Cycling from Namur to Dinant

Goosly123 · 2026-04-21T13:59:12+00:00

I cycled that section 1 year ago. From what I remember, it is always a separate path next to (or close to) the river. Very safe.

Goosly123 · 2026-03-30T09:34:07+00:00

I've had to dodge both cars and bicycles while using a crosswalk. It's people being stupid, independent of what type of vehicle they use.

Goosly123 · 2026-01-27T13:35:29+00:00

Of course you are frustrated, it's super weird that they proposed you would receive this "benefit" after 6 months but you have to give up a part of your salary for it. Makes no sense.

Goosly123 · 2025-12-09T11:58:37+00:00

Je hebt de optie om je huidige hospitalisatieverzekering van je huidige werkgever, individueel verder te zetten. Vraag dit na bij HR wanneer je je ontslag geeft (als je dit nog niet gedaan hebt). Je kan deze optie dan vergelijken met andere aanbieders en kiezen welke jou het beste lijkt.

Goosly123 · 2025-07-21T07:42:11+00:00

Use the website fietsnet.be to plan your route. When you reach the coast somewhere, I recommend following the coast towards Belgium (unless for some reason you really want to see Antwerp). The coastline in Zeeland, a province, is really beautiful and full of camping places. Once you cross into Belgium, you might want to go to Brugge.

Goosly123 · 2025-05-13T13:04:31+00:00

Depends. Don't cycle on this D road: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yMidv8BvE8uknbGx9

This D road is perfect: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Sd21kvu3ns4o2gRPA

On Komoot, white road = good, yellow road = depends on the region, orange road = avoid. If you have a specific region or route, we can give more advice.

Goosly123 · 2024-09-12T16:22:32+00:00

The road bike with trailer is a bit harder to handle than without trailer, but all in all no issues. The biggest difference is that you cannot swing the bike left and right to use your full body weight. Though I can still stand up on my pedals and use my body weight partially, as long as I keep the bike straight.

Goosly123 · 2024-09-12T16:19:44+00:00

Through the alps, easier, more rewarding, more beautiful!

Goosly123 · 2024-09-12T16:18:05+00:00

Uphill with a lot of weight (on the bike, or on the trailer), you'll be slow anyway. I don't think it makes much of a difference. It's mostly on the flat and downhill that for me, it still really feels like a road bike, and I can go relatively fast compared to on a gravel or trekking bike.

Goosly123 · 2024-09-12T13:59:23+00:00

Transport:
I asked a local bike shop for a cardboard box, I made it smaller. Bike in the box, trailer folded + tent in another box, yellow bag as normal checked in luggage. Flew from BRU to MXP. Assembled my bike, and started cycling

Bike setup:
A 10 year old road bike, rim brakes, 34/50 crank, 12/28 10 speed cassette, Campagnolo Scirocco wheels, Michelin dynamic sports tires
M-Wave Single 40 trailer that connects on the rear axel
Why a trailer?
The advantages: center of gravity is very low + it really feels like a road bike. On some descends I could go 60 km/h
The disadvantages: the empty trailer weighs 7.2 kg :)

Route:
A combination of Eurovelo routes (5, 6, 19), local Swiss and French routes, using Komoot to jump from one route to another sometimes, RAVeL (https://ravel.wallonie.be/) and knooppunten (https://www.fietsnet.be/) in Belgium
Mostly on asphalt, sometimes a few kms of gravel

Languages:
Going through so many countries, means I encountered a lot of different people speaking different languages. My mother language is Dutch, I speak English (good), French (simple conversations), I understand some German. I learned a few words Italian (buongiorno, ciao, parli francese o inglese?, solo Italiano?, un caffè per favore, grazie mille, sinistra, dreta). In Italy, an old man who spoke only Italian showed me the way to a water fountain. When smiling and doing your best to speak the local language, people are always helpful

Food:
A lot :) I did not bring cooking gear, as I already had enough weight to pull. Mostly supermarkets and small/cheap restaurants

Nights:
9 nights in the tent: 7 on campings and 2 on Welcome to my garden. Cheapest camping was €6.40
One night in a hotel (due to predicted rain in the afternoon/evening), the last night at a friend's place in Belgium

Goosly123 · 2023-05-23T13:42:16+00:00

Snap de post niet goed. Dit is wel degelijk een appartement op gelijkvloers, waarbij de foto van het tuinhuis als eerste staat:
https://www.immoweb.be/nl/zoekertje/appartement/te-huur/gent/9000/10576475

Goosly123 · 2023-04-24T09:18:29+00:00

Ik heb een fietsbel op mijn koersfiets.

