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“RAAM is appealing to me” – an Interview with Christian von Ascheberg

Since the beginning of August, Christian von Ascheberg holds the world record over 12h, 1000km and 24h in the fully faired class. Christian who was born in 1958 in Kassel, Germany now lives in Wolfenbüttel with his wife and his son. BentBlog talked to him.

Factory Visit: RaptoBike

As I mentioned in my Optima-visit post, I have quite a lot to do in my feed-the-family-job. Therefore it became pretty quiet here on BentBlog.de Nevertheless, on our return from a four-day meeting in Noordwijkerhout (Netherlands) some weeks ago (yes, that long ago), I managed to plan the route in a way that I [...]

Factory Visit: Optima Cycles

It became pretty quiet here on BentBlog.de. I have quite a lot to do in my feed-the-family-job. Nevertheless, sometimes this job is useful for my blog articles as well. When I returned from a four-day meeting in Noordwijkerhout (Netherlands) some weeks ago (yes, that long ago), I managed to plan the route in a way [...]

Open house at HP Velotechnik

German manufacturer HP Velotechnik sent a press information regarding their open house day 2010. Apart from offering a view into their production and test rides, they also hired Tilmann Waldthaler and Lars Reisberg for talks. See the press release for more information:

Sysadm.in travelling to the North Cape

Currently you have the chance to ride to the North Cape – virtually. Sysadm.in/by.bike/ lets you participate in his journey. He is blogging his experiences as often as possible. Additionally (usually a couple of times per day) he tweets about what currently happens. The Speedmachine-rider met the first elks already, heard that a German [...]

Factory Visit: Nazca-Ligfietsen

Last Friday, I had the chance to visit Nazca-Ligfietsen, with only 20km detour as I was in the region anyway. The Nazca shop is situated in a tiny village (Nijeveen) in the North-West of the Netherlands. The address (Dorpsstraat 67) illustrates nicely that this is neither a glass and steel designed consume temple in [...]

10 years AZUB celebration during Czech recumbent meeting

Today I received an invitation from AZUB, which I’d like to tell you about. AZUB is going to be 10 years old and invites all AZUB-riders, friends and journalists to come to the czech recumbent meeting and celebrate for that reason. Read the message:

Schwalbe founder Ralf Bohle has died

 I received an information from the Schwalbe public relations office. Ralf Bohle, who founded the German tyre producing company Schwalbe, died. I offer his family my condolences. Find the press release after the break.

Next week-end: The Spezi 2010 without me:-(

It is less than a week. On 24th and 25th of April the most important show for everybody interested in recumbents, trikes, velomobiles, cargo-bikes, E-bikes,…, the Spezi, is taking place in Germersheim. Unfortunately, I will not be able to go there for professional and private reasons. I am really sad about that as I [...]

Trike Race 2010 at the Spezi in Germersheim – The European Cup for Recumbent Trike Riders

On Saturday 24th of April 2010 HP Velotechnik, Hasebikes and the Special Bikes Show in Germersheim host the biggest trike race in Europe.

In short racing runs of a couple of minutes, the fastest trike rider on the track in front of the Germersheim town hall, which includes a banked curve, jumps and a water [...]