Category Archives: bike blogs

My condoleances and respect for this cyclist.

Monday morning, a special funeral procession, with great applause from neighbors, went from Mariahout to the funeral home De Groof in Beek en Donk. Mrs. Diny Verhoeven – Brouwers was brought to the funeral by her husband with a mourning-bicycle. This was supervised by cycling club Bloed Zweet en Tranen / De Bosduvels and familyContinue reading “My condoleances and respect for this cyclist.”

Cycling home after the nightshift

Too bad I didn’t have my camera with me … the “photos” of the phone will have to do it … It was a beautiful sunrise! How much money would an average person want to spend to experience this beautiful sunset while cycling in a comfortable velomobile? I earned that money this morning on topContinue reading “Cycling home after the nightshift”

35 years ago …

The most recent edition of Ligfiets& is on our kitchen table again. It is nice to read the article in which it is recalled that the association was established 35 years ago. A nice photo of a number of people who took the lead at the start of the Dutch recumbent culture.It reminds me ofContinue reading “35 years ago …”

old video

10 years ago I made this simple video with a small camera …. in those days the quality was not too bad Now we are used to such high standards, that this old video is of poor quality   when some crazy president decides to use a EMP-bomb …. the bicycles and the velomobiles inContinue reading “old video”

Bilenky Cycle Works

I liked this short portrait of Stephen Bilenky ….. I don’t mean the culture of bearded old man or the craftsmanship of building bicycle-frames …..  I mean the way this vimeo-portrait was made …. as simple and beautiful as the bicycle frames and with the same sort of craftsmanship.  maybe Le Cadre Frameworks will be portrayed thisContinue reading “Bilenky Cycle Works”

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 withContinue reading “Never seen something so stupid before ….”