How can it be when two people plan a training program so they are capable of riding the 850 k’s on their city bikes from Haarlem in the Netherlands to Untersiggenthal in Switzerland – that it just keeps on raining. In March and April we cycled regularly doing several 50+ days. We cycled out on [...]
It was last Sunday. We were well rested, and the effects of this spring seemed to have lessened a bit for us both. It was nearly a great day – this Bison hunting day. We left home reasonably early, and as we always do we took clothes for the rain, and clothes for the wind. [...]
Dutch News in English posted this story, which is certainly worth a read The bike was returned forthwith – after much angst and tv coverage and so on – but I am not telling you anymore – go and read the news. What an outcome. Fantastic work Pakistan.
Official figures show a dramatic reduction in the number of bikes stolen in the Netherlands last year. The Dutch are well-known as a nation of cyclists and bike theft causes much irritation. Just over half a million bicycles were taken in 2009 compared to about three-quarters of a million in 2006. This is down to [...]
