u/Bloxus

Gestern bin ich bei dem guten Wetter auf meinem Rad gefahren und letztendlich zu einem kleinen Vereinsfest einen Berg hochgefahren.

Die Ecke ist wegen besagten Fest nur für Autos von Anliegern frei, also sind hier an dem Tag in erster Linie Fußgänger.

Ich fahr' also hoch und steige dann vom Rad ab um auf dem Gehweg weiter zu schieben, da das letzte Stück eine Einbahnstraße ist. Da kommt mir ein älteres Pärchen entgegen und ich mache etwas Platz. Soweit so gut. Normaler Tag.

Hinter uns hört man dann einen lauten Schrei, als ein anderer Fahrradfahr einen Autofahrer anschreit, der die Vorfahrt misachtet hat. Auch kacke, aber man erwartet jetzt auch nicht super viel Verkehr in einem eigentlich abgesperrten Bereich. Kann ich verstehen.

Was Ich nicht verstehen kann ist warum Herr Boomer sich dann zu mir dreht um mich dann anzumachen, wie frech das von mir sei, da unten einfach un die Ecke zu fahren und zu schreien.

Nicht nur, dass der Radfahrer recht hatte. Nicht nur, dass sonst nichts passiert ist. DAS IST EIN KOMPLETT ANDERER TYP! ICH HABE WEDER DEN AUTOFAHRER NOCH DEN RADFAHRER MIT MEINEN GEDANKEN KONTROLLIERT DU SENILES WRACK.

Gestern zwar einfach weitergegangen, um mir nicht den Tag zu verderben mit sowas, aber jetzt kommt's so ein bisschen wieder hoch. Was ist das besonders mit den älteren Leuten, dass sofort einfach die nahegelegenste Person beschuldigt wird, egal wie dumm das ist?

I'm driving over to the Netherlands at the end of the month to clear my head a little.

Mostly just looking to ride along the beach and do some touristy things in the big cities, doing like 40-80km a day.

I have a vintage road bike that I wanna' bring along for that purpose, but with some time on my hand I might as well prepare it to be my main mode of transport for a week.

- I'm thinking of switching my SPDs to some comfy flat pedals, since I want to walk a lot as well and don't want to do that with cycling shoes.

- I run a cheap no-brand wide street tire in the front right now. I do have proper new road bike tires, but I haven't put them in yet. Should I? The cheap wide tire adds some minimal suspension, courtesy of not being high pressure and has a deeper profile that would probably help with a bit of sand or water. However, it's not exactly new at this point.

- I usually ride the thing with a light cable lock because of the weight and volume, but I think I should get a U-lock for the trip as well.

- I found my dad's old handlebar bag, which I will try to attach for some extra storage.

- There's already a tracker on it, but maybe I can fit a second? Not many hiding spots on the frame tbh.

Any other easy modifications to make it more cozy for the week? Should I keep the cheapo tire? Laws and etiquette I should be aware of?

There's also my eMTB as an option, which is comfier and has a rack, but a big, heavy climbing machine with big knobbly tires sounds really inappropriate for this trip specifically.

I've taken off a week from work on a whim next month (first September week, so when most of the other german tourists should be leaving) and thought of driving over to the Netherlands.

I live decently close to the Germany/Netherlands border, but haven't crossed it since I was a teenager.

Back then I was broke and under supervision, so I never really got to explore much of it, despite spending a decent chunk of time in the country.

I'm a solo traveler interested in scenic bike rides, museums/galleries, parks and just generally getting a feel of the place. Not really one for nightlife, bars and the like.

So yeah. I don't really want to have a strict itinerary or follow some sort of tour. I kinda just want to get on my bike with a camera and see what sort of interesting stuff I can find. 

Finding said stuff requires a good starting point and some destinations though, to maximize the amount of neat stuff encountered.

Between my bike and my car, my comfortable range should be around a 50km radius, although I'm not looking to go the maximum distance every day.

My first thought is to get a place somewhere between the hague and Amsterdam and then take day trips to the surrounding cities or the coastline and let myself get distracted along the way, but that's really just my first thought with 0 research done.

So yeah, any cool spots I should put on my list of possible targets? Or things to avoid? Depending on how the list turns out, I'll be deciding where exactly I'll get a place to stay for the week.

I got some used SPD pedals and some shoes for like 20 bucks and did a quick 5km on my vintage road bike to see how it feels.

Overall I'm quite happy how natural it feels and appreciate the extra power, especially on the climbs.

But when I wanted to test just how hard I can accelerate from idling, I kinda janked the whole rear wheel forward, shoving the tire wall into the frame, very quickly generating the smell of heated rubber and leaving a big mark on my amateurish paintjob.

I assume I didn't tighten the quick release enough and tightened the hell out of it on the side of the road, but now I'm sorta' paranoid that It'll happen again when I am actually going a decent speed.

Any way to make doubly sure that doesn't happen again?

I wanna' replace my rear wheel anyways, if that helps. (Got it as scrap. It's got several minor kinks that I do not have the patience or skill to fix)