Wim Harwig

Category: bicycling

  • a saturday afternoon in Utrecht

    We were in Utrecht last Saturday afternoon. Just wandering through the inner city, alongside the many canals. Utrecht is a typical Dutch city with lots of students and therefore a lot of bicycles. Every day is “individual mass” in this town ! A short video ;

  • photo Easter meeting

    This photo is made by Bas de Meijer, a professional photographer who is also a recumbent cyclist. More photos can be found here .

  • Eastermeeting 2008

    During Easter I went to the “Harskamperdennen”, a camping at the Veluwe where a lot of other recumbent cyclists were together for three nights. This year it was freezing cold and the weatherforecast said there would be snow-showers…….. We were lucky, because at the times we planned a visit to the museum on Saturday and…

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    23-03-08_1843.jpg, originally uploaded by wim harwig. Easter meeting (sunday)

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    23-03-08_0952.jpg, originally uploaded by wim harwig. Easter meeting

  • easter meeting (paastreffen)

    What is wrong with an old man who is cycling 200 kilometers in the rain to a meeting of recumbent-riders, sleeping in a tent at freezing temperatures for 3 nights and then cycling the same 200 km’s back home , while at the same time he has a comfortable camper available ????? He likes cycling…

  • do the test

    Please do the test here and find out if your able to take part in the daily traffic jam, without hitting any bicyclists. Yesterday I was (again) in a situation I felt like “a moonwalking bear” ; the car driver looked me straight into my eyes but totally denied my presence at the bicycle path…

  • skins

    I bought some clothes of Skins. I used an internet-shop, because there are no retailers in the Netherlands. So Sportbedarf was the nearest deliverer possible. Now I am testing the stuff and I think at first sight, it is OK . Next week I will cycle to the Easter-Meeting organised by recumbentriders for recumbentriders. So…

  • home-made bottle opener

    Make your own bottle opener according to this wonderful article of Blue Collar Mountain Biking !

  • Skins

    I don’t know what to think about this product………  Their website is fantastic, high quality photos and a fine presentation of the products. Even the text above the underpants shows a good sense of humor. It’s made in Australia, so must be OK ? But what about their claims ? Is there anyone who has…

  • new Vredestein HPV 40-406 tyres

    I examined the tyres of my Quest today. There was a sort of wave in the right front tyre; maybe one of the two woven layers was torn ? This tyre had rolled 4200 kilometers and it seems that that is the distance it will serve my velomobile reliable. I have checked the pressure weekly…

  • tyre trouble

    I have “Vredestijn HPV“- tyres on my Velomobile. They are comfortable, but pick up lots of small sharp stones. I don’t blame the tyres for it, but I do think that the professionals who decide to “protect” the cycle path with these stoney needles needs to be discharged ! Nice flat silky asphalt roads will…

  • Shimano sandal with cleat

    Today I bought these sandals. I only heard positive things about these sandals in velomobiles by users.  So now I can find out myself….. I have thought of the simple idea to make something like Gary did…….. ……but when I realized that Rob Thomson already tested the Shimano sandels to the extreme on his travels…

  • Sheldon Brown

    Yesterday I’ve heard that Sheldon Brown had a serious heart attack and died………….. With him we loose a great cyclist………… Now the only thing we can do to honour him is to visit his pages as a homage.

  • new T-shirts

    Our new T-shirts ; When you’re on a recumbent, no one can see the text on the backside……..     So it will be clear that Marjan seldom uses her recumbent, while I use mine daily 😉