Almost everyone already owns a smartphone. So if you are planning to buy an extra GPS device for your sporting activities such as road cycling or mountain biking, you should definitely think carefully about whether it would be better to use your smartphone for this and instead invest only a fraction of [...]
Lupine? Thumbs Up! Let me say straight away that I do not work for Lupine and have no other relationship with the company. And yet, based on my own many years of experience, I find Lupine products extremely good and am therefore also prepared to pay the corresponding prices. The bottom line [...]
For weeks now, I have been using the small Bluetooth speaker Go 2 from JBL in my velomobile and am very satisfied with it. But as the saying goes: "The better is the enemy of the good" and that's why I'm still looking for other speakers for on the road and that's [...]
Music is my constant companion! Whether for private or professional use, indoors or outdoors! I also need a loudspeaker for the navigation announcements on my tours in the velomobile. Headphones are out of the question, because you should not be distracted by road traffic! During my research for a "suitable" loudspeaker, I [...]
Almost 4 months have passed since I ordered my DF from InterCityBike in Dronten ... then finally came the message from Ymte that I could pick up my velomobile. So I made an appointment, took a day off work and off I went. What concerned me most until then was the question [...]
Quelle: Velomtek.com With the VX2, the Canadian company Velomtek has brought a new velomobile onto the market. Because of its high dead weight and comparatively poor aerodynamics, it is certainly not intended as a sports vehicle. With its emission-free drive, the small turning circle of less than 3m and a [...]
The Podbike should be available from the beginning of 2019. According to its inventor Per Hassel Sørensen, there are already more than 1,000 pre-orders. The Podbike aims to combine the advantages of driving a car and cycling, i.e. you already have to pedal sportily, but you get electric assistance as well as [...]
This year's HPV World Championships took place in Kent (U.K.) from 13 to 15 July. Here is an interesting report in 2 parts by John Williams (velo-ads.com). Results and more info about this event can be found here!
"Nici" Nicola Walde has done it! After 24 hours, 227 laps and a total of 1,088 kilometres on the Opel test track Rodgau-Dudenhofen, she has set a new Human Powered Vehicles world record for women with her velomobile. Despite intermittent rain, she improved the old WR by 76 kilometres. The recumbent bike, which [...]
Marcel Graber wins this year's Trans Am Bike Race in his Alpha 7. After more than 6,800km, he reaches the longed-for finish on 18 June with a clear lead. (Quelle: transambikerace.com) (Source: Cyclingtipps.com)
