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Out and About

Roeselare Cycling Museum This was a cool exhibit, unfortunately I was not able to read any of the displays.   From the top of the Cloth Hall belfry in Ypres.   An afternoon wandering around Oostende

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Hills and Cobbles

Saturday’s race was Southeast of Brussels.  I took an hour and a half train ride over to Brussels then rode about 20km from the train station to the race.  It was a bit of a challenge to get out of Brussels but after many map checks finally made it to the race.  I was just […]

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In The Rain

Race number four was a short 12km away in the town of Ledegem, looking at the forecast the day before I knew it was going to be a wet and windy day. There was a light drizzle coming down as I headed out, it was on and off most of the day.  When I arrived […]

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Cobbles!!!

After the frustrating race on Wednesday, I needed to get out for a longer ride, so Thursday I went over to the Oude Kwaremont climb from the Tour of Flanders. It was only about 32km over but I am really glad to have spent the $27 on a phone that has maps, as I got […]

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First Races

About 3km South of where I am staying was a 3-day festival last Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with races every day. There were several food trucks and a few carnival rides as well. Saturday I went down to see everything and how the races worked, I didn’t race but instead rode around the circuit several […]

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Travel and First day in Belgium

The trip out here was quite a long one. It started at 3:30 am with Ryan Siegel taking me to the LA airport on his way to work, big thank you to him for that. There were no issues checking in my bike bag or getting through security, once through I made my way to […]