This blog’s author had gone to an internet-free re-treat over the Holidays to freshen up and re-energize. High time to wish all the readers and bikers out there only the very best for a happy and healthy Year and Biking Season 2015. Hope you all celebrated in...
If I had only had one of these, my beloved TREK 850 wouldn’t have been stolen way back in 1998, in San Francisco: Even there, bike thieves don’t carry bolt cutters of appropriate strength (and size), I reckon. So, put it onto your wish list for Santa, if...
Slowly but surely, the year is coming to its end – which definitely doesn’t have to mean that biking season is coming to an end, as well. You may have considered to put your bike up and start stationary training. However, how about investing not much more...
Today, I found this picture of Mick Jagger through the respective Facebook posting by Pret-à-Vélo: Look at the height of Mick’s seat post. Imagine what it would look like when he actually gets on the seat to get (rocking and) rolling. Imagine what his knees...
These days, starting your Taunus ride earlier than mid-morning may call for wearing night-vision goggles, as Fall is definitely here: This brings along the same question as last year; and the year before; and the year before that one: What to wear, how many layers to...