On June 7th we rode the Tegernsee Mountain Bike Race with start at the beautiful Lake Tegernsee in the Bavarian Alps. The race is one of 7 races of the Ritchey MTB Challenge series. Pieter did the grueling 88km and 3,800m climbing, Rita was happy with her result for the B round of 57km/1,540m climb [click to read more]

Our Sonoran Desert Tour in Arizona included 5 days of splendid mountain biking, mostly single track, on altitudes of 2,000–6,000 feet. We rode through hillsides dotted with shapely saguaro, prickly pear, and spiny ocotillo cactus, and camped in the middle of nowhere in the Santa Rita Mountains and at Catalina State Park. As expected, the [click to read more]

I was at a National Geographic photographic workshop this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Met  a lot of nice and interesting people.  The course was presented by Robb Kendrick, a reknowned NG photographer.  I learned a lot – below are some of the pictures I took during the week.  Click the “Full Screen” button [click to read more]

In the past couple of years I was fortunate enought to go to Germany in the summers of 2007 and 2008 to study German and also to do some mountain bike races. I entered the Ritchey MtB Challenge, which consist of 8 different races from March to October. I was only be able to do [click to read more]

Geological time travel on only two wheels Rock climbers gravitate to Yosemite. Surfers collect in Jeffery’s Bay; Mountaineers look at Everest with reverential awe. Every sport has its Mecca. Mountain bikers consider Moab in Utah, to be the seat and joy of their creed. Above the Colorado River, and below the plateau known as Island [click to read more]