Sometimes A Great (Cool) Notion

Sometimes A Great (Cool) Notion

It’s only a week that I have been back from a 4-day trip to Hamburg, for riding the Cyclassics (which may turn out to be the only bike or biking connection of this post, in the end). And already there is a big Ken Kesey-like notion again, a longing for this very...

Cane Frame

The Hamburg Cyclassics 2013 pre-hype has not even started (i.e. the cycle exhibition booths are still being put up), when I had my first personal hype already: Strolling over Jungfernstieg, taking in all those labels, logos and names that have been at the exhibit each...

A Big Hand to the City of Dresden

Finally, after many years of never getting my act together, I returned to the wonderful city of Dresden, Germany – also called Florence on Elbe for very obvious reasons: Florence on Elbe – View along Dresden’s river terrasse „Brühlsche...

Sana Per Aquam

The Romans knew it already and phrased it as „sana per aquam“ (which most of us only know as „Spa“ nowadays…): Waters of all kinds can have a healing effect on your body and soul. The latter is obviously something that biking can effect...

Brake to Win

While the author was shaking her head, looking at the battle of materials even the little ones have happily participated in during the local May First rides, grown ups (well …) in Berlin have demonstrated that it is sometimes not the latest carbon fiber racers,...