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...

Ancient Wells of Living Waters – A Different Exegesis?

This year, the weather still does not necessarily call for carrying many and tall big bottles of water with you when going for a longer ride. Yet, it may be worth a mental note that not only in the area of Selters, but also when going to the river Aar (more...

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,...

Equality of Arms?

While the big ones and the pros were racing „Rund um den Finanzplatz“ (the race that all the oldsters like myself still keep calling „The Henninger“), I was having a good time with my also-non-racing-ambitious buddies at one of the local biking...

Forget Malle

On a day like today, you really ask yourself why – for God’s sake – one would spend any money to get on board of a crammed red-eye flight to Malle, shuttle to a lousy 70s hotel that hasn’t seen any renovation in ages and eat the same heavily...

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...

Since all of us are traffic

Only three more days for you to participate in a very cool project by sponsoring the coffee table book featuring the best shots of the „We are traffic“ project by Björn Lexius and Till Gläser. Those guys are crazy in a good way – and they seem to be...
Moving Wood

Moving Wood

If may be too cold to take your bike to the woods these days. So why don’t you bring the woods to your home – as a new bike: Today, a new exhibition has opened in Hamburg’s „Museum der Arbeit“ (Museum of Work and Labor). All sorts of...

Pimped, by Brooks

Brooks had the same idea as the Knitting Ladies of the Street Guerilla – okay, it’s a bit of a pimped version, but still: Definitely a member of the same family:...

Stay Warm

It starts to get really old; and annoying: Last year, at the end of March there was a four-digit number on everyone’s odometer. This year, at the end of March we are still walking (walking!) through the snow which keeps falling. Not only is it way too cold for...