This area is big and filled with smooth trails. This time I cross the river Gauja (coming from Sigulda and beyond) from Carnikava. Such a nice feeling going from one lake to another. Even finding some buildings that have seen better days. Pretty clear how vulnerable this nature is. Motor driven vehicles ruin the top […]
Days are not shorter. They are so short you hardly notice. Time to bring out the LedX Cobra and enjoy all the 6500 lumen 😊
Pictures from a 40 kilometer ride in and around Riga with Karlis
How cool. Having friends over for a long weekend just biking all days along. We get ourselves a soft start by cruising around in the city. And getting interviewed… Friday In Mežaparks we drop by the song festival stage (Mežaparka Lielā Estrāde) and make our way back to the city passing by Bābelītes, Velo Express […]
I was so eager to check out some trails in Balozi that I didn’t plan at all for when day surrenders to night. Anyway, I got myself some urban riding and a lap or two around a bit too sandy trails in the forest. Caught by the dark. I had to use my phone to […]
Shorter evenings make the rides shorter, but casing a jump can make the ride even shorter… Not much time after work but just wanted to discover this place as I’ve seen some vids from here. Calling it a ski resort would give you the wrong idea, but there are actually several lifts in spite of […]
Old buildings, modern buildings, parks, bridges, countryside, railways, highways, old town and even a swamp… City impressions from a 30 kilometer ride with Karlis on urban trails in Riga.
Sigulda is a town 45 minutes away from Riga. It’s located on a plateau above the Gauja River valley. From the town there is a vertical drop of approx. 80 meters down to the river. 80 meter is not much of a deal but in the Baltics this is a lot. They even build ski […]
From downtown Riga it’s just 30 minutes by car to an absolutely amazing network of trails right next to the Baltic Sea. The dunes are rolling along the coast. It’s a Roller coaster. 😊 The rolling dunes are approximately up to 30 meters above sea level and covered with pine trees. The base is sand […]
Having done the usual research settling in a new place – this time Riga, Latvia – I came across OZK quickly. Just the name made it sound cool. OZK is short for Ogres Zilie Kalni. Blue Mountains of Ogre. I don’t know too much yet about the language, but Kalni seems to be the same […]