No Sports

First (i.e. most important) things first: VELOBerlin explicitly does not want to be „an exhibition for bike sports“. It even sounded like they want to showcase all sorts of bicycles and bicycle-related aspects but bike sports. Too bad this statement,...

A Blockbuster, feat. LA

Although I usually stand – almost – clear of the infamous professional cyclists‘ scene, I will make an exception here by alerting you to the Unexpected, starring one of the most Exceptionals: Lance Armstrong, the man who has fueled so many athletic...

Berlin’s Tweed Day 2012

As I was away in the most extreme South-West corner of Germany, I could not take part in (or at least: take pictures of) this year’s Tweed Day cycling event in Berlin. Which is actually a virtual pret-à-porter event. Judge for yourself, as fahrradjournal.Das...

Bike from Mars, rider potentially from Venus

What a rare bike that was that I found parked next to „Schrotti“, my commute clunker, when coming back from work in the City today: Not too often that you see those any more these days – although they have been pretty popular in my childhood, in the...

Weather not permitting

The year 2012 is just one week old, and already all those New Year’s resolutions seem to move to a state of limbo: Two races are planned, at least one marathon shall be ridden, a bike vacation early on in Spring should prepare body and mind and of course the...