Biker’s „Backes“ bread

Have commenced reading this book „Biker’s Barbecue“ by the Micke brothers, Stefan and Tobias, two Austrians who decided to ride across the USA, from Boston to San Francisco, on as a low a budget as possible. I have to admit that this is really...

Bike from Mars, rider potentially from Venus

What a rare bike that was that I found parked next to „Schrotti“, my commute clunker, when coming back from work in the City today: Not too often that you see those any more these days – although they have been pretty popular in my childhood, in the...

Back to the future

From the German perspective, yesterday’s Olympic velodrome was a place of joy and happiness. But have you heard of the Klappodrome before, the place of the annual World-Klapp? It’s the place and time for the original folding bikes (or...

Smart Pill for A Smart Way of Fighting Dumb Practice

The FDA has just approved a very smart pill, that seems to have an extremely high potential of increasing the compliance of patients with all sorts of diseases to take their (oral) medication on a regular, as-prescribed basis. Also, it is extremely cool that you are...