Beaujour, Tristesse

Beaujour, Tristesse

      Yesterday, when arriving in Liège, the sun was shining – very much to the author’s relief: Not only was there some hope that the miserable weather forecasted for the day after – the day of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège ride – would be a bit...
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...
Culinary Stereotypes Go Culture

Culinary Stereotypes Go Culture

It’s already a year since the premiere of the „VeloRace“ in Dresden, so time for the author to go back there – not so much in defense of her age group victory of 2013, but rather to revive and expand the really good city experience that...

The Hell of Aschau

As follow-up to the most recent post, another footnote on the subject of Books & Bikes. At least from some distance it looks a little bit like a recumbent bike (and sounds like the mother of all pedelecs…), the so-called „bookinist“ by Nils...

One more day, more than one gear

Only one more day before the annual Cyclassics race in Hamburg, Germany will have me show up at the start line (and hopefully at the finish line as well – not too long after, if all goes well despite the lack of sufficient annual riding kilometers in my legs)....