Wednesday 19 December 2012

Saturday 15 December 2012

The man who cycled the world

Had not seen this series before and I have to say that it is quite impressive. Even though it would not be my way of travelling the world (by bike yes, but not this fast). Have a look!

Thursday 13 December 2012

Bicycles for humanity

I love bikes, I love people, I love this movie




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Sunday 7 October 2012

Saturday 25 August 2012

Tuesday 17 July 2012

Luka Bloom - The Ride

Beautiful song about the bike by Luka Bloom. Follow the link.
Life is full of dreaming when you are riding on your bike ...

Saturday 23 June 2012

Drink & drive

Seein in the Coda museum in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands







Monday 18 June 2012

The big picture - Pedal Power



Have a look at these (almost 50!) great pictures at Boston.com!
(Thanx Katrien, for the link)

Quoted from the site: "For well over a hundred years, people have hopped on bicycles for transportation, recreation, competition, and more. In many parts of the world, spinning pedals moves goods and generates electricity. While usually attached to two wheels, pedal power takes many forms, adapting to a wide range of needs. Globally, over 100 million bicycles are produced every year - over 60% of them in China - easily doubling world production of automobiles. Efficient, clean, and cheap, pedal power in all its forms can solve modern problems with basic technology, and offers a health benefit to those cranking away. And it's hard to beat the simple joy of riding a bike. Gathered here are images of people around the world as we pedal for a reason, or just because".

Best bicycle to car ratio ever

Saturday 9 June 2012

Bicycle Film Festival 2012

Looks cool again. Such a pity that is does not show in the Netherlands!

Wednesday 6 June 2012

Friday 18 May 2012

Funny joke

See the diversity of Dutch cyclists in this funny movie.

Friday 4 May 2012

Lifecycle

No need for words ...

I feel good

Yet another advantage of the bicycle!? Note the woman in the car when she says: "next time we will take the bicycle again". I guess the message is that it does feel good to ride a bike.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

Bicycle gate

Found out about this Bicycle gate today . Great idea! For more pictures follow the link. Thanks PB for mentioning it.

Wednesday 18 April 2012

France by Bike

Just discovered this blog called Experience France by Bike which is giving is some nice inspiration for our summer holidays!

Monday 16 April 2012

Cycling with Rutte



For weeks now, coalition partners of our (dutch) government have been negotiating about new plans and (financial) cuts. I am quite sceptical about this existing government and its destructive policy. However, there is one positive thing to tell. Our prime Minister Mark Rutte has been going to these negotiating talks by bike almost every day. This has captured quite some attention and I guess is helpful to promote the bicycle as an alternative to other, more poluting means of transport. At least on this point a good example has been set.
Click here for the article in NRC and more pictures.

Saturday 10 March 2012

Ai WeiWei

This week I discovered these brilliant installations from the Chinese artist Ai WeiWei entitled 'Forever'. Really beautiful and impressive. For more information on Ai WeiWei and his work have a look at Ai WeiWei



Monday 5 March 2012

The bike planter

Brilliant!
have a look at this site Wearable Planter or google The Bike Planter.

Wednesday 29 February 2012

Hors Cycles

And now for something completely different! Amazing! Don't try this at home.

Sunday 26 February 2012

Family



As you can see in this picture, cycling runs in the family. We are already making plans again for our cycling holidays. We are getting inspiration from the internet. For example this site Op fietsvakantie (in Dutch, but the pictures are also nice!).

Thursday 26 January 2012

Knitted Bike



thank you Fernando, for this beautiful picture!

Saturday 14 January 2012

Christmas bicycle tree

Is has been far too long since I posted some news on this blog. But the good news is that I am full of energy to continue filling this blog in 2012. Starting with this christmas bicycle tree from Groningen.


foto by Fred