Hackers on a Bike

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Event: Hackers on a Bike
Featured:	No
State:	Planned
Start date:	2021/05/22
Start time:	8:30
End date:	2021/05/24
End time:	19:00
Contact:	xopr
Kind:	Meeting, Party
Location:	across Limburg
URL:
Fee:	none, bring your bike
Short description:	hackers across Limburg visit ACKspace by bike: Pinknick edition

Hackers on a bike Pinknick/Corona edition rerun. If weather and circumstances permit, xopr is going for a rerun on last year's edition.

preliminary schedule

8:30 depart from xopr's

10:30 (@~30km) pause at the smallest width of the Netherlands

pickup hackers along the way

13:00 (@~60km) arrive at ACKspace

things to consider

• bicycle repair tools
• proper protection from the elements (poncho, hat, sunscreen, hoody, spare clothes)
• Spacenet access which travels with us
• food + drinks (and plates + cutlery, polycarbonate glassware)

extra info

• The weather forecasts: weer.nl, buienradar.nl agriholland.nl knmi.nl and weerplaza.nl
• Climate info: Statistics have pointed out that it is best to cycle in May or early June. (See Klimaat van Nederland, Klimaat van België, Klimaat van Maastricht and Klimaatinfo.nl Limburg, all Dutch)

Have any ideas to bring? Put them on the discussion page so we can make a short list

pics or it didn't happen

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  entering German territory

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  entering German territory

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  being creative with our ration

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  actually tasted a bit like "vruchtenhagel", but sour

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  entering Belgian territory

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  entering Belgian territory

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  livestock in the middle of the Maas river

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  livestock in the middle of the Maas river

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  this is a sign

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  hack the planet!

stats

2016

Part	Distance	Time	Speed	Note
First	33km	1:44h	19km/h
Second	36km	2:56h	12km/h	includes lunch and 2 breaks
Total	69km	4:40h	15km/h

previous events & test runs

These are the test runs and attempts:

date	who	distance	description
2013-07-06	Xopr	72km	did a test run (it was actually to receive the prize of a bet which I won: Achel Trappist № 5) and found out that the comfort limit of an untrained person will be about 60km a day, so best practice is to keep the complete tour under this amount.
2013-07-13	Da Syntax	40km	Herkenbosch to Heerlen; Great success! (xopr guesses)
2013-07-14	Da Syntax Xopr	52km	did the actual trip from Heerlen to Weert
2013-07-14	Da Syntax	30km	After a couple of beers (from all three countries we cycled through earlier that day) in Weert Da Syntax continued his journey Weert-Herkenbosch. This comes to a total of +/- 80km that day. So he guess it should be possible for a untrained person to cycle 80km in a day (maybe beer functions as a good motivator).
2014-05-17	Xopr	56km	repeated his Achelse kluis tradition.
2015-05-23	Xopr	75km	Went to Achel and Valkenswaard again without any hassle in an estimated 5 hours. Good position of the saddle is key.
2016-05-15		0km	(cancelled) Pinknick edition. Trip was postponed due to weather conditions (13°C, 3-4bft NW, 65% @ 1.5mm, 40% sun)
2016-05-28	Xopr	47km	Went to Achel again to drink some trappist, and made the trip within 4 hours. Had to shorten the route due to unforeseen circumstances.
2016-07-23	Da Syntax Xopr	69km	Finally, finished Hackers on a Bike!
2020-05-30 2020-05-31	Xopr	56 + 56km	Corona pincknick edition: despite the fairly low profile/short notice, picked up Da Syntax and Computer1up, and several other people showed up on ACKspace's parking lot which was really awesome given all constraints. Broke bike support and took home a lack table in the bycicle cart. This edition had everything!