Here is part 2 of René Freising’s RaptoBike Midracer review. Thank You, René. Read More
Back in June 2010 I visited RaptoBike. Arnold Ligtvoet proposed to send me a Midracer for review. After a couple of months waiting for that, I assumed that it was rather a cost-issue that prevented him from sending me a bike, not knowing that he was waiting for the frames from the welder in far-east. Finally I made a contact between Rene Freising who was looking for a brevet bike and who had already thought about a Midracer and Arnold. Finally, Rene bought a frame set and promised to write a review for BentBlog.de. Here is what he sent me:
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This year, I did not approach the exhibitors of Europe’s biggest special bikes show, which new items they were going to bring to Germersheim. I did not have the time to. In spite of that, some manufacturers sent me some information and some rumors appeared in forum posts. So if you are looking for a reason to go to Spezi today (or if you do not want to go there or if you can’t, but you want to know what is shown there) read after the break..
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In the German Velomobilforum they are called „Aluminauts“ at times. Velomobile riders (or wannabes) who are having a special relationship to the aluminium velomobile Alleweder in its different model generations. Whether it is the construction material aluminium or the fact that you can build an aluminium Alleweder on your own: For Aluminauts the AW has a special appeal.
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It was already mentioned in my interview with Leo Visscher and Dietrich Lohmeyer: Alligt and Akkurad are revising the Sunrider completely.
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I had the great pleasure to interview Leo Visscher, the head of Alligt.nl and Dietrich Lohmeyer who is the boss of Akkurad.com.
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There is a new version of the HP-Velotechnik Gekko trike. In contrast to the Gekko fx it is not foldable but separable. Read More
In every bicycle related forum you can find a thread of heavy discussions whether a bike helmet helps preventing from severe injury or not. At least in every German bicycle forum I know. I won’t repeat pro-helmet or contra-helmet arguments here and I will additionally not discuss why or whether I am wearing a helmet or not. However, there now is a new reason for wearing a helmet: The Tunebug Shake. Read More
Long ago, on Rad-Forum.de someone had the idea to build a charging device which uses the energy from the hub dynamo to charge electronic gadgets. While meanwhile similar devices are available from commercial producers, was developed there as a community project. Jens During from Cottbus, Germany, documented the development on Forumslader.de and he was responsible for moderating and fostering the development. Now, the „Forumslader“ (German for „charger from the forum“) is also further developed on the Liegeradforum.de, where mainly Patrick Hagemann, who is studying electronics and engineering in Jena is driving the development further. BentBlog talked to them now. Read More
I am a big fan of the Yehuda Moon comics. If you don’t know Yehuda, Joe, Frank, the Ninja Biker and all the others, visit yehudamoon.com and have a look at the archive. From now on the daily Yehuda Comic can also be found on BentBlog.de (just klick on the link at the top of the page, see picture).
The only thing I hope for is more recumbent related stories…
Here is part 2 of René Freising’s RaptoBike Midracer review. Thank You, René. Read More
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