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…
Recumbent bikes – and here especially velomobiles – often consist of special parts which are rather seldomly used in other bike types. Due to the comparably small production numbers it is not Shimano or SRAM who build these. There are smaller companies, often founded by recumbent enthusiasts, who take care of the production and improvement of these parts. Lutz Söhnchen and Jörg “Joggl” Leupold were annoyed that no light velomobile wheels were available. The first obstacle were the hubs which are usually used in velomobiles: single sided attached Sturmey-Archer drum-brake hubs in a single version only – with 36 spoke holes. Further, light chains sold by the meter, chain tubes and chain idlers were hardly available or in low quality. Thus the two guys founded Gingko-Spezialradteile and now offer what they missed on the market before. Read More
The students team of the Technical University Delft, Netherlands, which aims for building the fastest bike on earth, just released a very nice video. Among others, they are supported by Alligt and RaptoBike. Read More
If you want to have a look at Germany’s leading recumbent manufacturer’s headquarter – here is your chance. HP-Velotechnik will have an Open-Day on 6th of August 2011. Read More
My last blog post was published on 2nd of April; quite a long time ago. In the meantime, I had my doctoral exam viva and subsequently cared more about family. This and all the work which kept lying on the desk while I was preparing for the exam did not leave any time for blogging. I hope this will become better now.
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Daniel Fenn’s Mail was sent on April 2nd, 0:00, so I am pretty sure it is no April Fool’s joke. The new Go-One (which is likely to be called “Evo-K” according to internet-rumours (K for German Kopf draußen, head outside) seems to be close to finalized. At least the first fairing was taken from the moulds. Read More
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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