Ice Carnival Season

Ice Carnival Season

Slowly but surely, the year is coming to its end – which definitely doesn’t have to mean that biking season is coming to an end, as well. You may have considered to put your bike up and start stationary training. However, how about investing not much more...
Free Riders

Free Riders

When the Wall came down 25 years ago, the effect was not only on Germans in East and West. In celebrating a quarter of a centennium (already!) all of this weekend, let’s think about some other socialist countries behind the former Iron Curtain which got...

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...

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...