Wim Harwig

Categorie: commute

  • commuting

    Yesterday I tried to get home between the rainshowers ……….. .

  • Marathon plus

    The blue coloured “anti-flat” stuff came peeping through, so I decided to buy a new set for my front wheels. They did 10,000 kilometers and since a marathon is 42 km, the “plus” must be standing for about 19,958 kilometers 😉 Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres are made in Indonesia; so must be good stuff, because…

  • Specialized

    My colleague bought a new bike for his daily commute. A close watch on his cockpit ………..

  • vessel

    It was dark and misty on the Schelde this morning. I took this at 06.10 AM during my commute.

  • 20.000 kilometers !

    My Quest passed 20.000 km since 25 October 2007. I think I’m an experienced velomobilist now ……   It took me a lot of kilometers, scratches and even a crash-accident with a car. But thanks to the Quest my physical condition is better and my commute is a lot more comfortable !

  • Death rides on my left ……

    lovemastertx made a lot of nice videos on YouTube as being a bicycle-commuter. The title of the next video sounds like it was written by a famous Hollywood-producer. “Death rides on my left”, it is a sentence that every cyclist should have in mind when cycling out there in the open ………….

  • Harold

    A bold colleague in the control room. Photo made by mobile phone. He is one of the few cyclist who commute by bicycle all year round ! Rain, snow, storm, nothing stops him …. He likes to be known as “The Fastest Cyclist of Walcheren”. On the photo he is exhausted and trying to recover…

  • new tyre

    After two flat tubes in one week I decided to buy a new Schwalbe “Big Apple” for the rear tyre of my Quest. The old one made 6000 commuting-kilometers, without any problems. The front wheels have “Marathon Plus” tubes and did the same 6000 km. They don’t show too much wear and neither take any…

  • a new cap

    I bought a new cap. I think it will be of good use when I’m cycling in my Quest. It is made of “goretex” , although you’re never sure when it says “made in China” too.   😉 Berghaus is well known, but I never saw a cap like this before. Usually caps are “one-size-fits-all”, but…

  • before – after, the crash !

    before ; After ; Thank you Allert and Ymte !

  • The energy of the new America

    Illustration made by Han Hoogerbrugge

  • I can ………..

  • S.M.I.D.S.Y.

    I found out that I was the victim of a S.M.I.D.S.Y. In wikipedia : The acronym SMIDSY, short for “sorry mate, I didn’t see you”, is used by British and Australian motorcyclists and cyclists to describe collisions in which a car driver fails to perceive a two-wheel user (see motorcycle safety). It is estimated by…

  • Do the test

  • Police unaware of accidents .

    I called the police to make a declaration about the traffic accident in which my velomobile was damaged. A nice policeman explained that when the insurance-documents were filled in correctly, the police doesn’t do anything. So I asked her where the statistics for dangerous traffic-situations were based on, if nothing is reported in situations like…