Giving thanks today? Found the picture above on the web site of one of my favorite bike shops, Mission Bicycle Company in San Francisco. And while – mentally – in that geographical region, hope you don’t mind a little reminder that some other folks...
From the perspective of a German goose, the equivalent of US Thanksgiving is Martinmas: Day of Horror, Grief and Mourning. So, I thought it would be a good idea to check on those white big birds I always pass on one of my short routes for single speeding – have...
The weather is cold and wet and not at all inviting for a somebody who shies away from cold hands and feet and a bike (and lower back) sprinkled with cold wet flecks of dirt spoiling the looks of bike and rider alike. Since I do have some spare time these days –...
One of the best things about the 2012 Olympic cycling events: at least one really wonderful new bicycle book was published, namely Ugo Gattoni’s „Cycling“. Actually, it is not so much a book, but a leporello that unfolds to a strip of paper of 5m of...
Halloween is over and the spooky ladies are off the streets again. Instead, I saw this little old lady during my last bike round. With all the reds and yellows and oranges and browns of the falling and fallen leaves, she must be waiting for the MTB and crosser season...
This „Greetings from Germany“ post is actually bringing spooky greetings from NYC where friend Dirk found this wheelin‘ witch:
Off-road season has started, so here’s a little mouthwatering video: Gear up for going out and doing fun stuff away from paved roads. And you don’t even need a crosser, an MTB or a BMX bike – not, if you have control over your road bike the amazing...
Guess, how I managed to blast off the rim shoulder of Clunker’s front wheel: I simply pumped it up. Well, turned out that for this 26-year-old lady, 4.5 bars are too much pressure....
With the first of the remaining European Six-Days evens, the one in Amsterdam, about to start in less than two weeks and the darker days of Fall having arrived already, this is a good time to remind everyone of one of the darker stories of the early times of the...
Summer has made way for Fall (or Indian Summer, at least), but still when going out biking, it is pleasant enough outside that it keeps making sense to carry a bidon or two with water. Alternatively, you start from where I live, take a ride to the little town of...
