Just in the moment when you seriously question whether it’s you or others that make life difficult, you meet nice people and chat about bikes. And you realize what cycling does to you: giving you the opportunity to explore and expand your horizon, and exactly that is missing in the lives of those people, who [...]
Archive for January, 2012
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Two worlds – ‘mud apart’
Posted: January 23, 2012 in Cycle Trips, General, ScotlandTags: Anstruther, Crail, Edinburgh, Fife Coastal Path, Kirkcaldy, Leuchars, markus stitz, mountain bike, scotland, Single-speed bicycle
I am not sure how I will rate yesterday’s adventure. It certainly had a lot to offer and so had the Fife Coastal Path, riding it on a singlespeed mountain bike. For times I felt like being in another world, it certainly didn’t feel like riding in the middle of Winter in Scotland. All that [...]
After my latest night riding session I stumbled across this fine video, which shines a great light on what motivates us. Interesting thoughts in there, which I fully share, and that can also be easily transferred out of the world of work and into personal life, e.g. riding a bike. Watch and make up your [...]
A picture portrait of the joys of nightriding
Posted: January 18, 2012 in GeneralTags: nightriding cycling stirling mountain bike
Cycling – Sometimes the Continent is worth looking at! And some more films about the subject.
Posted: January 16, 2012 in General, Pictures, VideosTags: Bremen, Climate change, cycling, film, scotland, Scottish Government, Sustainable transport
As I was experiencing quite a few things while on the bike for 2600k recently, I asked myself the question quite often: Why do some people cycle, and why do some not? It is possibly not the easiest one to ask, but one thing that was obvious is the a great divide between what the [...]
