RTT07 - Ruppertshofen, Rhine Valley, Germany.

[Guest]

<!--quoteo(post=27559:date=Fri 19th Jan 2007, 11:47 AM:name=Toneski)-->QUOTE(Toneski @ Fri 19th Jan 2007, 11:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->spoke to them via email last night. details to follow very shortly.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

HELLO

I'm new to this and dont know which way is up and which way is down HELP

[TonyDevil]

<!--quoteo(post=27657:date=Sat 20th Jan 2007, 09:13 PM:name=E-njoy)-->QUOTE(E-njoy @ Sat 20th Jan 2007, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->.....or is everybody waiting till the last few weeks?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
that appears to be what normally happens.

i will phone the B&B folks when i get in tonight.

<!--quoteo(post=27823:date=Mon 22nd Jan 2007, 09:34 PM:name=jude)-->QUOTE(jude @ Mon 22nd Jan 2007, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->HELLO

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how can we help?
if you would like to join us then i'll add your name to the list.

I need to pay a 10% deposit some point soon, will confirm before that is done.

[dandywarhol]

<!--quoteo(post=27823:date=Mon 22nd Jan 2007, 09:34 PM:name=jude)-->QUOTE(jude @ Mon 22nd Jan 2007, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->HELLO

I'm new to this and dont know which way is up and which way is down HELP <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Don't try using a map fer fecks sake................................

[MarkyMark]

<!--quoteo(post=27821:date=Mon 22nd Jan 2007, 09:30 PM:name=duibhce Kaelann)-->QUOTE(duibhce Kaelann @ Mon 22nd Jan 2007, 09:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->excuse me???
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Great - I am wrong - or the Nurburg-ring site is.

Great news Duibhce:-
send us a route - recommend some of those Beautiful-Belgian-Biking-Bendy-By-ways

[duibhceK]

<!--quoteo(post=28015:date=Wed 24th Jan 2007, 07:24 PM:name=MarkyMark)-->QUOTE(MarkyMark @ Wed 24th Jan 2007, 07:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Great - I am wrong - or the Nurburg-ring site is.

Great news Duibhce:-
send us a route - recommend some of those Beautiful-Belgian-Biking-Bendy-By-ways<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Glad to oblige

Belgium may be small, but I still keep finding great riding roads every time we go out for a tour. So let me write up a shortlist.

The greatest region for riding is definitely the south of the country (Wallonia), but in the north (Flanders) there are truly excellent tours to be made as well. You just need to know where to look for them. In Flanders you also need to be aware of the many speed cameras .

The best riding in Flanders is to be had in the coastal region, there are great twisty roads a few km's inland. Especially the roads around the river Yser and the single lane roads north and south of Bruges towards the Dutch border. But by far the greatest region in Flanders to go out for a spin are what is called "the Flemish Ardennes" in the neighborhood of Oudenaarde, Geraadsbergen and Ronse (well known names for the cyclism fans among you). Keep to the back roads, be prepared for some cobblestone sections and enjoy the twisties, hills and views.
Just south of Brussels there is also some fun to be had just below Waterloo and Rixensart.

But for the best roads in Belgium you need to be in the south, the Ardennes. Basically, once south of the rivers Sambre and Meuse pick any yellow road (green bordered ones are best) on a Michelin map and you're set. Imho the most fun stretches of road are the valley of the Samson and the valley of the Molignee and the road near the Eau d'heure is great as well.

And for the Ultimate Ride through the Ardennes I have a GPS route that starts near Liege and ends near Namur and takes you through some superb twisty roads with great variation in the Ardennes and through the Luxemburg Eifel region. About 400km of pure fun.

Anyone coming through Belgium to the Nurburgring and claiming that there's no pretty way to do it must have never gotten of the highway.

[amarko5]

<!--quoteo(post=27889:date=Tue 23rd Jan 2007, 01:19 PM:name=Toneski)-->QUOTE(Toneski @ Tue 23rd Jan 2007, 01:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->that appears to be what normally happens.

i will phone the B&B folks when i get in tonight.

I need to pay a 10% deposit some point soon, will confirm before that is done.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Hello tony any news as of yet ?(re: camping)

get your blooming finger out will ya

or i might have to dig out some more pics from the lake dip

[TonyDevil]

Andre & Marie do not have any camping facilities, they are purely a B&B.
i'm gonna have to find a seperate campsite....
watch this space....i'm currently leeching wifi from a neighbour(i moved house on Sat), should be back up and running sometime this week.