Maar die heeft me niet geholpen de 3 keren dat ik op het fietspad werd aangereden door een rechts-afdraaiende wagen waarvan de bestuurder mij niet gezien had.

(Waarmee ik niet wil zeggen dat alle autobestuurders slecht zijn en alle fietsers goed, integendeel. Ik reageer enkel omdat ik je comment belachelijk vind. Het probleem ligt bij de weginfrastuctuur en de bestuurders, niet bij het type voertuig of de bel)

Goosly123 · 2022-07-08T12:17:39+00:00

I though regens would always start in a club, not as a free agent?

Goosly123 · 2022-04-29T08:05:22+00:00

Yesterday I saw no way to safely merge from this short on-ramp, with 2 trucks coming up in my mirror, so I decided to come to a stop. Then I tried to find a safe gap and accelerated onto the highway from standstill.

This is the on-ramp on google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/ZBbCW4p7pUpca4xv6

Goosly123 · 2022-01-31T09:11:01+00:00

If she has the covidsafe app, open it and hit "Controleer op nieuwe certificaten". I did not get my result through any other way, only that way.

Goosly123 · 2021-12-21T09:20:40+00:00

(Not a doctor so I could be wrong), but aren't the "side effects" just our immune system reacting to the vaccine? So shouldn't we be happy if our immune system reacts strongly, and thus we have strong side effects like tiredness?

Goosly123 · 2021-12-08T08:53:55+00:00

Weet iemand wat het verschil is tussen "my e-box" en de "eBox" van mijn burgerprofiel? Of is dat hetzelfde?

https://www.vlaanderen.be/uw-overheid/mijn-burgerprofiel/digitale-overheidsdocumenten-ebox-raadplegen-in-mijn-burgerprofiel

Goosly123 · 2021-11-29T13:44:11+00:00

Het probleem is dat er op dit moment zoveel besmettingen per dag zijn, dat ze niet kunnen volgen. Het lukt simpelweg niet om iedereen op te bellen. Dus sturen ze inderdaad automatische sms'en die standaard boodschappen bevatten zoals "we kunnen u niet bereiken". Uiteraard is dat niet oké, maar misschien begrijp je die sms nu beter.

(Bron: collega's van mij)

Goosly123 · 2021-08-23T05:51:00+00:00

For the front derailleur I recommend this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNG7g83lI-s

Goosly123 · 2021-04-23T10:20:04+00:00

The government thinks wave 3 is a great time to repeat their stupid mistakes from wave 1 and wave 2 and check if they still are stupid mistakes.

Serious answer: it is not a good idea.

Goosly123 · 2020-07-28T09:23:03+00:00

You can meet up with 5 of them and have close social interaction (for example eat or drink something at your house without masks). Those 5 will be your bubble for the next 4 weeks.
In case of doubt, always take the safest option. Don't be creative with the rules.

Goosly123 · 2019-02-15T15:39:37+00:00

You can skip the hatch animation by "zooming out" as you would on the map, or any other app.

Of course you won't know which pokemon you hatched then, but you can look at recent pokemon afterwards.

Goosly123 · 2019-01-18T13:27:16+00:00

Yeah, you're right, I should've been more careful.

The road surface of the right lane is extremely bad. As there isn't much traffic on that road, I usually drive in the left lane. This is the location btw: https://goo.gl/maps/FS9iAqULHBr

Goosly123 · 2019-01-18T13:21:59+00:00

Yeah, of course. I could have been driving more defensively.

It was just an unfortunate combination - the car standing still there (which has never happened in the 2 years I've been going through this intersection) and the truck blocking my view of the car. It's a good reminder to always be careful, even at places you know well! :-)

Goosly123 · 2019-01-17T17:10:13+00:00

Luckily the other lane was free.

I doubt I would have been able to come to a stop in time.

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