Up, Up and Away

German cities are clogged by commuter cars every single day. London was clogged by commuter cars every single day. Then, London banned car traffic from the inner city. Now, the City decided to invest more than 1 billion Euros (yeah, that’s a one with 9 zeros to...

Like It – Bike It

If the kids are convinced that biking can be cool even with a little basket on the bike rack and with painted finger nails, then we are on a good track: The 2013 „Like It – Bike It“ film contest – with the jurors rating and ranking bike-topics...

Celestial Himmelblau

Ferrari Red – everyone knows what’s meant by that. Not too many bicycle manufacturers have their trademark color, however, some do. And like with so many other emotionally loaded aspects of bikes and biking, the Italians have been at the forefront of the...

Diamonds are a rider’s best friends

Diamonds are a girl’s best friends – we’ve known this not only since 1949, the year in which the Grand Marilyn sang this all-times classic in „Gentlemen prefer Blondes“. No, at least among German cyclists, this should have has been known...

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...