Mission Accomplished

The mission of trying to get a handful of used bikes together to be transported to Burkina Fasohas been accomplished. And apparently the pre-Christmas season was a good time for such an initiative: Within 48 hours there were almost 30 bikes that people wanted to give...

There’s A Time To Give

It’s Advent time and my US ex-house mate just told me that whenever she thinks of me, she also has to think of those Advent calendars that came into the pure-bred US household at the beginning of December. My Mom used to take care of that tradition not having to...

Sometimes I long to be back in SF

It’s cold. It’s wet outside. It’s that time of the year again when German bike whimps such as the author prefer anything that can be done inside over The Real Thing: theoretical biking, reading about biking … Admittedly that’s lame. But...

It’s raining again…

While the rain on the roof is drumming the beat to Rodger Hodgson’s „It’s raining again“ in my head, it should not be forgotten that the nicest pictures are rain-washed ones. Pieces of art, even. Sometimes. If you like the picture as much as...

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...