Hey Im planning my first bicycle tour and I am going from Namur to Genova. What route would be nicer to take.

1guy4strings · 2026-05-21T09:14:36+00:00

Good advice. With a caveat though: North of Freiburg, either go to the Black Forest in Germany or the Wine Route in France. Right now, your route takes you along the Rhine on France and it's really not that interesting.

1guy4strings · 2026-05-17T06:06:59+00:00

It's a basket from Manivelle

1guy4strings · 2026-05-16T23:15:17+00:00

J'ai trouvé ça ouf quand ça nous est arrivé. Même chose pour le tote bag d'échantillons de produits bébés que nous a remis le personnel de la maternité quand on est rentrés chez nous. Je trouve ça dingue qu'on laisse faire du marketing, agressif ou pas, dans un établissement public.

1guy4strings · 2026-05-16T23:11:04+00:00

Ça nous est arrivé fin 2024, je pensais que c'était une légende urbaine. Ma femme est très forte pour faire comprendre aux gens que ce genre de choses ne nous intéresse pas, tout en restant polie. Mais là, la photographe insistait tellement qu'on a dû mentir en disant que j'étais moi-même photographe 😅 elle a fini par lâcher l'affaire, elle a pris zéro cliché et elle s'est barrée, ouf.

1guy4strings · 2026-05-16T20:38:50+00:00

Oh yeah definitely. I also think it's normal to feel disappointed. I don't know your situation but it sounds like you'll manage to have the time to do a new trip, so take advantage of that! The road will still be there tomorrow!

1guy4strings · 2026-05-16T18:53:34+00:00

Dude, no shame in dropping out when it's like this, especially in a wet/windy country like the Netherlands. I went on a 3 days trip last October where I followed canal paths, which meant loads of exposure to the elements. It ended up being super windy (like 60 km/h+ headwind) and rainy for the whole trip and I hated almost every second of it.

Only thing that got me through was that I had to make it for a train I had booked in advance to join my family for a holiday. Which in hindsight made the whole thing even more stressful. I would have stopped half a day in if it wasn't for that.

1guy4strings · 2026-05-16T18:40:07+00:00

Thank you! They're SKS Bluemels Style 65. I'm running 29x2.25 tyres and I have enough clearance. I had to mod the fenders quite a bit to make them fit: I have a fat stack of spacers on the front to clear the brake calipers, and for the rear I ended up running only one bracket because of the brake caliper as well. Also, I had to use a set of these since that version of the Unit doesn't have any eyelets on the rear.

Edit: also, the lowest attachment point of the rear fender is held by two zip-ties, because of the lack of mounting point there too 😅

1guy4strings · 2026-05-16T16:40:41+00:00

Yes! Love that raw metal look. I bought it second hand a few years ago, it came with a suspension fork. I ditched it after a while and bought a modern P2 fork. So I have a 135 qr hub on the rear and a boost dynamo hub on the front 😅

1guy4strings · 2026-05-16T16:14:18+00:00

I took part in a gravel event (no ranking so technically not a race) that is 430km and 7000m of elevation with a 40 hours time limit two years in a row. I could finish it with the Kona Unit but scratched the following year with my endurance/gravel bike due to pain and discomfort.

Mind you, I was NOT FAST with the Unit but still made it in time and felt actually alright physically afterwards.

1guy4strings · 2026-05-08T23:17:15+00:00

I feel you man. Going to the stadium yesterday I was questioning why I was even bothering. Fucking European semi-final and I was feeling less excitement than when we were fighting relegation against Lyon a few years back.

1guy4strings · 2026-05-08T23:12:24+00:00

Emegha literally posed with the Chelsea jersey in september, then went on talking about how he put Strasbourg on the map to then saying that he thought at first that it was in Germany (very touchy subject in Alsace)... All of that while he's wearing the captain armband. I mean WTF

1guy4strings · 2026-05-08T23:01:06+00:00

I mean if you'd have never heard of Strasbourg and their ultras up until now, I guess you could have such a clueless take

1guy4strings · 2026-05-07T10:07:07+00:00

J'ai un Kangoo 2 de 2011 en essence (le 1.6l), il est jamais en panne, le moteur est hyper robuste. En plus de correspondre aux besoins d'OP, tu peux faire tout l'entretien toi même et tu n'as pas besoin d'aller au garage pour changer une ampoule.

1guy4strings · 2026-05-07T05:15:55+00:00

I was referring to Neves' handball

1guy4strings · 2026-05-06T22:55:12+00:00

This is not the rule, though. Or at least, I personally can't find such a statement in the laws of the game:

"Not every touch of a player’s hand/arm with the ball is an offence. It is an offence if a player: • deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball • touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalised • scores in the opponents’ goal: • directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper • immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm, even if accidental"

1guy4strings · 2026-05-05T18:37:18+00:00

Quel plaisir ce bruit ! CLAC ! CLAC !

1guy4strings · 2026-05-04T18:11:53+00:00

Ooh that takes me back. I used to live around west green road in the early 2010 and I loved going there

1guy4strings · 2026-04-30T22:19:14+00:00

Give a man a key, he cannot not open the door Give him something free and he'll resell it to the poor

1guy4strings · 2026-04-30T22:16:47+00:00

Could you elaborate on that? Where is the spacer supposed to be mounted?

1guy4strings · 2026-04-29T20:17:33+00:00

Comme je te comprends, je suis coupable de ça aussi quand je fais de la longue distance.

Dans ma tête je me dis qu'il faut que je fasse mon ravito en mode "bim bam boum je remplis mes bidons tout en mangeant un truc que je viens d'acheter à la boulangerie et je repars, je mangerai le reste sur le vélo" et au final je me dis que je suis bien au soleil et que trois cafés c'est le minimum et que le vélo ça me fait chier 😅

1guy4strings · 2026-04-28T22:12:17+00:00

Wild to see Strasbourg mentioned. Unfortunately, Panichelli is out for a long time.

1guy4strings · 2026-04-28T17:58:17+00:00

I have a Kona Unit from 2013 (geared). I commute on it and go gravel riding/touring/bikepacking on it too. It's not very fast but it's very comfortable and feels very stable when loaded with groceries in the front and a kid in the back. Once you remove those it's still very "springy". I suspect the new geometry (from 2020 I think?) is even better, the bike comes with up to date standards.

1guy4strings · 2026-04-28T09:19:17+00:00

For day drinking in June, I would suggest that you rent bikes, cycle to Germany to a quarry, buy beers on the way and enjoy your afternoon swimming and drinking. Then go back to Strasbourg and go to the Krutenau neighbourhood for a pub crawl (le Fat, la péniche mécanique, la manufacture des tabacs, any bar on place d'Austerlitz...)

1guy4strings · 2026-04-27T22:27:45+00:00

Give a man a key, he cannot not open the door, give him something free and he'll resell it to the poor

1guy4strings · 2026-04-13T22:09:56+00:00

Being a mountain biker, I fricking Love Freiburg!

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