley Route". For those who are unfamiliar with them, they yield around 34K and 500 heightmeters, there are a couple of moderately tricky downhills that require a better than average mastery of the bike and some of the climbs can be called technical and steep. I like to do these routes every now and then, mostly in conjunction with the Meerdael routes, which brings the counters on a nice 110K and around a 1000 heightmeters. But those rides are for the warmer times, today I just did the Overijse trails, biking to Sint Agatha Rode and joining the Red route there, then lap all three routes and return over Sint Joris Weert and Meerdael. The mud was thick, slighty frozen and where it stuck to my bike it froze. The windchill factor was responsible for an average ride temperature of -1 degree C. There was a little breeze blowing from the East but alltogether it was very nice weather, a little cold but great for biking. Found some time to take a few pictures, click on the small pic next to this article for one of them.
Ride Stats : 54.5K and 630 heightmeters in 2h51mins
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