Chargeride
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2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos
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Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
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- Mazovia, PL
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Chargeride
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Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
Another Aviation Ride with Tommy
A friend of mine (who works in the aviation) told me there was another general aviation airstrip in my greater neighbourhood.
As Saturday was forecast the warmest day of the False Spring, I invited Tommy to my county town of Pruszków.
We had to counter a strong headwind all the way southwards. Did a stop at the park and palace of Młochów.
Wola Krakowiańska 1 airfield was disappointing. Two closed hangars (but full of aircraft) and only one aeroplane that might be flying on that day but no pilot around. (It was a Piper Cherokee Warrior II). Only as we were leaving the site, the owner/pilot seemed to have arrived with his car.
Our next plan was to reach Okęcie, which is the Warsaw neighbourhood to host the Chopin airport and other places of interest (more on that later). The distance was long, and for some reason we were in hurry. Tired, we made a stop by Katowicka Avenue, one of expressways leaving Warsaw.
As we reached Okęcie, we temporarily gave up other plans and ate in Burger King. As the place is just next to the approach path to Rwy 11, I had a chance to take several plane-spotter photos
That was the reason I and Tommy were in hurry. Our friend and e-biker Anna had just returned to Warsaw from Phu Quoc, Vietnam so we formed the welcome committee (FlightRadar24 helps getting on time for such meetings!)
As we two were so close to the WAW Chopin Airport (and I brazenly used the VIP lane), Tommy yelled at me: 'Your tyre is flat!' Normally, I would have stopped but rode the last 100-200 m on the flat tyre. As we arrived in Terminal 2, I sent Tommy to manage the communication with Anna while I did the inner tube replacement. "Practice makes perfect" and indeed, I could complete the fix during Anna's passport control and baggage collection! (Fortunately, she left the airport at Terminal 2).
Now, there was no other way but to make the original plan, that is, visiting CentrumRowerowe.pl happen. The Bike Centre is the largest Polish online bicycle store but they own several big stores throughout Poland as well. The store was near to the place we ate.
Some trivia. The Polish word for "bicycle" is rower (where w reads v). It is because the first bicycles in the lands of Poland were the British Rovers, so the name stuck.
It was Tommy's first time in CentrumRowerowe.pl. He bought himself nice handlebar grips with bar-ends, which he installed on the spot (that, of course, required re-organizing all the handlebar controls!)
While I bought a hundred fifty thousand useful items but forgot buying a rim tape I needed
I wouldn't expect riding my Vado SL for 50 miles on that day
Sunday will be the day of a group ride I have organised myself Stay tuned!
A friend of mine (who works in the aviation) told me there was another general aviation airstrip in my greater neighbourhood.
As Saturday was forecast the warmest day of the False Spring, I invited Tommy to my county town of Pruszków.
We had to counter a strong headwind all the way southwards. Did a stop at the park and palace of Młochów.
Wola Krakowiańska 1 airfield was disappointing. Two closed hangars (but full of aircraft) and only one aeroplane that might be flying on that day but no pilot around. (It was a Piper Cherokee Warrior II). Only as we were leaving the site, the owner/pilot seemed to have arrived with his car.
Our next plan was to reach Okęcie, which is the Warsaw neighbourhood to host the Chopin airport and other places of interest (more on that later). The distance was long, and for some reason we were in hurry. Tired, we made a stop by Katowicka Avenue, one of expressways leaving Warsaw.
As we reached Okęcie, we temporarily gave up other plans and ate in Burger King. As the place is just next to the approach path to Rwy 11, I had a chance to take several plane-spotter photos
That was the reason I and Tommy were in hurry. Our friend and e-biker Anna had just returned to Warsaw from Phu Quoc, Vietnam so we formed the welcome committee
(FlightRadar24 helps getting on time for such meetings!) As we two were so close to the WAW Chopin Airport (and I brazenly used the VIP lane), Tommy yelled at me: 'Your tyre is flat!' Normally, I would have stopped but rode the last 100-200 m on the flat tyre. As we arrived in Terminal 2, I sent Tommy to manage the communication with Anna while I did the inner tube replacement. "Practice makes perfect" and indeed, I could complete the fix during Anna's passport control and baggage collection! (Fortunately, she left the airport at Terminal 2).
Now, there was no other way but to make the original plan, that is, visiting CentrumRowerowe.pl happen. The Bike Centre is the largest Polish online bicycle store but they own several big stores throughout Poland as well. The store was near to the place we ate.
Some trivia. The Polish word for "bicycle" is rower (where w reads v). It is because the first bicycles in the lands of Poland were the British Rovers, so the name stuck.
It was Tommy's first time in CentrumRowerowe.pl. He bought himself nice handlebar grips with bar-ends, which he installed on the spot (that, of course, required re-organizing all the handlebar controls!)
While I bought a hundred fifty thousand useful items but forgot buying a rim tape I needed
I wouldn't expect riding my Vado SL for 50 miles on that day
Sunday will be the day of a group ride I have organised myself
Stay tuned!
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