Some hills - for a change

After the flat north east it's time to go for some up-and-down cycling around Overijse.The track is available here.


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I decided to try a new way to go to Overijse, along the Knooppunten in Jezus-Eik. I thougth this was a good idea. Instead of cycling along horrible Brusselsesteenweg I followed from knooppunt 44 in Jezus-Eik towards knooppunt 44. There is a small 100m non-paved section but for the rest its fine - unless you go there in winter after some rainfall. So I had to carry the bike for some meters but for the rest this is a good way to not cycle along Brusselsesteenweg.

Groeneweg in Overijse

There is nice little connection road between this part of Overijse and Huldbenberg, the Ballingstraat:

Ballingstraat

Arriving in quiet Huldenberg, I decided to go for an additional hill instead of the main road towards Neerijse: The Smeysberg. This 15% or so hill is really a good training for the Tour of Flanders hellingen, although without cobblestones. Arriving on top, however, there are some nice roads along the plateau, before a relatively bad downhillsection to Neerijse.

Nijvelsebaan, on the Smeysbergplateau

At Neerijse, it's uphill again towards Leefdaal. Back to Brussels via Moorsel and Kraainem.