Graham

2022

The Only Living Boy Im Wald

A day on gravel through forests with birds and my thoughts for company.

micro-adventure

Amongst the Trees

Summer is truly gone, time flies when you're having fun. Still riding though. Leaving nothing behind Amongst the Trees.

micro-adventure

Micro-adventures

Some of my recent micro-adventures including Loonse and Drunense Dunes, State-Spanish Lines, Utrechtse Heuvelrug and Soesterberg Air Base.

offroad

Revel in my Gravel

A short story about my new bike for adventures.

bikepacking

A Minimalistic Cycling Adventure

My first bikepacking adventure last August. Taking me from The Netherlands through Belgium, France, England and home in 8 days.

music

Music you might have missed - part 5

Music you might have missed, some of the great music I got into the last year or so.

cycling

Powermeter for a month

I got to try out a 4iiii Precision powermeter for month on my roadbike and wrote this review.

Rotterdam

The fire boundary of Rotterdam

On Tuesday 14th of May 1940 bombers devastated the city of Rotterdam. Engulfing and destroying the city in fire. This is now known as the fire boundary.

cycling

Yoga for cyclists

My experience in becoming a better cyclist with these comprehensive yoga exercises. Strengthen your core and easing tension throughout your body.

audio

Podcasts

We grow up with story telling, something that stops along the way. The modern equivalent, the humble audiobook or rather more so the episodic podcast.

Ardennes

Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Sometimes you start things which you don't really think through. And that's probably for the best, because if you knew how much pain and effort it takes before you actually do it, you might cop out rightaway. Riding a classic generally falls into this category as they are rather lengthy

Alps

The French Alps

Last september I had my first introduction with cycling in the French Alps. As the majority of the cols I've climbed are in the Mont Ventoux region, having spend two long weekends there, I was really looking forward to climbing some new & iconic climbs in the Alps region. Although

security

Create and remember a strong password

I've actually written a blog about passwords plenty of times before, from how they aren't enough and how to master all of them easily with a password manager. But when I get inspired to write a blog I go with it and I just did a few hours ago. So

fixedgear

Red Hook Crit - London

An introduction to fixed gear Ever since I saw Lucas Brunelle's Line of Sight documentary two years ago I've been quite fascinated by fixed gear bikes. Although I imagine that some of my subscribers are unfamiliar with the concept, so let me explain it before I get into the story

Mont Ventoux

Mont Ventoux

Back in May I finally got to climb proper sized mountains in southern-eastern region of Provence in France. Something that I had been looking forward to ever since a cycle friend invited me to do so more than a year ago. However in 2014 I didn't have time. This year

Iceland

An Icelandic roadtrip

Hella - Vik So after the Laugevegur hike came our roadtrip on Route 1, or mostly on that road (which is also called the Ring Road for obvious reasons) as we did stray a bit here and there. Below is a picture of it. Reykjavik is at point 1 on

Iceland

Laugevegur

Canadian hikers It was somewhere in 2011 when I met Chrissy & Adam for the first time. Way back it seems and on the other side of the globe when I was doing my down under trip. I decide to hike the Overland Track in Tasmania, my first hike ever

Blog

Ghostly simple

It's been a while I'm starting to detect a trend in my blogging. Somehow I tend to procrastinate my blogging but I have to admit I had a good reason. As you might have noticed my blog looks a bit different. Well that's because it is. I moved from one

netherlands

My longest ride

I couldn't sit continuously any longer, the kilometres had taken their toll. The Fizik Arione R5 saddle I recently bought to replace the rather bad saddle that originally came with my roadbike couldn't help this. From now on I had to switch between seated and standing position on the bike.

Two Thousand Thirteen - The year of the road bike

31557600 seconds, 525960 minutes, 8766 hours, 365 days, 52 weeks or really just a year (yes these numbers are rounded off). Time is quite fascinating actually as it is relative. That is to say it's a different experience from person to person depending on factors like your individual speed to

Diet

Paleo

I've always thought that if you start a diet it's something you will have to incorporate into your life for the longterm, if not forever and not just for a period until your reach your goal, that goal being a certain weight. If you however go for the shortterm you

Facebook

Shaving like them good old days

If you're familiar with my previous posts you will know that I tend to experiment with all facets of life. Previously I've experimented with a Facebook-less month and although I do not intend to dedicate an entire blog post to the outcome I thought I would mention it in this

Account

Thwarting skimmers

Computer related security is something that's getting more & more media coverage everyday and rightfully so but the security mindset should not be limited to the computer on your desk, the smartphone in your pocket or the tablet on your night stand. Being security minded means more then your interaction

social media

A month without Facebook

As you might know I like experimenting a bit with new ideas and concepts. I've tried barefoot/minimalistic running and love it, it's the only way I run now. The same goes for not watching any regular television (although I do watch documentaries and specific tvseries like Game of Thrones,

MacOS

Focus

Our lives are quite digital these days and living without being plugged in is for some a big problem. You'll see tons of people checking their phone often while matching a movies (in the theatres), when on holiday, while crossing the road, bicycling or driving a car. Especially these last