Neue Wege erkundet. Endlich verstanden, warum es Crosser und Gravel Bikes gibt (ein Glück, daß Titan so prima flext…). Dennoch viel Spaß gehabt und kleine geheime Sehenswürdigkeiten am Wegesrand entdeckt. Und festgestellt, daß andere mit ihrem Sportgerät...
Fast ein ganzes Jahr ist seit dem letzten Post ins Land gegangen. Viel ist passiert und hat dafür gesorgt, daß kaum Radkilometer eingesammelt wurden. Aber jetzt soll es wieder los gehen. Und da zu einem Wiederanfang auch oft ganz gut paßt, daß man einiges anders...
Crowdfunding – a really good idea which has given birth to so many really good products that may have never seen the light of day (read: commercialization) if not for the crowd of supporters. Hence, the blogger supports projects every once in a while, too;...
Bikes and Books – the two big (read: important) B’s in the author’s life, came together yet once more last weekend, during Public Day at Frankfurt Book Fair. The biggest Book Fair in the world featured the Netherlands and Flanders. And as those know...
National Bike2Work Day in Australia – and one of the most bike-friendly cities of this country is going at it with full force and a lot of warm hearts. Community Councils putting up welcoming banners and providing food and drink. The food provided was really...
183 – this is the number of riders going past the author today during the brisk 35-minute walk on a little less than 4K of Melbourne’s Capital City Trail. No wonder there are even counting devices installed – no human being could keep up with the...
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 one of the many, many really good bike paths is one thing. It’s asking for a lot of concentration,...
Leaving the somewhat smallish Trave river and the historically and economically sizeable Hanse town Lübeck behind, the houses get smaller and less massive, standing modestly back behind the increasingly mighty display of landscape. And of the blogger’s beloved...
On the second day, the author was ready for somewhat bigger human settlements – comparably at least, in relation to the first day of calm relaxation in the middle of nowhere. But since even on a well-caffeinated day it is important to get to a not-too-hectic start,...
Bike packing in the northern-most state of Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein, means not only home-coming and relishing in old-time memories, revisiting childhood places and reliving experiences of decades past; foremost and most importantly, it means: tranquility in...
