Tuscany of the North

Today’s greetings are not only from Germany, but are really (and finally again, after a loong time) coming from the homeland of the author, the Northern-most federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. It’s not only a really wonderful (and sometimes quite...

Silly Norwegian Walks

Now that Spring has really returned to Europe, it seems, please, make sure you recall all the relevant traffic signs we bikers need to take particular notice of. E.g. those which regulate the cyclist’s interaction with the pedestrian, say, at crosswalks. If your...

„It’s such a free thing to be cycling“

It’s that time of the year again: Only a few more days until VELOBerlin opens its doors and exhibition space. What that also means is that you only have a few more days, until March 29th, to cast your vote for your favorite of the candidates for the VELOBerlin...
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...