The end of the year! Cycling this month Despite the rather chilly December we have experienced in the Niederrhein region, I did manage almost 900km. And this is where I went this month. You can see the long ride back from Oliebollentocht, which is a separate blog post. And Veloviewer also produced a graphic for… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – December 2016 (Month 33)
Month: December 2016
Oliebollentocht 2016
Oliebollentocht is an annual gathering of Velomobiles, usually in NL (where most of them are built). It is named after Oliebollen which are Dutch spherical doughnut thingies, similar to Quarkbällchen or Pufferkes in Germany. I heard about Oliebollentocht in the summer and it sounded like it might be interesting, so when a list was started… Continue reading Oliebollentocht 2016
Fitting a Schlumpf Mountain Drive into a Milan Velomobile
The first part of this Blog post was also published in the following post: Six Wheels In Germany – October 2016 but I have added more information below. When I test-rode Millie the Milan Velomobile she had the following gearing: 2 fach Ritzel vorne (2 chainrings front) 64/38 9 fach Ritzel hinten (9 sprockets rear)… Continue reading Fitting a Schlumpf Mountain Drive into a Milan Velomobile
Six Wheels In Germany – November 2016 (Month 32)
A short report for this month (phew, you say!!) Cycling this month Cycling Statistics this month November was not such a good month for cycling for me. This is mostly due to the weather – it was very rainy for several days, and very cold for a couple of weeks, and with my job it… Continue reading Six Wheels In Germany – November 2016 (Month 32)