Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
Frost og snø de måtte fly...
Or, "frost & snow, they must go!" read the lyrics of a Norwegian children song called "Alle fugler små de er" (All Little Birds) that is the ultimate celebration of the coming of Spring.
We had a sunny Sunday. A Winter Sunday. As I, Przemek and Michał J. all met at the Podkowa Leśna Main (Warsaw Commuter Train) station before 9 a.m., we decided the day was absolutely gorgeous. We would only prefer the Spring coming, and we need to wait at least for a week for that happen. The group ride was just a relaxing experience.
The gravel-cycling die-hards. Two gravel bikes and a fitness e-bike (pretending to be a gravel e-bike)
At a short stop in Krakowiany.
We've been skylarking!
Black Ice
Soon after, we rode in a road segment, which was hidden in the shadow. The road surface looked... too black. We all slowed down and rode with utmost care. CRASH! I fell right into a snowdrift. It was a very soft fall (Now, I regret I didn't ask Michał for taking a photo of me laying in the snow, and being under my Vado SL!) From that moment we walked our bikes until we got onto dry road again!
We parted our ways in Siestrzeń. I was thinking where to go for... ice cream, and I decided I could well ride back to Podkowa Leśna (Horseshoe-In-Woods), which is a special, picturesque and quaint little town.
Mascarpone & Raspberry Ice Cream. And hot chocolate with whipped cream. Diabetes or not, I wanted that! And I ate the ice-cream outside (in the frost), like they do in Russia (heheh)
With no better idea where to ride next, I was roaming around the neighbourhood. See the snowman next to a nice bike path in Grudów. Frost & Snow, They Must Go!
In the Sunny Street, or a local road that is the most important for me. It is the most straightforward access road from where I live now westwards. (I live next to the Moszna Stack visible here). The Sunny Street has been recently paved with gravel, rolled, and it is going to be sealed within a few days. Yay!
Very close to the Moszna Stack. Now, you can see the 300 m tall chimney in the right perspective!
Ride map. I made 2 km up by riding a Victory Loop near to the Stack I wanted to record 60 km for the day!
11 year ago, I recorded the "Fugler" in an unusual rock arrangement. And yes, I sing in Norwegian Maybe not as good as a native speaker! The last verse is in Polish (a song of Skaldowie that also celebrates the Spring).
One of more traditional versions
Or, "frost & snow, they must go!" read the lyrics of a Norwegian children song called "Alle fugler små de er" (All Little Birds) that is the ultimate celebration of the coming of Spring.
We had a sunny Sunday. A Winter Sunday. As I, Przemek and Michał J. all met at the Podkowa Leśna Main (Warsaw Commuter Train) station before 9 a.m., we decided the day was absolutely gorgeous. We would only prefer the Spring coming, and we need to wait at least for a week for that happen. The group ride was just a relaxing experience.
The gravel-cycling die-hards. Two gravel bikes and a fitness e-bike (pretending to be a gravel e-bike)
At a short stop in Krakowiany.We've been skylarking!
Black Ice
Soon after, we rode in a road segment, which was hidden in the shadow. The road surface looked... too black. We all slowed down and rode with utmost care. CRASH! I fell right into a snowdrift. It was a very soft fall
(Now, I regret I didn't ask Michał for taking a photo of me laying in the snow, and being under my Vado SL!) From that moment we walked our bikes until we got onto dry road again!We parted our ways in Siestrzeń. I was thinking where to go for... ice cream, and I decided I could well ride back to Podkowa Leśna (Horseshoe-In-Woods), which is a special, picturesque and quaint little town.
Mascarpone & Raspberry Ice Cream. And hot chocolate with whipped cream. Diabetes or not, I wanted that!
And I ate the ice-cream outside (in the frost), like they do in Russia (heheh) With no better idea where to ride next, I was roaming around the neighbourhood. See the snowman next to a nice bike path in Grudów. Frost & Snow, They Must Go!
In the Sunny Street, or a local road that is the most important for me. It is the most straightforward access road from where I live now westwards. (I live next to the Moszna Stack visible here). The Sunny Street has been recently paved with gravel, rolled, and it is going to be sealed within a few days. Yay!
Very close to the Moszna Stack. Now, you can see the 300 m tall chimney in the right perspective!
Ride map. I made 2 km up by riding a Victory Loop near to the Stack
I wanted to record 60 km for the day!11 year ago, I recorded the "Fugler" in an unusual rock arrangement. And yes, I sing in Norwegian
Maybe not as good as a native speaker! The last verse is in Polish (a song of Skaldowie that also celebrates the Spring).One of more traditional versions
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