About Dirk
Zudem mache ich Wander-Touren, am liebsten im Gebirge. Ganz egal ob Alpen oder Ahrsteig: Hauptsache es gibt ein paar Höhenmeter zu bezwingen.
3,658 km
158:09 h
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- DirkSeptember 20, 2025
When I still had a mountain bike, I rode this tour regularly. Why not try it on a gravel bike? The trails are narrow and wild, the climbs bumpy and steep. A bit of riding technique definitely helps, especially on the descent from Röttgenhöhe. The intermediate destination is the Glessener Höhe summit
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- DirkAugust 23, 2025
If I have absolutely no idea where to go, I look to see which way the wind is blowing. Today, as usual, from the west. Later, it's northwest. So, a trip north, so I'll have the wind at my back on the way back. So, I went via Bocklemünd, Pesch, Chorweiler, and Rheinkassel onto the dike, then along the
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- DirkAugust 17, 2025
There are certainly better routes to the other side of the Rhine, but this time I took the easiest route, simply through the middle. It's always lovely when everything becomes quiet and rural from Dellbrück onwards. A lovely uphill and downhill stretch to the Kuchen (cake) in Kürten. Then the final
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- DirkMarch 3, 2025
On Carnival Sunday I drove the Roaar classic Milan - Sanremo, a.k.a Frechen - Satzvey. Lots of glass on the streets due to the various carnival processions in the villages. Luckily I got through it unscathed in beautiful, albeit cold, weather. And no joke: just before my front door it was actually 111.1km 🤡
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Dirk went cycling.
September 28, 2025
Statt den Petersberg Sonntags mal den Anstieg auf den Drachenfels erkunden
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111km
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570m
560m
Dirk went cycling.
August 23, 2025
Einfach mal losgefahren, ohne Ziel und ohne Plan
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Dirk went cycling.
August 17, 2025
Leicht abgewandelte 2. Etappe der ROAAR Tour de France. Mit dem Col de Glesènne und dem Mont Vollrâth gleich zwei Berge der aller-allerhöchsten Kategorie
03:07
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26.9km/h
440m
430m
Dirk went cycling.
August 10, 2025
Aus dem Kölner Westen kommend liegt leider ein Hindernis auf dem Weg ins Bergische: Köln.
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112km
25.0km/h
860m
870m
Dirk went cycling.
August 9, 2025
Endlich mal wieder richtig Sonnenschein. ☀️ Spontan über den Speedway in die Ghost Town Manheim.
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65.1km
27.9km/h
260m
250m
Dirk went cycling.
August 3, 2025
Mit dem frühen Regio bis nach Au und dann über das Siebengebirge in die Heimat. Sonntags früh noch alles schön ruhig und verschlafen in der Gegend (Wie heisst die Region rund um Au and der Sieg eigentlich?). Nach dem obligatorischen Petersberg mit Pause im Steigenberger Biergarten geht es nur noch bergab über Bonn und kleinere Anstiege in Alfter und Brühl in Richtung Heimat.
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103km
23.4km/h
1,060m
1,160m
Dirk went cycling.
May 25, 2025
02:23
64.4km
27.0km/h
290m
270m
Actually, the forecast was for sunshine all day, which is why I had planned a longer hike in the Siebengebirge. Unfortunately, the weather rarely sticks to forecasts, and south of Cologne, it remained rather foggy and overcast throughout the morning. A trip to the Lower Rhine would probably have been
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