Bike2Work Melbourne Style

Bike2Work Melbourne Style

National Bike2Work Day in Australia – and one of the most bike-friendly cities of this country is going at it with full force and a lot of warm hearts. Community Councils putting up welcoming banners and providing food and drink. The food provided was really...

The Real Thing

Spring is finally here and, therefore, it is high time to throw your bike books and catalogues away and hop on your bike to feel the real thing. My finding during today’s Spring Opening tour revealed that some people took the „throwing away“ part too...

Cycle Parts Thanksgiving

Giving thanks today? Found the picture above on the web site of one of my favorite bike shops, Mission Bicycle Company in San Francisco. And while – mentally – in that geographical region, hope you don’t mind a little reminder that some other folks...

Old abbeys en route to novel Hanse cities

It was a bit of a slow start today, but a very fun one. We needed to pump some air into our tires and did not really feel like doing so with our miniature emergency pump which is nothing more than a declaration of intent. Since we had been told about a bike shop in...

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...