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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 [...]

Recumbent Anticipation

Today, I received a message from Optima Cycles that my Lynxx is assembled, partly dissasembled again for packing, packed and addressed. Tomorrow, it will leave the factory and go on its journey to me. Additionally, they sent some pictures of the bike.

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 [...]

Azub spreads interesting pre-Spezi news

Ligfiets.net published a post already. Azub from Czech Republic are spreading interesting news. A bike in a box, the aforementioned Eco 16″ and the czech version of a European trend will be shown on Spezi.

Spezi2010: Who is showing what – Part 5

The Special Bikes Show (Spezi) 2010 is coming closer and I have not yet finnished to show you who is showing what

What you can find on Ligfiets.net’s second hand board *Update*

The second-hand board of Ligfiets.net belongs to my daily reads. Even if I do not want to buy something, you can see fantastic vehicles there every here and then. In the last couple of days two adverts made me look closer – however, for different reasons. First I saw Lars Reisberg’s HP-Velotechnik Speedmachine in [...]

Looking for a rather unusually colored recumbent? Have a look…

Not only Sarah’s new HP-Velotechnik Speedmachine but also Lars’ blog, where this special bike is presented, appear in a color you don’t see too often – at least as an adult male…

However it is special but pretty – I mean the bike…