We just did a road trip in the country that we like more and more. Bikes on board for family rides but I did some morning rides on my own also. I left just before sunrise and made it back for breakfast. It added up to three rides: First ride – Masivul Ceahlău, August 8 […]
In spite of a whole week among vampires and bears in Transylvania and repeated forecasts of dark clouds and rain there was no ”fear” and no ”dark” until the whole biking adventure was over. But by then we had it all! We rode in different places in the Transylvanian Alps (the prolongation of the Carpathians) […]
Well, maybe not so ordinary… National holiday in fact and a good reason for going to the mountains with your friends Cable car to 2200: The weather was typically unstable and suddenly we had heavy rain but with the perfect timing of just reaching this small hut for cover. A chill for two hours […]
Prima Evadare – “the first escape” – takes place every spring. It’s a flat non-technical MTB race from Bucharest to Snagov, where Ceaușescu had a summer house by the way. It is some 55km and more than 2000 participants last year. There is more to read at www.primaevadare.ro This year the race is May […]
My friend Catalin grew up 1,5 hours from Bucharest, in Pucioasa, and has been talking about showing me the place and what kind of biking there is. Today is the day! The town is located at 400 meters elevation on the southern slopes of the Carpathians. Oil and gas is big in Romania and […]
Spring is here and it’s the time of year where time is split between biking and skiing. Quite a lot of friends showed up for the ride today It is bit humiliating that the sponsored guys already have done 2 hours of riding before showing up, but that’s nothing that rubs off to […]
Some 15-20 minutes on the ring road from where I live will take you to Cernica. The place is very well known for its monastery. Picture from the web: I meet up with some friends. It’s around zero degrees and it was below that during the night. We get warmed up on this dirt […]
Almost December. Early morning. 10 degrees. Shorts. Morning dew on the leafs. What a nice setting for a ride in the local forest Some mole has been around Flat as a pancake After 1,5 hours I put the bikes on the back of the car and we leave for the BMX-track just 20 minutes […]
Happiness – The biking genes have been passed on! I’ve been doing rides of 1,5 hours with the 8-year old in the forest at home and seen the talent. This time we went for the mountains to try real hills Until a couple of weeks ago we’ve had 20 degrees in Bucharest, but suddenly […]
15 degrees, a lot of leaves and nice colors… November ain’t that bad…