©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Another victim of the N+1 rule
“This is my city bike. I am from Frankfurt and this is my first day riding in Brussels and there are a few mountains here and I need the electric bike. I have about five bikes at home. There is a fixie and a fat bike. The fat bike is one of just 100 made Continue reading
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Repurpose your folding bike to another style
“I have been riding since I was a kid and used to be a mountain bike rider, so I suppose going up and down over the curbs and riding this way, I have a skill set I am not really conscious of when I ride. I am a bit faster than most people, I guess, who ride a Continue reading
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Belgium weather is either too hot for a ride, or just right. Wait a day, you will get what you want.
“I am just out for a bike ride, really. Not too hot and the weather is good. I have a small vest on my handlebars, in case it gets cold. I will go up through Continue reading
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Pokemon vantage point
“I have nothing to do today, so I am on my bike playing Pokemon. I do it by bike because I can get from X to Y in Brussels so much quicker that way. I don’t walk.”
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Music player and a wooden log.. and a moment of sunshine
“The weather has turned cold, so you have to take advantage of these moments of sun when you can.”
Notes: The weather has changed. It was so nice, for so long, and then, one day, it just became Continue reading
©fBarry Sandland/TIMB – There can be many reasons for an e-bike ride
“I have a problem with my hip so I bought an electric bike. My doctor tells me riding a bike is good for me, but after an hour, the hip really hurts. So the electric bike helps me get home.” Continue reading
©TIMB- One mountain pass done, so many more to consider. Just look at the mass of racing bikes and spandex around me, and I did it on a clunker I bought on eBay., Long live my legs, I say.
“I made a comment that I would like to ride a mountain ascent from the Tour de France, just to see just how hard it is. Next thing I know, I was at the base of Mont Ventoux. It is long. It is steep. Monotonously steep.”
@Michael Basham- Great roads, great sun…
©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Bike trails with the chance for distance and speed
“When I first got the bike, I reached over to change the gears and I was alongside the curb and I fell and I thought I would never let that happen again. When I fell, my knee fell on my arm and bruised it so badly I had to go to hospital. So my girlfriend, who is really into cycling, said, ‘When we go riding, I got you this. Please put it on’. And so I wear a sling. So doing the ride, people notice the guy is hurt.” Continue reading
©TIMB – It was a cool spring day when we discussed the best of winter cycling in northern Canada. Note the life vest … necessary when you paddle to work from your houseboat before the final bike ride.
“The best thing about winter riding is summertime. No, the best is riding on the lake. In winter there is an ice road. But when the ice is too thin for cars, even where there is no road, you can take a bike. It is thick, but hard for cars to get on.
So the entire lake is mine and it is on my bucket list to bike to Hay River. It is 400k on the road. It won’t be so far if you go straight across. Where cars cannot go – that is the best part of winter cycling.” Continue reading
