The Pathfinder Giro continues to be a banner event for what community cycling events, in my opinion, should aspire for:
- International: riders join from all over the Netherlands, Belgium & Germany.
- Inclusive: smiling faces from all genders & races
- Unbranded: no big logos but sometimes a branded van at the rest stop
- Always New: I've been doing this event near Eindhoven for 10 years and rode 70 new kilometers sunday!
Check out my friend Yannik from Cycle Zirkus' recap reel here. The 10th-anniversary edition will take place in October. Looking forward to that!
In other news, this weekend is already Cycling World Düsseldorf! We'll be in town for the show with Old Man Mountain & Evie Bikes. I'm planning on attending as many rides & events as possible, so if you wanna know what's up or would like to catch up: text me on whatsapp.
On Friday, I'll be in the blogger lounge for Wyatt's Business of Cycling Podcast recording with Anatol from Rose Bikes, Erik from Old Man Mountain & Carsten from Schicke Mütze.
Saturday, I'll join the Night Mass and before that the CycleZirkus ride from the entrance at 2pm. My friend Julien from 8000 Watt is doing a ride 30mins later with Schicke Mütze at from the same spot!
Bis bald, Düsseldorf!
wishing you a great rest of the week,
Jon
Upcoming Events
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March
- 🇩🇪 15th-17th Cycling World
- 🇩🇪 22nd-24th Kolektief
- 🇳🇱 29th Dox Under The Tracks
- 🇳🇱 30th 12hr Alleycat
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April
- 🇳🇱 3rd-26th Super 73 Amsterdam Pop-Up
- 🇳🇱 13th Velocio Ride Series Schoorl
- 🇩🇪 13 & 14 VELOBerlin
- 🇪🇸 18th-21st BBB Aragon
- 🇪🇸 20th Iron Gravel Alicante
Cycling
Hors Sentiers VELOCIDADE x VERA
Frequency First: How To Improve Your Ride
Industry Insider: MTB career insights with Sarah Leishman
Sarah began working at SRAM in 2020 following a few years at the Juliana|SRAM Pro team racing the Enduro World Series. A former Senior Manager of Brand and Communications at Arc’teryx, she is currently transitioning from head of Global Communications at SRAM to taking on the role of GM for Velocio. Great interview, Lauren!
Ideas
How to Keep Your Hobby from Becoming a Bob
Stumbling Can Be Lovely
Devin Kelly
Devin Kelly digresses about earning self-respect by hitting the deck. In other words, sometimes you've gotta slam to pass the exam. It's a rambling and certainly long-read piece about finally learning to ride a bike at 32 years of age.
LA Car Culture Warriors In Shambles After Overwhelming Vote for New Bike Lines
Jason Koebler
Some satire chronicling people on Nextdoor lamenting the demise of America’s suburban sprawl and car culture as Los Angeles’ citizen ballot Measure HLA: Mobility plan was passed adding 600 miles of bike lanes, 200 new miles of bus lanes and more!
Friends
Making Interactive Objects 101 on April 20th
We Could Not Do Any Better Book Release Show on April 6th
Jelly Bean Houses and Bergy Bits by Catrin Bach
Radness
The WKNDR #OMNE had its first few hours on the road this weekend
Thank you very much for reading!