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I bought a new handlebar for my trek 1.2:

new handlebar is  combination of :

• syntace stratos as a base with syntace brakes
• syntaces SLS as the aerobar.
• Shimano Dura-Ace bar end shifters (of course still steering the SORA and FSA parts )

I got the chance to buy it as a used part pretty cheap.

This is how it looks now:

And how it looked before wih the old handlebar:

Next thing is to change the crankset from the current fsa to a shimano 105.

I am very happy with the changes. In Aero position (which is to me much more comfortable compared to the racing bike position) I would say that I get 1,5 to 2,5 km/h faster without pushing more noticably.Really saving energy with that and really increaesed my  km/h average  speed by 1.5 to 2 km/h.

I just can say – that was really worth it.

Kind regards,

and keep on sporting,

klaas

Route Summary:

• Distance: 44,91 km
• Duration: 1:42:28
• Average Speed: 26,3 Km/h
• Max Speed: 38,2 km/h
• Average heartbeat: 153 bpm
• Max Heartbeat: 176 bpm
• Calories burned: 1695

Route Experiance:

Update will follow this weekend .. .just recheck soon.

Conclusion and judgement:

Update will follow this weekend .. .just recheck soon.

The route:

bike_mont_saint_michel_to_cancale_24_07_2009

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kind regards ad keep on sporting,

klaas

Route Summary:

• Distance: 35,33 km
• Duration: 1:22:07
• Average Speed: 25,8 Km/h
• Max Speed: 44,8 km/h
• Average heartbeat: 140 bpm
• Max Heartbeat: 178 bpm
• Calories burned: 1368

Route Experiance:

Positive:

Very nice landscape. Much to see riding alongside the coast. Nice typical architecture style of the typical houses around. Nice small Hills going up and down all the time. Good trainig but was killing me as well

Negative:

In contrast to the courses I rode in the Netherlands there is actually no cycling way along the roads so you (and I, too;) have to ride on normal streets where cars drive aroung 70 km/h . That is much less comfortable as riding on a seperated cycling way but was manageble since the car drivers don’t drive to agressive. They seem to be used to wait a while and then pass cyclists.

Aditionally I wasn’t able to find a good cycling route guide (searching in saint malo itself as well as cancale and some supermarkets aroung like SuperU or Leclerc) and there was no cycler guiding system as well. So you have to plan the tour yourself more careful If your a not known to the area.

Conclusion and judgement:
I recommend the route anyhow since Saint Malo is one of a kind and _the_ sightseeing spot in the area (besides the Mont St Michel)  so that overweighs any pain. And I did not get to know the nearer surroundigs so good before. As stated the sight is nice along the route. But have a look yourself:

The route:

cancale_saint_malo_and_retour
Some Pics and videos:

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Kind regards and keep on sporting,

klaas

updated:
Added new pictures and videos

The track:

ouddorp – groenedijk – vrijheidsweg – west nieuwlandseweg – depunt – oudelandseweg – ouddorp.

Track Summary:

• Distance:   27,66 Km
• Duration:  1:05:19
• Average Speed: 25,4 Km/h
• Max Speed:  51,3 km/h
• Average heartbeat: 137 bpm
• Max Heartbeat: 174 bpm

Track Experiance:

Most beautiful landscape, all alongside the coast on top of very comfortable asphalt cycling ways. Brilliant, ideal, love it. I will take my camera with me tomorrow and give you some beteter impression.

Conclusion and judgement:

Best curse so far.

The course:

ouddorp_depunt_goedereede_ouddorp_05_07_2009

Track Impressions:

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keep on sporting,

klaas

Hi eveyone,

I am off to the bretagne now and want to suummarize my experiences on the  running and cycling courses I did in the past 1 1/2 weeks.
To be honest that’s also a summary for me to see the concrete pratices I made
in the right order for the first time.

So here we go:

• 05/07    - cycling    Ouddorp- duinen – de punt – ouddorp haven – ouddorp length:    27 km

• 06/07    - running    Short course: length:    5km

• 07/07    - cycling    Ouddorp- duinen – de punt – ouddorp haven – ouddorp (short version) length:    18.9 km

• 08/07    - pause

• 09/07    - running    ouddorp – goedereede – ouddorp length:    9.5 km

• 10/07    - cycling    ouddorp – haven – stellendam – melissant – nieuw kraaijersedijk -halsponderdijk – stellendam – havenhoofd – goedereede – ouddorp lenght: 39.5 km

• 11/07    - running    ouddorp – goedereede – ouddorp length:    9.5 km

• 12/07    - cycling    ouddorp – haven – brouwersdam – scharendijke – den osse – brouwershaven – brijdorpe – looperskapelle – brouwersdam – ouddorp length:    50.5 km

• 13/07    - pause

• 14/07    - duathlon    cycling: ouddorp – oostduinen – havenhoofd – stellendam – haven lenght: 23.8 km + running: short course 5 km

• 15/07    - pause

You can read more on every training and it’s courses here on the blog. I will – as stated before – add
some more videos and pictures to the tracks after the vacation cause this takes some time.
And will link the trainings accordingly, then.

