Recent content by Stefan Mikes

The bourbon manufacturing process is as simple as moonshining... Only people have grown up with it and think it is harmless and tasty. (The aging process improves the whiskey properties, of course). On contrary, rum is distilled in a pretty sophisticated way; I'm talking the white and golden...

You can only get these parameters at the cadence 100+ in the specific SPRINT mode of the SX motor. Bear in mind that Raymon was limited to 25 km/h, so Pablo rode mostly unassisted! And no, he took both the CR and the KOM :) I got that e-KOM on a gravel group ride on a Vado 6.0 (which is...

Anyone with a Strava subscription can create a segment, which is a section on a map. Now, the best rider on that segment takes a segment record: CR (Course Record), which is the best result regardless of the rider's sex KOM (King Of Mountain), or a male record QOM (Queen Of Mountain), or a...

After a reconsideration, I must agree with you, jabber. Yes, many people choose lightweight XC bikes, hardtail or FS for gravel rallies/races, especially when the terrain is obviously hard (think of rough cobblestone, steep climbs etc). My friend Alfer is a competing cyclist in XC and...

Taking An E-Bike KOM with A Public Share E-Bike on A Long Forest Segment?! I could not believe someone could make a 13 km gravel forest segment in 30:34 riding an extremely heavy and primitive city e-bike limited to 25 km/h, as it gave the average speed of 25.6 km/h! I knew the guy, a...

Yes but you are talking about something a way more harsh than your usual Ultra 300 miler. In events such as Atlas Mountain Race it is all about the endurance not the speed.

I was negative to any moonshine for years. However... My riding buddy (who is an angler, too) met a person in our province of Podlachia (which is famous of her hooch!); the man turned out to be a master class moonshiner! I couldn't believe how delicate the high quality hooch could be!

I now wear this lightweight watch on my rides. Gives a perfect understanding of the time flow.

Perhaps the Australia is harder but here a gravel cyclist can ride any terrain as long as it's not a technical singletrack (rocks, jumps, etc). Them 45 mm lowly inflated tyres and a lightweight bike do the trick. MTBs are too heavy and too slow for the sport. Somewhere near to Warsaw, Poland :)

A person from Global Cycling Network once said: 'GPS navigation has changed the adventure cycling for good. Now, you can literally ride for hundreds of kilometres without even stopping to consult the map. You just follow a predetermined course'. Similarly to Andrew here, I often ride in the...

Perhaps it is just you :) (I've never been interested in this rubbish; besides, Poland has never won it) :)

The Czech "čtvrtek" (Thursday) is actually the spitting word :) Five consonants in a group!

I perceive any type of whiskey as hooch, and my engineering background tells me to stay with good rum :) Or, clear vodka for that matter. Or, craft beer. While visiting a whiskey distillery in Ardara, Donegal, Ireland, I could understand how primitive the process actually was :) Compared to...

The Iron Bridge (Sona): A Gravel Group Ride The weather forecast was as terrifying as the cycling Warsaw (that is, "the French living room puppies", most of them) stayed at home. I was pleasantly surprised to see the three friends of mine: Tommy, Krzysiek and Pawel J. joining me for the ride...

Andrew, I had a chance to use my Wahoo ACE in the rain yesterday. No issues! I could successfully use the touchscreen during the ride! No idea what could have gone awry with yours...