Category Archives: bike stuff

My equipment:

My bike originally was an e-bike (Elektrobiker, Vienna), a strong and fast one with good quality components, so it was designed to be stable, and it was. On the way, I changed (better: I let change the chain every 3-4000km … Continue reading

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Bike failures (statistics) – hopefully not to be continued

Bike failures (statistics) I tend to repeat mistakes after a while. First, I am aware and try to improve my habits and when awareness decreases, and habits didn’t thoroughly change, a relapse is only a matter of time. Falling, because … Continue reading

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cars and us

These is a censored compilation of thoughts that accompany my riding in dangerous car traffic. They are especially dedicated to Georgian drivers…   There are guys who can reconcile 3 contradictory things (which I not even one by one could … Continue reading

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Ferry Burgas – Batumi

It took some research made by Athanas, a friend in Bulgaria, to find out that this ferry goes every Friday night and to find the contact. www.burgas-ferry.bg 19 Industralna str, 8000 Burgas Email: rivanov@portbulgariawest.com The information was that “you check … Continue reading

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Motivation

…has two meanings here: Why do that? And: How to help to go on when this first question becomes relevant?   The first, the “why?” starts with my last, similar journey. As my brother, Markus, is living in Sydney I … Continue reading

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to-do-list

wild camping: first postponed for some reason, done once. to be continued. asking sb for permission for setting up the tent. feeding dogs when they hunt me as a surprise. taking more pictures in the right moment, instead of being … Continue reading

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Shopping with a fully loaded bike waiting outside

As I needed new batteries I went to a supermarket and what can you do when you are alone? First I hoped to see a couple, one of them waiting outside while the othe would go in, but there was … Continue reading

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bike & body

When you do a bike trip normally one part sends signals first, the one that meets the saddle. But where else can you feel that you are biking? Lets start from down to up! Depending on what kind of shoes … Continue reading

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First time testing the Bambuk trike in Bühl/Germany (August 2016)

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