Ben Sandee
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 15: Horten to Son
Last day on the bikes! A short but sweet finale to the whole thing. Yesterday we staged ourselves right at the ferry dock in Horten so we could…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 14: Kongsberg to Horten
Breakfast at the hotel first, which by now is a familiar routine: pile up the plates, eat what we can, and hope it holds. I’ll be honest, we…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 13: Vikersund to Kongsberg
A three-part day on the bikes today. But first: we woke up to a beautiful blue sky and warm temperatures, the first of either since way back around…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 12: Myrdal to Vikersund, the long way around
The descent from Myrdal down to Flåm gave the new shift cable a very light test, with a bit of shifting here and there, but mostly we just…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 11: Haugastøl to Myrdal, riding the Rallarvegen, snapping derailleur cables
Breakfast came first, and I have to report that Norwegians put their brown cheese on a pedestal. Literally. There was a lovely tiered wooden stand set out with…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026: Day 10 – A rain date at Haugastøl
A rain date with the Rallarvegen has us locked up at our hostel in Haugastøl for the whole day. A big rainy system has settled in over southern…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 9: Gol, Haugastøl, Completing the Mjølkevegen
We started the day with a nice long chat with our hotelier, who turns out to be the fifth-generation owner. She gave us a brief history after breakfast.…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 8: Syningongom to Oset Fjellhotel
Over breakfast I pulled up the day’s route and gave it the usual once-over. “Today’s route should be interesting!” “I don’t know if I like that.” Fair, Liz!…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 7: Bygdin to Syningongom Lodge
On the docket today: a short/sweet climb over a mountain pass, a spontaneous round of a bikepacking social hour, a lovely afternoon off-route through the woods, a surprise…
Ben & Liz
Norway 2026
Norwegian Summer 2026 – Day 6: Dalseter to Bygdin
A quick word about luck, fortune, what have you. So far this trip we’ve had a handful of obstacles thrown in our path, most of them squarely our…
Ben & Liz