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We’ve done a poll and the results are in. We will be doing team-challenges! What does this mean and what do we expect? Isn’t the trip on itself not already a challenge?

Yes, going to Poland per bicycle is on itself already quite a challenge. But to keep things interesting and to create some kind of distraction we think a daily challenge might really add to the fun. Anyway here are some points about how I see things:

- The team will do a daily challenge.
- Some-one other than us will select a challenge for every day.
- Every morning we are allowed to “open” a new challenge which till that morning will be secret for us too.
- Proof of finishing the challenge must be provided.

So what to do when we do not finish a challenge? No idea yet. I think it’s important that we finish them for king and country. … lol.

So what kind of challenges should we do?

I think it’s important to have some solid guidelines. That’s why I’ve created them!

• They should not take more than ~15 minutes to do. These challenges could be seen as a break.
• They should not cost money (or at least not more than several euro’s. Also only 1-2 assignments may cost anything)
• The challenge should be how to do them, not doing them. We should talk/think/discuss them during cycling.
• They should not be exhausting. We will NOT collect 30 kg’s of rocks and create a mountain.
• It’s encouraged to give us social challenges that are fun and adds to the trip.
• They should not bring us to shame, we will NOT run nakid through a shoppingmall.

How to submit them?

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Streetracing is quite popular amongst lot’s of people with pimped cars. So why write here about it? I have to say that we can remove the car part and make that “Streetracing is quite popular amongst lot’s of people with pimped rides”. Since my ride is pretty much pimped, I decided to do some streetracing myself.

I’ve been a big fan of Formula One racing for quite a while now so the racing track really is a thing for me. I like to ride my recumbent bike and I’ve always associated these 2 interests of me. I mean, riding a recumbent is racing. You are low to the ground, just like in a F1 car. Everything is tweaked to the max, just like in an F1 car. You try to be as aerodynamically as possible… just like an F1 car. And it’s nice to cut corners, accelerate as fast as possible and break as late as possible….. just like in an F1 car.

So that’s why I today decided to point out a track of about 2 km, and ride 5 laps on it. Just to see if I like it. With my new Garmin 60Cx device I was able to record laptimes, see my average laptime, total laptime and afterwards see the captured track results. This gave me a good insight of where I went what speed and when I lost a lot of speed. This information is incredibly handy! I’ve seen that when I steer in pretty late compared to what I’m used to, I take turns a lot faster. Great fun!

Anyway tomorrow I’ve set out a different “circuit”. It’s close to the one I did today but instead of 2.1 it’s 1.5 km. Also it’s safer cars-wise and has a few slower turns. Can’t wait to try that circuit out!

There’s this town of Ketzin that has a ferry. And I have no clue if it goes daily or whether we have to make camp there to wait for it to pick us up.. Google hasn’t been any help either so… ugh. Let’s find an alternative route, just to be sure…