Since 1964 the BMW Club Mulheim an der Ruhr has organised a 3 day training course on the famous Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit. I only found out about this course through David Halsall, our BMW GB dealer representative for Cotswold BMW where I work on Saturdays, who put me in touch with Barry Salmon, one of the bike instructors. Full details of what the course offers can be found … . . . → Read More: Rider Training At The Nurburgring – 1st-5th August 2010
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Part 3: The ride from Arreau to Bewdley via Carcassonne Fri 23rd July: Arreau to Carcassonne – 191 miles The weather this morning was an improvement on the last two days which was a great relief because today we started our journey home. Our destination today was Carcassonne however before we . . . → Read More: Midi-Pyrenees & Tour de France Trip Report – 15th-26th July 2010 (Part 3/3) Part 2: Port de Bales, Col d’Aspin, Lourdes & Col du Tourmalet Mon 19th July: Port de Bales – 96 miles We’d ridden down to the Pyrenees specifically to watch the mountain stages in this years TDF (Tour de France). This year is the 100th anniversary of racing in the Pyrenees . . . → Read More: Midi-Pyrenees & Tour de France Trip Report – 15th-26th July 2010 (Part 2/3) Some people say you can’t tour on a sportsbike so raise your hand if you think you can … alright, alright, calm down all of you that say of course you can, it’s easy, they don’t build ‘em like they used to, and I remember the good old days when a sportsbike was fully focussed and damn uncomfortable with it. Ok then, scratch that. Raise your hand if you think … . . . → Read More: Midi-Pyrenees & Tour de France Trip Report – 15th-26th July 2010 (Part 1/3) Part 2: The Swiss Alps and the ride back home Wed 21st July Wednesday seemed likely to be another good day although the waitress at breakfast thought it was going to rain – well ultimately she was right but it was still good at 12.45pm when I eventually got on the . . . → Read More: B500 & Swiss Alpine Passes Trip Report – 19th-23rd July 2010 (Part 2/2) Four weeks after this year’s BBOT Tour had ended I had occasion to travel again to Switzerland. As the weather forecast was good – or at least better than it had been for the BBOT tour I decided to take one of my bikes, this time my K1200S … . . . → Read More: B500 & Swiss Alpine Passes Trip Report – 19th-23rd July 2010 (Part 1/2) Day 8: Tue 22nd June 2010 Ride: Etreaupont to Bewdley – 359 miles After a pleasant night at the Clos de Montvinage it was time to get home. There was no sign of Bob or Pete and Gaz said he would wait for them. Phil was ready first and decided to . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Etreaupont to Bewdley Day 8: Mon 21st June 2010 Ride: Grenoble to Etreaupont – 595 miles As on 3 previous tours we had decided to make our final stop the hotel Le Clos de Montvinage in Etreaupont. For Cat, Kyle and Phil this dictated a long ride mostly up the French motorway system . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Grenoble to Etreaupont & Dijon to Etreaupont Day 7: Sun 20th June 2010 Ride: Madeleine, Telegraphe & Galibier – 187 miles Cat, Kyle and Phil – Chamonix to Grenoble Although we had a pleasant evening the day before, the one thing that hadn’t improved was the weather. A regular check of the Internet forecasts told us that . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Madeleine, Telegraphe & Galibier & Chamonix to Dijon Day 6: Sat 19th June 2010 Ride: Col du Petit St. Bernard – 147 miles After a night on the pop no one was up very quickly the next morning. There had been a fresh snowfall overnight on the higher lower slopes of Mont Blanc so it was likely that the . . . → Read More: Chamonix June 2010: Col du Petit St. Bernard |
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