So far so good I am not pretty sure about the pause day on the 13th… Sometimes the garmin
just makes from two (for me separated trainings) one multisport event which I have do ‘detach’
manually afterwards … They then both get the same date (the first one) even if they took
place on different days.

But due to my new motto: I will first of all blame me for mishandling

It’s probably me that just can’t handle the garmin 305 as good as one should.

Keep on sporting,
Klaas

Track Summary:

• Distance: 50,34 Km
• Duration: 2:04:29
• Average Speed: 24,3 Km/h
• Max Speed: 50,8 km/h
• Average heartbeat: 141 bpm
• Max Heartbeat: 174 bpm

Track Experiance:

due to bad internet connection I will give more details later. Just check it out below.
But: very sunny, windy though. first way over brouwersdam just going around 22-23 km/h. Way back I got wind from behind – as expected and could go over 50 km/h. just fun.

Conclusion and judgement:
will follow later on. but: good, beautiful. But windy, as well (probably just today, again ).

The course:

cycling_on_12_07_09_browershaven

and two small videos and some pics illustrating the tour (more will follow for all running and cycling courses here in zuid holland).

riding 50 km/ on brouwershaven:

pictures

keep on sporting,

klaas

Track Summary:

• Distance:   39,10 Km
• Duration:  1:37:29
• Average Speed: 26,8 Km/h
• Max Speed:  48,4 km/h
• Average heartbeat: 135 bpm
• Max Heartbeat: 171 bpm

Track Experiance:

due to bad internet connection I will give more details later. Just check it out below.

Conclusion and judgement:

good, beautiful. But windy (probably just today ).

The course:

cycling_10_07_2009

keep on sporting,

klaas

Track Summary:

• Distance:   27,66 Km
• Duration:  1:05:19
• Average Speed: 25,4 Km/h
• Max Speed:  51,3 km/h
• Average heartbeat: 137 bpm
• Max Heartbeat: 174 bpm

Track Experiance:

Most beautiful landscape, all alongside the coast on top of very comfortable asphalt cycling ways. Brilliant, ideal, love it. I will take my camera with me tomorrow and give you some beteter impression.

Conclusion and judgement:

Best curse so far.

The course:

ouddorp_depunt_goedereede_ouddorp_05_07_2009

keep on sporting,

klaas

Just a short round.

Track Summary:

• Distance:   24,16 Km
• Duration:  0:51:05
• Average Speed: 28,4 Km/h
• Max Speed:  40,9 km/h
• Average heartbeat: 146 bpm
• Max Heartbeat: 179 bpm

Track Experiance:

Short training round through the calm areas of weyhe with part alongside the Weser.

I made a short stop a the SV Wiking , a small local sails club at the Wieltsee.  Since we had about 25 degrees centigrade an it was very sunny it was quite nice to make a short stop at the lake. You can see some pics here.

Aditionally it was very googd that a friend made the service in the club house so i could relax, talk a while and even get my tap water for free

Conclusion and judgement:

Nice, short, calm. Best thing is the stoppoint at the lake.

The course:

• New: now you can click on the trackpoints to see some detailed infos about speed, heartbeats (bpm), distance, time elapsed an so forth.  All the cool data is collected by my garmin forerunner 305. Read some more info about the garmin 305.

short course leeste-dreye/wieltsee-sudweyhe-leeste

keep on sporting,

klaas

Just a nice round trip. Really a nice track  around Bremen.

Track Summary:

• Distance:   40 KM
• Duration:   1:22:00
• Average Speed: 26,3 Km/h
• Max Speed: 37,8 km/h

Track Experiance:

Very nice track. Starting out in the ‘Marsch’ a swampland around bremen you can cycle along very flat asphalt. No cars at all for the first 4-5 km. After that the track continues on the ‘Deich’ (dike/embarquement) along the river Weser.

All asphalt ground as well and no cars at all (since they are not allowed). Passing the famous Beck’s brewery we reach out turnpoint, cross  the Weser and start riding back along Bremen’s most beautiful riverside, the ‘Schlachte‘.

Still no cars allowed and very good ground to cycle.  Since it is very wind protected here it is no problem riding about 40 km/h.

Going on we pass the Weserstadion, home of Werder Bremen, the very popular and successful german soccer team. On the  way back we cross the Weser again, riding over a very intersting water power plant called the Weserwehr and through a nice nature protection area alongside the Weser.

The last part of the track is also o the dike along the Weser – riding through some small villages – and back home.

Conclusion and judgement:

Nice track, 80% without any cars. Nice length and much to see.

Judgement: Just do it   +++

See the track in all it’s beauty in google earth:

keep on sporting,

klaas