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...

Riding just one gear

So far, I have ridden my single speed only in cities and on pretty flat terrain. Isn’t that the natural environment for this kind of bike that was born for track speeding and has been re-invented by the bike messenger scene? Well, today’s Olympic road...

Very British, indeed

One more piece of evidence that the most British or, more even, English of all continental cities is Hamburg, the beloved home town of your’s truly: Finally, you can buy one of those slightly eccentric, but very stylish folding bikes by Brompton in a German shop...