Wim Harwig

Auteur: wim harwig

  • My roots …

    … are in “de Achterhoek” , near a small village called Vorden. I went there just to catch some memories. Ofcourse every time I get the chance I visit the graveyard where lots of my forefathers are buried. because ; “A’j oe veurolders neet eert, bu’j oe name neet weerd” ( “If you don’t honour your…

  • Never seen something so stupid before ….

    … it looks like attempted murder to me.  It is situated in Gent St Lievenspoort. All cyclists have green, but the motorists are not aware of it because they don’t see the traffic light (which is only meant for the cyclists). The Cyclists’ Union is complaining, but without success and hopes to make things clear with…

  • Life …

    … is good when having a vacation!      Watching Gent-Wevelgem on the TV, watching our pond turning into a delivery room and watching my skin healing thanks to all the advice I got from you ……

  • I failed …

    … to reach Hoorn. Not because I was too tired, or wasn’t in good shape. I had troubles with my skin around my genitalia. It was soft and sweaty, so that the skin turned red and became very very painful. I used some lip-balsam (I always have it inside the Quest) but it worked only…

  • And now for something completely different …

    … a trip from Vlissingen to Hoorn and back. I ordered a new  lexan-visor of my velomobile. Normally it would be sent to me in a parcel by UPS, but I decided to be my own “messenger”. It means 500 kilometers on one day in a velomobile … The weather will be nice tomorrow, so…

  • St. Patrick’s Day

    A nice advertisement. I liked it ….

  • Magnic Light

    What I liked was the sentence: Everybody said: “that’s impossible.” Then somebody came who didn’t know that, and did it. Magnic Light seems a good idea to me ….  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dynamodirk/magnic-light-get-new-energy/widget/video.html

  • The Neistat brothers are back …

    I read this article in the NYTimes.com and remembered their first video about stealing bikes.  Now it is Casey Neistat who made a new video. “I recently spent a couple of days conducting a bike theft experiment, which I first tried with my brother Van in 2005.  I locked my own bike up and then proceeded to…

  • I like to smoke …

    …. while I’m cycling in my velomobile. People don’t understand; cycling and smoking doesn’t seem appropriate. This old advertisement shows otherwise 😉 I’m not the only one …. see here for a short slideshow.

  • I found a bike today …

    Funny little song and video; I liked it.

  • unbelievable ….

    …. that this kind of blogs have readers on Blogger. It’s called Spare The Road, and it hates cyclist. Take a short look and realize that these people actually are sharing your road ! So be prepared and ride defensive ….

  • stupid and mean scum …

    … trying to break the brake cables with his bare hands.

  • omloop het volk …

    … start of the season !

  • Kwets …

    … on two wheels. Hayco is showing why his Quest is called Kwets in this video (long time ago).

  • Seattle Snowpocalypse

    This will work in the Dutch snow as well as in the Seattle snow …  😉 I always have some of those zip ties in my velomobile and only my rear tire will need some of them ….. via Seattle Snowpocalypse.