Rolling in good spirits

Rolling in good spirits

This blog’s author had gone to an internet-free re-treat over the Holidays to freshen up and re-energize. High time to wish all the readers and bikers out there only the very best for a happy and healthy Year and Biking Season 2015. Hope you all celebrated in...
Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays

  Cycling Season has come to an end some weeks ago, and the Year is slowly but surely now, too. The presents are unwrapped and revealed some options for „passive cycling“ (aka „reading material about cycling and cyclists“) for those of the...
All I want for Christmas…

All I want for Christmas…

If I had only had one of these, my beloved TREK 850 wouldn’t have been stolen way back in 1998, in San Francisco: Even there, bike thieves don’t carry bolt cutters of appropriate strength (and size), I reckon. So, put it onto your wish list for Santa, if...
Advent light stand-in

Advent light stand-in

Every once in a while, the first Sunday of Advent is one that the author has to get through without the delight of having opened another little window of her Advent calendar – simply because the first Advent Sunday falls into the month of November, still. But...
Time to give thanks, the „Cranksgiving“ way

Time to give thanks, the „Cranksgiving“ way

There are many things and situations, experiences and encounters that are worthwhile of giving thanks. And more often than not, we don’t even pause. Especially those of us who live the life of the fortunate ones, when do we actually acknowledge that this is the...