Left Down Under
Riding the lovely city of Melbourne these days – and being a bit at a loss in trying to stay safe. Riding on the left side of the street or – better still – of … Weiterlesen
Artikel mit dem Schlagwort ‘single speed’
Bike Capital
Quite some time has passed since the last blog entry has been posted here. And the blogger has, meanwhile, taveled back from from the US capital to its German counterpart. Not a particularly bad place … Weiterlesen
Steel, resurrected
There is an old steel frame which has been sitting in the bike room for a looong time, fixie-fitting drop outs and all. Consequently, there has been the plan for a workover into a fixed-wheel … Weiterlesen
Help was on my way
Inspired by reading the first issue of CYCLE and by the glistening sunshine, the old steel-framed Lemond Tourmalet was taken off the wall, for a short, but stylish last spin of Fall. The classic RSX … Weiterlesen
Greetings from Down Under
Greetings from Melbourne, Australia. Despite the rather horribly long trip of a full 24 hours and the fact that duty called at 11am, the true bike aficionado stayed in the hotel only for a shower … Weiterlesen
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, … Weiterlesen
A Different Approach
I have been wondering all day whether it is pure coincidence that after seven years of feet-dragging, Dr. Eufemiano „Doping“ Fuentes has finally been ordered to court today. As today, of all days, is European … Weiterlesen
Martinmas
From the perspective of a German goose, the equivalent of US Thanksgiving is Martinmas: Day of Horror, Grief and Mourning. So, I thought it would be a good idea to check on those white big … Weiterlesen
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 … Weiterlesen
Riding just one gear
So far, I have ridden my single speed only in cities and on pretty flat terrain. Isn’t that the natural environment for this kind of bike that was born for track speeding and has been … Weiterlesen