Of the 1250 odd windmills in NL 19 are in Kinderdijk, Most are powered by wind, the ones in Kinderdijk are powered by tourists
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- 27 Feb 2024, 4:56pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
- Replies: 42
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- 27 Feb 2024, 11:53am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1772
Re: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
we've got wineyards al over the place: https://www.nederlandsestreekwijnen.nl/ ... rovincies/Dupont wrote: ↑27 Feb 2024, 11:29amShe definitely wants scenery, windmills, tulips and wine fields.m-gineering wrote: ↑27 Feb 2024, 7:22amYuk. if the requirement is " My good lady wants scenery like wine fields etc" I'd head for Amersfoort first thing, and head eastLeBrignall wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 5:27pm Or a loop of the Netherlands, Den Hague, Gouda, Utrecht, Amersfort, Zwolle, Amsterdam, Leiden and back to the ferry at the Hook.
Many probably won't pass the standards of the committte though
- 27 Feb 2024, 7:22am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
- Replies: 42
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Re: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
Yuk. if the requirement is " My good lady wants scenery like wine fields etc" I'd head for Amersfoort first thing, and head eastLeBrignall wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 5:27pm Or a loop of the Netherlands, Den Hague, Gouda, Utrecht, Amersfort, Zwolle, Amsterdam, Leiden and back to the ferry at the Hook.
- 24 Feb 2024, 1:34pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1772
Re: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
- 22 Feb 2024, 7:29am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1772
Re: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
Hoek van Holland -> Utrechtse Heuvelrug, -> Hoge Veluwe-> Achterhoek and back (Amersfoort-Apeldoorn-Winterwijk)Dupont wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 6:33pmWhat would you suggest? My good lady wants scenery like wine fields etc, but it must be flattish. We plan a week to ten days away.LeBrignall wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 5:51pm I can't help feeling there are more interesting rides to do. A ferry to the Hook gets you direct into cycling all round the Netherlands for as many days as you like. It's a great place to tour, albeit quite urban.
Or go to Dieppe or Caen and cycle into Normandy and beyond, which offers lovely countryside. The Dunkirk area is pretty drab IMO...
LB
- 22 Feb 2024, 7:18am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
- Replies: 42
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Re: Rotterdam to Dunkirk
And no housing estates, all houses line the roads so there often isn't much of a view in the country.Dupont wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 8:42pmI have never been to Belgium. What is brutal about the resorts?mjr wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 8:39pmI rode the Alsace wine route last summer. It was far from flat. I think vineyards are often on hillsides.
I quite like the Dunkirk area. Lots to see: nothing to block your view. Then all the WW2 history. Then the coast slowly changes as you ride north: the brutal resorts of Belgium, the Dutch Delta, the barrages, the gentler little towns, then the bizarre industrial art and follies.
- 27 Jan 2024, 8:04am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Rack for bikepacking on MTB
- Replies: 25
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Re: Rack for bikepacking on MTB
Robert Axle/Old Man Mountain do racks which use a thru-axle. You'll whine about the cost though.Bice wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 1:00am I am doing a week's MTB in Snowdonia in April on my Scott carbon MTB, and thinking about racks.
I have several alloy and steel road bike racks, and Ortlieb panniers, for commuting and touring on 700mmm frames that also work fine with my 26 inch steel MTB.
But there are no mounts on the 27.5 inch Scott, apart from using the through axle. I prefer a proper rack and I have the panniers. Is there a solution to repurpose an existing rack or buy another rack? I am staying in B&Bs so I could strap stuff to the seat post and handlebar, but a rack would be neater.
("Bikepacking" seems to involve less good but far more expensive luggage systems that those I have grown up with.)
A bike packing setup is more suited to technical trails, eg jumping trees, falling off, carying the bike over obstacles etc. If you're only pottering through the lanes panniers make more sense
- 17 Jan 2024, 8:34pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Route to Türkiye from UK
- Replies: 14
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Re: Route to Türkiye from UK
What I've seen of the Danube wasn't very attractive. Another possibilty with a distinct different flavour would be to ride down Italy and take a ferry to Greece
- 12 Dec 2023, 2:29pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Belt Drive for touring
- Replies: 14
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Re: Belt Drive for touring
nothing good, and modern bb bearing life isn't what it used to be for starters
It's called a snubber, and should prevent the belt from riding up the teeth of the cog. It shouldn't touch.. Problem is they are a bugger to slide aside after a bit of road grime, so you have to remove them for a wheelchange
Some belts have a roller just under/abutting to the rear sprocket, I assume this allows the belt to be not tight whilst preventing slipping. Down side is of course a bit of extra faff when removing the wheel.
Betls are made to prove the superiory of FerrodriveWith the tight bearing issue, I went for a chain on my new tourer - and saved the frame builder "from having to talk you out of a belt drive"(!).
