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2019/Q1 on the wheels
At a glance: a few frozen roads, climbs, a new gravel bike, 4260 km ridden, 38,851 m climbed, higher temperature than 2018, except in January
| Month/Temperature (C) | 2018 | 2019 |
| January | 3.3 | 0.6 |
| February | -1.1 | 4.0 |
| March | 5.4 | 7.1 |
If there is one picture that can symbolize this winter, it would be this one:
The other pictures are here.
Mam Vëlo op d’Schaff 2018
Mam Vëlo op d’Schaff, in short MVOS, is a yearly bike to work (or school) campaign run by the Verkéiersverbond (National Public Transport Community) from May 15 to July 31. They also encourage the participation of members on social networks; this year the hashtag was #mvos2018.
So I decided to make a Map, using the tools from VeloViewer, which does the job much better and faster than me.
But I have shot several photos and published 225 of them on my Gallery! Below is a small sample of the landscape I shot either on my way to work, or most likely after work. With the long days I was able to do several (de)tours and explore roads and tracks I have never been before.
As mentioned earlier, see more on my photo gallery. Also, if you like seeing pictures of places, you can follow me on Strava.
Picnic bike ride
On Sunday, August 28, meet at 16:00 in the city at the intersection of Boulevard du Prince Henri and Avenue Monterey (next to the boat in the park). Please be there on time, as we’ll leave shortly.
Link to map, where you can download the GPX file.
We will ride to Belair, Merl, Bertrange, Holzem, Garnich, Mamer and stop at the picnic place called Drēps. However, if the group is too slow or unmotivated, we’ll go straight from Bertrange to Mamer – most of the way is on National Cycleways (PCs), Regional and Local Cycleways.
Below is a view of the picnic area (note that it’s not exclusive to the group):
You can also meet us at Drëps at 19:00 if you want to skip the effort part. You can have cool drinks in the river, and there’s a weather shelter.
For the return ride, there are two options, where the first is the most likely due to the surface:
- We’ll go back up to Mamer (get ready for this) and go to PC13 to European School II.
- If everyone is on a mountain or trekking bike, we could try riding on Sentier de la Mamer to European School II (harder surface but slightly shorter than the first option).
Then we’ll follow the PC13 to Strassen, divert to Les Thermes (to avoid the segment on Route d’Arlon), ride back on PC1 to Val Sainte-Croix and back to the park and finish at the boat intersection.
If the group is big, I will need a co-organiser.
Important instructions:
- weather may be hot, so please take plenty of drinks with you
- . It’s better to have something to eat at the picnic place (but it’s not mandatory).
- Please bring bike lights; we’re likely to arrive back in the city at dusk.
- If you want/have to leave early, please get the GPX file to your GPS or smartphone to find a safe way back. You can use phone Apps such as ViewRanger or OruxMaps to view the GPX on your phone.
There’s no mandatory registration, but I would appreciate it if you could register for either the Facebook or the Meetup event, just to get a brief idea of how many people to expect.
Update after the ride: just a few photos 😉
Cyclehack Luxembourg City 2016
Thanks to Cycle Luxembourg, I was privileged to help with the preparation of the first Cyclehack in Luxembourg City. A very nice experience from the inside, where a group of very busy people have managed to do everything; also it was a bit discouraging because it was during the National Holiday weekend and many people decided to travel for an extended weekend before the beginning of the holiday season.
Back to the topic, the event took place during the whole weekend (from Friday the 24th of June to Sunday) at the Rotondes. Friday evening and Sunday afternoon were opened to the public and the rest of the weekend only to participants.
Videos
All videos are also available for download on my personal gallery.
On Friday, there was a series of talks:
Introduction talk by Kasia Krzyzanowski:
Keynote speaker: Marc van Woudenberg of Amsterdamize:
Some local speakers:
Sam Tanson, member of the Aldermen council and in charge of mobility and transport issues for Luxembourg City:
Philippe Herkrath from Lëtzebuerger Vëlosinitiativ:
openData by Tezza Lana from Level2 – Syn2cat Hackerspace:
Jean-Michel Mertz from Bike43, a bicycle related startup here in Luxembourg:
Pierre Englebert from the Luxembourg branch of Cycling Without Age:
And my first ever talk, I even tried to talk, about my daily bike commutes in Luxembourg, with the glitches and everything:
My slides are also available online.
And to finish, Steve Clement from Level 2 and coorganizer made a very inspiring talk:
Sunday: presentation of the projects