Celestial Himmelblau

Ferrari Red – everyone knows what’s meant by that. Not too many bicycle manufacturers have their trademark color, however, some do. And like with so many other emotionally loaded aspects of bikes and biking, the Italians have been at the forefront of the...

Diamonds are a rider’s best friends

Diamonds are a girl’s best friends – we’ve known this not only since 1949, the year in which the Grand Marilyn sang this all-times classic in „Gentlemen prefer Blondes“. No, at least among German cyclists, this should have has been known...

A Lesson in Czech

Do you know the word for „season’s end“ in Czech? It’s „Prague Mile“. And has been „Prague Mile“ for 20 years now – although it looks like this celebration of the last (official) ride of the season should have a...

Cane Frame

The Hamburg Cyclassics 2013 pre-hype has not even started (i.e. the cycle exhibition booths are still being put up), when I had my first personal hype already: Strolling over Jungfernstieg, taking in all those labels, logos and names that have been at the exhibit each...

European Day of the Bicycle

Rüsselsheim is known for cars nowadays. But that was only Opel’s second career. Way back in 1886, the first penny farthing rolled out of the Rüsselsheim factory. Two years later, the Opel bicycles were so popular that the bicycle association...