- 11 Dec 2023, 7:19am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Belt Drive for touring
- Replies: 14
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Re: Belt Drive for touring
You either have a frame suitable for a beltdrive (stiff, opening in the rear triangle, tensioner) or not. With a beltdrive the frame should have vertical dropouts and some sort of tensioning mechanism. No need to adjust when you put the wheel back in, but to get it in it's final place it helps to sit down on the luggage rack, and un-redo the skewer or bolts to make sure the axle is seated.plancashire wrote: ↑10 Dec 2023, 4:50pmThanks Confucius. There are two types here, so far as I can see from the pictures.Jdsk wrote: ↑10 Dec 2023, 3:55pmChain tugs:
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/search/?term=chain%20tug
Jonathan
- Low Profile Steel Chain Tug Tensioner for Frames with Track Ends is like the Dutch thingies: you have to unscrew and remove it.
- MKS CA-NJS Chain Tug looks like something adjustable that slides in the dropout and comes out with the wheel: not a tug at all. If the dropouts fit the spec. it might be useful for a belt drive or chain and hub gear.
- 9 Nov 2023, 12:19pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Holland cycle touring for newbies
- Replies: 17
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Re: Holland cycle touring for newbies
Nope.(non motorway) roads are fine, unless there is a service road, a cyclepath with a round blue white sign or a sign prohibiting cycling
There is route numbering system which covers some roads/tracks/cyclepathsThe cycle paths have a route numbering system, every junction has a number, some with an A or B suffix to denote which direction , to or from.
you still need a map to get back on track after you've missed a signWhich makes navigation fairly simple ,if you have the proper map, just study it before you ride, note down the numbers, and tick them off as you go,
For instance it might be. 6,13,77,89....every major junction has a board displaying a map of the area and the route numbering, but unfortunately these are subject to vandalism and graffiti, but it's delightfully simple and obviates the need for maps & GPS
- 2 Nov 2023, 1:53pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Where to go in Holland?
- Replies: 47
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Re: Where to go in Holland?
At the other (west) end of the Veluwe: National Military History Museum in Soesterberg (and you can cycle over the runway )zenitb wrote: ↑29 Oct 2023, 5:13pmAh .. sorry missed all the new comments. That's a great suggestion MrsHJ and very timely since I am tapping in routes on cycle.travel right now !!! We have a couple of military history buffs so visiting Arnhem would keep them happy as well !!!!MrsHJ wrote: ↑21 Oct 2023, 2:20pm Be prepared for some wind and rain. I’d recommend the Kroller Muller museum in Arnhem if you are into art. It’s Van Gogh etc rather than Brueghel. One fo the most special features is that it’s in the middle of a national park and of course it’s all super cycling friendly.
https://krollermuller.nl/en
https://www.hogeveluwe.nl/en
- 2 Nov 2023, 8:17am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cassette Lock-ring Tool For Touring
- Replies: 19
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Re: Cassette Lock-ring Tool For Touring
To replace a spoke with a standard one you have to have fair access to both sides of the hole to push it all the way through. You can bend the spoke a bit to get past the spokes in the opposite flange, but a brakedisk, or cogset doesn't leave enough room. Enter a spoke with a Z-bend on the end, It has the elbow like a regular spoke and the 2nd bend keeps it in the hole when the spoke is inserted and turned 90 degrees.
Pray that your broken spoke broke in the elbow (common) and unscrew the remains from the nipple.
Now you find out if your rim is made with double ferrules so that the nipple can't fall into the rim (in that case the tyre and rimtape has to come off)
Feed your emergency spoke in the spokehole and cross/weave it like the others towards the nipple. It's okay to cheat and put the spoke in from the wrong end of the flange is that is the only working solution
Thread the nipple on the spoke (bend the spoke a bit so not to push the nipple in the rimT and tighten up the nipple with your spoke key.. Pluck the spoke and tune it so it sounds like it's neighbours on that side of the rim
go ride
Pray that your broken spoke broke in the elbow (common) and unscrew the remains from the nipple.
Now you find out if your rim is made with double ferrules so that the nipple can't fall into the rim (in that case the tyre and rimtape has to come off)
Feed your emergency spoke in the spokehole and cross/weave it like the others towards the nipple. It's okay to cheat and put the spoke in from the wrong end of the flange is that is the only working solution
Thread the nipple on the spoke (bend the spoke a bit so not to push the nipple in the rimT and tighten up the nipple with your spoke key.. Pluck the spoke and tune it so it sounds like it's neighbours on that side of the rim
go ride
- 1 Nov 2023, 8:28pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cassette Lock-ring Tool For Touring
- Replies: 19
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Re: Cassette Lock-ring Tool For Touring
Takes about 5mm extra. The trick is to use the same gauge spoke as in the wheel, then you can just tighten the spoke untill it sounds ( when plucked) like it's neighbours on the same side. That will be good enough and fast, no wheel truing skills needed.
- 31 Oct 2023, 8:03pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cassette Lock-ring Tool For Touring
- Replies: 19
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Re: Cassette Lock-ring Tool For Touring
Nope. The NBT2 and others use the slot in the dropout to get purchase. Thru-axle frames do not have the slot so you'll need something elseandrew_s wrote: ↑31 Oct 2023, 6:13pm The Stein, Hypercracker and Unior tools all work the same way as the NBT2 (a splined ring attached to a thin plate that fits between axle locknut and dropout, which is prevented from rotating with the cassette by being braced against some part of the frame), and that whatever prevents the NBT2 from working will also prevent the alternative tools from working.