THE WINDJAMMERS

(or at least on Tumblr. The Windjammers have been rocking the roads since 2008)

The 10th annual WJ Monter Jam is in the books. 265km the day after Christmas, year in and year out, come rain and come shine. Ride or STFU is our mantra and riding is what we do.

Nothing beats seeing the sun rise whilst riding your bike.

The Windjammers are still riding; four times a week no less. Here is the Saturday Spin posse, posing at café Polder where we have our post-ride coffees and snacks. A colorful bunch, those Amsterdam-based Jammers. 

Oliebollen ride, the last one of 2016.

Winter riding at its best!

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Two consecutive wet and cold Sunday morning rides; next week Sunday will be glorious for sure. Fred double backed after two early flats and Ciska only found us when we had reached Volendam; otherwise we would have been with 10 riders. We made it a tourist ride by rolling over de dijk in Volendam and along the pretty canals in Edam. The real tourists were hiding. The real Jammers were riding.

Tom Dumoulin on Sunday Morning rides. Ride hard. Be happy.

Our recently established Saturday Spin is here to stay; we’ve got a winner! Sixteen riders showed up despite a 0C temperature and a brisk wind. Tom ‘Welsh Wizard’ Davies took us on a beautiful route which included climbing fences and dodging angry car drivers. Yet it was all good. It was cold. It was cool.

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Remember the Man. Our 5th annual Holger Bismann ride brought out sixteen riders. The classic 100k loop touches a bit of everything; the polder, the woods and the straight along the canal. More than that it touches the people involved. From the first Holger ride four years ago we have been generously invited in the Bismann house for a halfway coffee stop. Each year Windjammers veterans as well as Sunday morning rookies experience the hospitality, the stories and wonderful sugar bread. As a token of our friendship the Bismann girls were handed a framed Windjammers jersey with Holger’s motto Ride or STFU on the sleeve. A small silver vinyl print as a reminder to keep riding always, to empty the tank and to leave nothing out on the road. And to do all that with the signature Holger smile.

The weekly Saturday Spin in a morning drizzle.