A weekend in a velomobile: from the Ruhr to Texel and back For years we have been going regularly with family and dog to Texel - a wonderful place! But this time I didn't just want to visit the island, I wanted to reach and explore it under my own steam with [...]
Cycling and enjoying music? A contradiction in terms!? Who hasn't experienced this? Either the wind and ambient noise are so loud that you can hardly hear the music, or you block off your ears, really turn up the volume and can no longer hear your surroundings or the traffic ... which can [...]
When it comes to the question of what to eat during longer, sporty cycling tours, opinions and personal experiences vary extremely widely! Some riders eat nothing at all and only take liquids, others choose bars and fruit and still others eat everything that has calories such as cake with whipped cream, pizza, [...]
On 28 May the Oliebollentocht (OBT) took place in Reuver, the Netherlands; organised by grensrijder.com. It was my first OBT ever and I am still impressed; to see so many velomobiles in one place and in action is quite fascinating! I have been riding a velomobile [...]
It's Friday evening shortly before 9 pm. Normally at this time of night I'm sitting on the couch or already asleep. Instead, I'm at the start of my first 400. And then a night start! Two weeks ago I started my first 300 here in Emsland; you can find a detailed report [...]
I hadn't actually planned to do this 300 brevet in Emsland. Rather, I wanted to have ridden the "flat" three-hundred in Twisteden in April. However, due to a persistent cold I had to change my plans and because of the "proximity" to the starting point I decided on this Emsland brevet ... [...]
Last year in September I rode a brevet for the first time (you can find my report here). From then on, my ambition got the better of me and this year I'd like to do a complete brevet series, i.e. 200, 300, 400 and 600 kilometres. Of course, a lot of it [...]
Last year I bought my first pedals with power measurement (Garmin Vector 3) and rode several thousand kilometres with them (click here for my experience report). Now that Garmin has released its successor, the Rally 200, and I was able to test them extensively for 2 months, I would like to briefly [...]
Like probably many other cyclists, I had not previously considered Hammerhead as a serious supplier of bicycle computers. However, this changed abruptly when Hammerhead released the Karoo 2, which was obviously well received in the market and was hyped accordingly. Reason enough for me to take a closer look at the Karoo [...]
True to the motto "Higher, faster, further", my "after-work rounds" with the velomobile have become longer and faster in recent months. Inspired by tour reports and videos of events like PBP (Paris-Brest-Paris) or LEL (London - Edinburgh - London), I had tasted blood and wanted to ride my first 200km brevet. I [...]