[dandywarhol]

<!--quoteo(post=28355:date=Sun 28th Jan 2007, 07:40 PM:name=Toneski)-->QUOTE(Toneski @ Sun 28th Jan 2007, 07:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Andre & Marie do not have any camping facilities, they are purely a B&B.
i'm gonna have to find a seperate campsite....
watch this space....<!--coloro:#FF0000--><!--/coloro-->i'm currently leeching wifi from a neighbour<!--colorc-->
<!--/colorc-->(i moved house on Sat), should be back up and running sometime this week.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

What are you doing with your neighbour's wife????

[Guest]

<!--quoteo(post=28416:date=Sun 28th Jan 2007, 10:12 PM:name=dandywarhol)-->QUOTE(dandywarhol @ Sun 28th Jan 2007, 10:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->What are you doing with your neighbour's wife???? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[tdm-Rheinlaender]

hallo from Germany,

iam from the German TDm Forum.

i see that you will come to Germany this year?.

fine.

Iam from Cologne and i know many routes to cruise in the area of Bergisches Land and Westerwald Sauerland or Eifel.

if you want we can meet us and have some fun with the german tdm Rider.

greetings from Germany

Rene

This post was last modified: 06-02-2007, 01:39 PM by tdm-Rheinlaender.

[iand1947]

Hello Rene, and welcome to Carpe - sometimes strange but always friendly

You're the first, I think, but hopefully not the last, of our German colleagues to make contact. I'm sure your knowledge will be appreciated by those who will be visiting Germany this summer. I've also put out a notice regarding your own June meeting in Schwaben (und uebe, "Wie heischest Du?" zu fragen! ) which looks excellent .

[TonyDevil]

Hi Rene and welcome

update: it looks like the guys who own the B&B cant help us out with camping
searchs to locate a campsite nearby are proving ..... unfruitful

may need to change accomodation location

[tdm-Rheinlaender]

<!--quoteo(post=29404:date=Tue 6th Feb 2007, 04:13 PM:name=Toneski)-->QUOTE(Toneski @ Tue 6th Feb 2007, 04:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Hi Rene and welcome

update: it looks like the guys who own the B&B cant help us out with camping
searchs to locate a campsite nearby are proving ..... unfruitful

may need to change accomodation location <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


I Think there are many friends in Schwaben, they know a campingplace which are cheap but good comfort etc. If you want I ask them for Informations about that.

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[iand1947]

Deutsche TDM location for their June meet looks good (see other thread), with indoor or camping options - further south though?
Could they piggyback RTT07 at their block rate?

[Guest]

hello everybody,

i've followed picts invitation posted in the german TDM forum. perhaps i can squeeze in a day or so to join your meeting in ruppertshofen.
i'm from the ruhr valley, so i won't need a place to sleep there.
looking forward to having a good time here as well

regards
ralf

[iand1947]

Hi Ralf, and welcome - thanks for joining us. Do you have any suggestions to help Toneski with the accommodation problem in July? re there any biker-friendly places in the Ruppertshofen area?

[Guest]

hi everybody, pict.

first, thank you very much for the friendly welcome. as far as i've seen, a few of the german forumisti have joined here already. this is going to be fun, i believe.

<!--quoteo(post=29635:date=Thu 8th Feb 2007, 02:43 PM:name=Pict)-->QUOTE(Pict @ Thu 8th Feb 2007, 02:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Hi Ralf, and welcome - thanks for joining us. Do you have any suggestions to help Toneski with the accommodation problem in July? re there any biker-friendly places in the Ruppertshofen area?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

sadly i've no idea where toneski might find accomodation. perhaps rene (rheinländer) knows more, because he lives in cologne. my location is near bochum and dortmund, and i ride along more in the sauerland region than in the rhine valley.
most of the hotels in germany have started to realize that motorcyclists on tour aren't the classical outlaws any more, but people who can spend money, since motorcycling has become an expensive hobby rather than an means of mobility for bankrupt rockers

perhaps we should start a thread in the "westdeutschland" (western germany) part of the german forum. chances are good that there will be some more competent answers than my incoherent gibberish.

(sorry for the long text)
best regards and glückauf
ralf

[wicklamulla]

welkom to Carpe erdferkel, regards WiCkY

[tdm-Rheinlaender]

Hy Guys,

so in my opinion Ruppertshofen is in Schwaben not in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Or I find a Ruppersthofen in Rheinland-Pfalz Landkreis: Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

Which is the right place, Schwaben or Rhein-Lahn Kreis?

I think its Rhein-Lahn- Kreis

If thats true i would try to help you to find a good accomodation.

If you want feel free to give an input to me.

for example maximum price, komfort , Camping and so on

greetings

This post was last modified: 10-02-2007, 03:32 PM by tdm-Rheinlaender.

[iand1947]

Yes, I believe it's Rhein-Lahn-Kreis (I'm probably unable to go) - see posting #1. Thanks for coming in on this.