the intelligence squared debate

I had a good time watching this debate ! Highly recommended ………..

commuting

Yesterday I tried to get home between the rainshowers ………..

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harwig family

 

harwig family, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

I think it was made 100 years ago

old family stuff

I inherited two old granades. So two more brass things to clean once a year with Brasso

old grenades, fired by the German Army from the backyard of “de Haar” in the direction of Zutphen. My brother lived there at that time (undercover with his grandparents) and took the empty shells.

Dirk Scheringa

The importance of saving money ……………

artificial dunes

artificial dunes, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

They are preparing the natural dunes for sand suppletion to strengthen them and by doing so, building higher and broader artificial dunes.

I hope they planned a comfortable cycling path straight through the dunes !

Marathon plus

The blue coloured “anti-flat” stuff came peeping through, so I decided to buy a new set for my front wheels.

They did 10,000 kilometers and since a marathon is 42 km, the “plus” must be standing for about 19,958 kilometers

Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres are made in Indonesia; so must be good stuff, because a lot of relatives live there !

Not a single flat during the 10,000 kilometers ! So I’m satisfied. While I was changing the tyres, I noticed I had to renew a broken spoke. It’s easy to renew a spoke of a Quest. I never had to dismantle the wheel for this job. A year ago I ordered about ten spokes at Velomobiel.nl and I had to renew 4 till now. I think that’s OK…….  The front wheels get a lot of force sideways.

During the wear and tear of the tyres, I didn’t adjust the Cateye set-up. So the new tyres with their larger circumference will have a negative effect on my speed ………..  ;-(

autumn colour

It’s that time of the year the colours are changing  …….

autumn colour, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

The Silent Stone

Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings were in Breda last weekend. We used to call him “the Silent Stone” in the day’s he was playing in the famous band.

sunset at the beach

sunset at the beach, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

ISSUE 35

A few hours nice and quiet reading, after I found Velovision issue 35 in our mailbox

STOP ….texting and driving !

creative commons

A few months ago I made the next photo. By accident I found it back on a site of the KNCV !!!!!

see ; http://nvbmb.kncv.nl/kringen/chemische-kring-eindhoven/activiteiten-cke/thermphos-international.11076.lynkx

No Helmet, Please!

Mike made a beautiful video in which he explains the stupidness of the helmet mandatory in Australia …..

Specialized

My colleague bought a new bike for his daily commute.

A close watch on his cockpit ………..

vessel

It was dark and misty on the Schelde this morning. I took this at 06.10 AM during my commute.

When No One Came « And So To Bike

Cycling to get somewhere nice !

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rowing bikes

Coming weekend ! The European Championship for rowing bikes.

I will have to work and won’t be able to be there. Therefore a post the video I made last year.

Zilt rides again !

Some of the recumbent cyclists in Zeeland are member of the yahoo-group “Zilt”. Today 5 of them took their recumbents out of the shed to go out for a ride. Of course I took my camera with me …..

I forgot to put a noise-filter on the microphone, so please lower the volume.

Jazz is already 2 years old

We were at the birthday party of Jazz. Kim did a hell of a job, organising all the eating, drinking, playing, talking, caring, cleaning and everything else that needed to be done ……

Especially the birthday cake was successfully !

Remember the days he was just a few weeks old ? Here’s the video again ……….