Wim Harwig

Categorie: commute

  • damaged quest

    A young guy wanted to park his car at the parking. He therefore had to cross the bicycle-path alongside the road. After he damaged my quest velomobile he said that he didn’t see me in my red, 2.8 meter long quest …….. The polyester coated fairring is very thin and vulnerable, but nevertheless it protected…

  • 10.000 kilometers

    Today I made a short trip with my velomobile to pass the 10.000 kilometer on my ODO ! I started commuting with my velomobile in the last week of October 2007, so I do about 1000 kilometers each month. see the velomobile-riders list at velomobile.nl

  • Skins

    The text is wearing off, but they still keep doing what I expect them to do …. protecting my own skin ! Skins, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • Still we ride …..

    A video in 4 parts on YouTube which shows the cultural situation for bikers in a “modern democratic country” like the United States of America. PART 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

  • Cycling the Dutch way …..

    I made a short video in which you see just some cyclists on a bike path near a busy intersection in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. It was warm and sunny weather and because it was noon you see relatively more children. The way cyclists dress and behave is different compared to countries with less bicycle density.…

  • lots of work…..

    Cycleliciousness is going through a lot of reading and searching to find out the truth about bike-helmets. Read about it on Zak’s blog

  • 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…

  • fabulous people

    We live in a world of economics. Everything is expressed in money. Even the time I watch television is of some worth to the advertising company’s. The medical health care, the lack of space on high ways during peak-hour, the seconds that it takes to prepare a McDonalds-menu, here in the Netherlands there even exists…

  • 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…

  • windshield

    Once I saw a velomobile with a simple home-made windshield. The last few weeks there was lots of stormy winds during my commute. So I decided to make a windshield too. I bought a screen for a crash helmet with fixed visor (the ones which are used by motorcyclists), and adapted it for use in…

  • new cleat set

    My cleats were worn after 7 years of use. I use them every day and relatively do a lot of walking. The cleats make easy contact with the ground because the rubber sole of my Shimano shoes is not thick enough to prevent it.

  • I am still alive

    I get a medical check-up every year now, because I am a sort of volunteer to use a gas mask (like the fire department uses in case of heavy smoke) at my work in case of unforeseen circumstance. The last medical test was a year ago. The test showed that my VO2max has risen from…

  • after 2800 kilometer

    I replaced the HPV tyre of my left front wheel. I was despondent of finding all the small stones and removing them from the soft rubber-surface. The problem of buying other, more protective tyres is not where or how to buy; but………. which tyres ? I’m still searching on all the velomobile blogs for other…

  • Company magazine

    The magazine is called “Insight”, subtitled ; “The social community of Thermphos and her people”. In this edition there was an article that introduced the concept “Velomobile”. A few weeks earlier I had a short interview, during which I overhanded the well known velomobile- flyer’s. The article shows that the editor used the flyer-info largely.…