Gabrie van Zanten, Author at For the love of gravel

TrueGrit Komoot Grally Veluwe

02/11/2021

Verslag van de TrueGrit Komoot Grally op de Veluwe van 24 okt 2021. Door Menno Hartog. De TrueGrit Komoot Grally is natuurlijk de perfecte uitdaging voor twee ervaren komootgebruikers als Menno en Gabrie. De opdracht voor deze Grally is om zelf een route te maken tussen door TrueGrit aangeleverde punten op de Veluwe. De pret begint al met het voorbereiden van de route, de samenwerking loopt zoals altijd vlot met ons twee. Spontaan was er

Fixed Gear Coffee – Mheer – Epen

20/05/2021

Exploring the wide and easy gravel around Banholt and Sint Geertruid, finishing with heavy climbs around Wahlwiller and Schin op Geul. Immediately checking off the coffee stop box because this route starts and finishes at Fixed Gear Coffee in Valkenburg. From there we take a little detour to get out of the city and the first gravel will be a climb up the Sint Jansbosweg. This one starts with a beautiful view and easy to

Margraten – Gulpen – Epen

19/05/2021

A medium gravel ride starting in Margraten, taking you over some steep hills and fast descents. You’ll love it all the way. After the start in Margraten, this route takes you along the war cemetery of Margraten. An impressive view on all the graves of the soldiers that died here. Next you’ll pass through Honthem and start on a rather tricky part of this route, called “Lea’s Gleuf”. This track has a 1% descent because

Gronsveld-Hijgend Hert-Orsbach

15/05/2021

Door: Jurgen Hendriks Vrijdag 14 mei 2021 – Na twee jaar gravel rijden rondom Weert wilde ik mijn fiets toch eens uitlaten op het gravel in het Zuid Limburgse Heuvelland. Als voormalig inwoner van het pittoreske dorpje Bemelen heb ik het daar veelvuldig op 23mm vanaf het asfalt bekeken. Tijd om deze omgeving eens vanuit een ander perspectief te bekijken en mijn gravel-skills te testen als er hoogtemeters in het spel komen. Nog even keuzestress

Gronsveld – Gulpen

28/04/2021

This ride is categorised as an easy ride, but I must admit that it has a few climbs in it, that might make some people say it is maybe more of a medium type of ride. Well, only for you to decide.

Valkenburg – Gulpen – Banholt

27/04/2021

I tried to make this route as flat as possible, but we’re in the South of Limburg and we’re famous for our hills, so I had to make some exceptions to keep the route a gravel route.

Wijnandsrade – Schimmert

27/04/2021

This route takes you to a less explored region north of Valkenburg, not the first place gravel riders will go to when in Valkenburg, but certainly a region that offers great gravel tracks and is a bit easier than south of Valkenburg.

Fietserpad by Aimee

17/04/2021

By: Aimee van Uden Early March 2020 I decided to ride “Het Fietserpad” on my own. After doing a few multi-day bikepacking trips with Gabrie, I wanted to experience a bikepacking trip all by myself. I choose a 620km trip from the most northern place in the Netherlands to the most southern place. As the route would be mostly on asphalt with long stretches of gravel, I decided to use my Canyon Gravelgrail for this

Valkenburg – 55km – 530hm

17/04/2021

Searching for an easy route but still needing some challenges? This might be the one for you as it is a rather short route but has some parts that are a little more demanding. This route starts and ends at Fixed Gear Coffee, the place to be in this area for great coffee and cake. From there the route first takes you out of the city of Valkenburg and for this we’d have to climb

Scotland – Cairngorms Loop

05/03/2021

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Routes, Stories, Tips and Tricks for Gravel Adventures

Author: Gabrie van Zanten