Wim Harwig

Auteur: wim harwig

  • At work

    It’s not the most photogenic place of the factory-site where this photo-session took place, but what the heck…….my colleague isn’t a professional photographer. My new velomobile attracts attention, so lots of photos are being made and questions asked…………….. I mostly refer to this blog, but there isn’t much to see of my velomobile yet. So…

  • We see more than we remember and remember more than we saw……..

    Most newspapers are writing articles about the latest Led Zeppelin concert. In this video you can see the lack of interest among the French audience , when seeing Led Zeppelin in real live ! Indeed, we think we remember a lot more of the year 1969 than we saw in reality ……………. What we can’t…

  • Head rest

    I made a headrest which I can use when I’m riding in my Quest. First I made some different types, but this one is the best for me. For this last model I was inspired by the head rests you see on the newest low-racers made by Mike Burrows. The form is made from thin…

  • Sparta Ithaka

    Marjan made a decision…….She bought a Sparta Ithaka . She used the “National Bicycle Plan“. With the national bicycle plan you can buy via your employer a complete bicycle with insurance and by doing so, have tax advantage. You pay back with gross salary (or holiday pay, overtime etc.) to your employer. Because you pay…

  • recumbent cycling in store !

    Jonathan is one of the ultimate recumbent promoters in the US. He sees himself as a “stand-up of recumbents”. He already made a lot of videos and is improving the quality continuous. In this video he is testing his new helmet-camera, a Kodak V 705. He also shows the same trouble I have with my…

  • Dutch infrastructure for cyclists.

    People who are curious to see how the dutch infrastructure for bicycle-paths looks like, can have a look at this video. The video is 25 minutes long. In the video you see all different kinds of roads and cycling paths situated in the northern part of the Netherlands (Groningen). Some recumbent-riders have formed an email-group…

  • Dutch humor

  • a new bicycle

    Marjan needs a new bicycle, so we are orientating for the possibilities and models. New techniques and methods nowaday’s in the bicycle-shops ! The “Fietsenmakker ” is our nearest bicycle- shop and is the best in our town, so we were looking around there. Didn’t make a choice yet, so still thinking and searching……… The…

  • wind, rain, hail, mud, and two flat tyres…………

    The past 6 days I have had it all. Wind, rain, hail, mud and two flat tyres. I didn’t mind as long as I could stay in my Velomobile. Even the wind at 8 Bft (according to windGURU ) didn’t give any trouble, although I had to concentrate on the steering during crosswinds on the…

  • Big at the front !

    Recumbent riders are stubborn, self-opinionated cyclists. They often do their own thing and don’t give sh.t what others think about it. In this video there is such a guy who returns to the design of the ancient high-bi and shows that he made a practical easy-to-use recumbent out of it.

  • sunrider & aurora…..videos

    The Sunrider on video ! ; Maybe ” Lowrider Johan ” becomes “Velomobile-rider Johan” in 2008…. and here are 3 videos of the Aurora velomobile made by AuroraVelo ;

  • recumbent trike for disabled

    A disabled young woman uses a recumbent in this video…………. She shows that a recumbent trike doesn’t present difficulties when you’re wearing a snow white long dress……….. 😉 She is Roos Prommenschenckel and has Torticollis Spasmodica, a rare disease which results in a wrong operation of the muscles in her neck; therefore she is not…

  • interview

    This morning I was interviewed by the “communication officer” of my employer. It was for a larger article in our company info magazine. The article is about employees who commute by bicycle. A few photos with my Quest were taken and I gave her a print-out of a few flyer’s that I found on the…

  • Roos

    Roos, a grandchild from my brother Jan, died in a car accident…………………… She was only 20 years old. Her funeral will be Friday 23 November. visit her Hyves-page here .

  • Velomobiles photo-group

    I started a new photo group on Flickr called; “Velomobiles“. Hope that photographers who made pictures of all kind of velomobiles will upload their photos to this group. You can see my own recumbent photos in this badge creator;