Wim Harwig

Categorie: recumbent

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I used recumbents for many years for my commuting … a few videos made with simple cameras.

februari 12, 2020
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 top…

januari 11, 2020
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 of…

december 10, 2019
Maintenance …

The brakes of my velomobile needed maintenance. Because I found it rather cold outside I put the bike inside. Fortunately, my better half doesn’t find that insurmountable …

december 3, 2019
Playing safe …

I like cycling in wintertime…. but I hate flat tyres during this time of the year … so playing safe with Marathon Plus Yes, I know the plus also stand for the resistance 😉

november 25, 2019
recurrence

Even though the working conditions are very different, cycling to work and bicycle parking places are still the same … history repeats itself in that regard. But I don’t regret returning to my old workplace … even though the ability to cycle more and more often was the main goal. In this video, you can…

september 1, 2019
I now have a different employer …

Last month I realized that despite the medication I continued to have high blood pressure. At the same time, I also experienced the disadvantages of this medication (side effects). So I decided to use the best medicine I used before in my life … CYCLING !For that I had to make a rigorous decision ……

augustus 25, 2019
velomobile parts

Today I received the improved version of the broken clamps! Thanks to Mark Waters I was able to assemble them today and adjust my bottom bracket again. So tomorrow I will cycle again and from the day after tomorrow plenty of commuters! Mark has made my worldview a little more positive. They still exist ……

augustus 6, 2019
how recumbent-riders help each other …

Today I have experienced that there are still good honest and nice cyclists in the world …

augustus 1, 2019
broken

too much force on the pedals of my velomobile … and then I discover that velomobiel.nl has a holiday until 19 August …. so I have to improvise …

juli 28, 2019
my old commuter cycling route once again …

september 8, 2018
silence is golden

september 7, 2018
first ride in my Quest-velomobile since a long, long time …

The weather was nice today. That’s why I decided to take my velomobile out of the cobwebs and see what it takes to get it “up and running”. The fastest way is to pump up the tires, get in the velomobile and cycle around Walcheren. and then see what’s going wrong …. …

september 2, 2018
seen in our garden today …

september 1, 2018
I am polishing good memories of the Zephyr and Bob-Yak

augustus 19, 2018