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...
I have been wondering all day whether it is pure coincidence that after seven years of feet-dragging, Dr. Eufemiano „Doping“ Fuentes has finally been ordered to court today. As today, of all days, is European Data Protection Day. Well, maybe a completely...
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...
Only one more day before the annual Cyclassics race in Hamburg, Germany will have me show up at the start line (and hopefully at the finish line as well – not too long after, if all goes well despite the lack of sufficient annual riding kilometers in my legs)....
So far, I have ridden my single speed only in cities and on pretty flat terrain. Isn’t that the natural environment for this kind of bike that was born for track speeding and has been re-invented by the bike messenger scene? Well, today’s Olympic road...
