Unlike many other places in the world, streets rarely run in straight lines here in Belgium; making navigation by street next to impossible. Instead it is generally recommended that you follow signs to major towns until you get close to your destination, where the smaller town names will begin popping up. The major exception to […]
The Edelareberg is one of the closest climbs to our door, and like our last Monumental Berg the Cote de Trieu there is some confusion surrounding it’s name. It seems that at one time the Edelareberg was better known as the Kerselareberg, though it is unknown when the name shifted from one to other. We […]
Today we’re heading south of the Flemish border, but just by a touch into the province of Hainaut within French speaking Wallonia (however still within the ‘Flemish Ardennes region’). There lies today’s climb, the Côte de Trieu; though as the climb finishes right on the border between Flanders and Wallonia the climb can also be referred […]
We’re coming to you from the middle of The ChainStay’s fourth season, which is hands down our busiest season yet! So busy in fact that we are utterly shocked that Le Tour has already crowned it’s winner, the Olympics are just around the corner, and it’s the end of July for goodness sakes! Where has […]
The Muur-Kapelmuur (Muur van Geraardsbergen, Mur du Grammont or Wall of Geraardsbergen) is to Flemish bike racing as The Eiffel Tower is to Paris. This climb is hands down the most iconic climb of the Flemish Ardennes, and of Belgium for that matter. I would even go as far to say that the Muur-Kapelmuur would […]