Wim Harwig

Category: velomobile

  • near “fort Rammekens”

    letting our dog out near fort Rammekens …

  • a new job

    Yesterday was one of the worst days in my life. After a carreer of 32 years at the Thermphos- site (former Hoechst) in Vlissingen I left to start a new job as process technician at the Latex-site of Styron in Terneuzen. Probably my appearance didn’t show, but I felt sad …. very sad.  It doesn’t…

  • a new cycling blog …

    … for keeping stuff organized. All about my cycling will be mentioned at wimharwigcycling .  So if you’re only interested in cycling stuff …. change you’re settings 😉 

  • Directie

    A quiet Sunday, nobody was there and I couldn’t resist ……

  • my workshop …

    …. is outside in the garden and my assistant is a dog 😉  I had to remove the rear wheel to renew the “clothes hanger”. Only few tools are needed for a velomobile …..

  • clothes hanger

    So now it was my turn ….  Thanks to all the blogging of velomobile-owners, I was informed of this little inconvenience that the older velomobiles have. For some days I heard a strange noise behind my back, when I made a turn to the left with my Quest velomobile. Two days ago I found out that…

  • VeloX 3 !

    a nice presentation of the third generation of this record-machine. I can’t see how the drive-train is designed, but the fairing is beautiful  ….

  • “green fuel”

    I’ve tried this………, but it doesn’t work in a velomobile 😉

  • 1000

    This is post number 1000 on this blog. These last few months I was posting less and less, because I am in a bluesy kind of period in my life. My view on life is changing due to the fact that my employer went bankrupt, the Dutch government is altering rules for pensionable age and…

  • It took 24 hours ….

    …. for velomobiel.nl to deliver me a new SRAM X9 !  Hurrah for Ymte !  Normally I tend to buy local, but for my velomobile it is best to get parts directly from velomobiel.nl. They know exactly what kind of stuff you need.

  • Snow

    A lot of snow fell yesterday in the evening. That is always a nice hobby-time for velonauts !   So I made a short impression on video of my commute… Unfortunately I had to climb out of my Quest a few times, to lift it over a few snow banks. During one of these exercises…

  • Darieus windmill

    Lots of people ask me why my velomobile has its specific model. Well, the Darieus windturbine inspired Allert Jacobs when he designed his first velomobile.    

  • favourite magazines

    My favourite magazines !

  • thermPhos

    I had a day off, but my colleagues organised a demonstration so I did my usual commute anyway, to support them. This time of the year the sky in Zeeland is sometimes breathtaking beautiful. Everytime I’m “en route” in the Quest, I take my camera with me to catch the light.   A short impression…

  • Tinted windshield ….

          A velomobile in the Kickstand Cyclery !