Wim Harwig

Categorie: cycling

  • 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…

  • bicycle video competition

    Shimano/YouTube comp: the shortlist The Quickrelease.tv bicycle short video competition had a whopping 134 entries by the close of play on August 30th. These 134 have been whittled down to nine. The finalists will be judged at Interbike by Tour de France TV commentators Phil Liggett and Bob Roll. This one is the winner for…

  • bike tour around Los Angeles

    Take a bike tour along several trails around Los Angeles with Jonathan Dietch on his Bachetta recumbent.

  • recumbent races in Groningen

    Nice videos ! because I plan to ride the “oliebollentocht” on 28 December , I’ll add this video for a good impression of the ride which is being held in the coldest part of the year (typical quest-conditions)

  • yeahh !!

    Dag Wim, Je fiets staat al op de wielen, afleveren op donderdag gaat wel lukken. Groeten, Ymte The most pleasant email since a long time………….. 😉

  • Velovision

    In issue 27 of Velovision ( www.velovision.com ) is an article about helmet cameras. The safety angle was a new aspect for me…. Just use a 2 Gigabyte memory-card during your ride and if nothing happens, just delete it. But if you register a dangerous traffic-situation on your camera, you have the best means to…

  • Quest 215

    Quest number 215 is being build this week. About 6000 euro’s have left our bank-account today 😦 , so next week I’ll be able to make the maiden-voyage from Dronten to Vlissingen 😉 . This first ride will be about 300 / 350 km. Daylight lasts till 18.30, so the LED-lightning system will have to…

  • T-shirt for use in Velomobile

    I found a photo which shows a T-shirt that is perfect for use in a Velomobile !

  • VELIB’ bicycles in Paris

    The long video I made of the new phenomenon Velib’ in Paris and one video which shows the “extreme Velib’ ” You can read this article for more info.

  • Way of the future

    Bikers (should) always have priority ! Way of the future, originally uploaded by Naked Cyclist.  

  • lift for bicycles

    Just an example in the video. It’s simple and cheap. I never saw this before.

  • laatnlfietsen

    laatnlfietsen, originally uploaded by wim harwig.  

  • roundabout bataviastad

    This is the kind of roundabout that are needed for a more bicycle-friendly infrastructure in our city’s. By placing a bicycle-path in the middle (red concrete), the cars that are leaving the roundabout will not ignore the cyclists because they are only to be seen in the “dead corner” of the rear view mirror. fietsrotonde…

  • World hour record.

    Jonathan Dietch made a video in the velodrome where Sean Costin reached 29.76 miles in one hour on his recumbent.

  • Paris-Brest-Paris

    This rain is described in most blogs. This is a nice photo that shows the situation during one of the rain-showers. IMG_2929.jpg, originally uploaded by Seattle Randonneur.