tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77452720918227294312024-03-13T03:37:33.282+01:00My Folding Bike BromptonA user`s account from Germany: Experiences with a High End Folding Bike
(Miklitz folding)G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-23150992680533176972022-06-12T21:41:00.005+02:002022-06-13T13:24:51.838+02:00Riding on the island of Foehr
It seems we are gradually leaving COVID-19 behind.The month of May was a good
time to take the intercity from Bonn to Niebüll, then the local train to Dagebüll Mole and finally the ferry to the
charming North Frisian island of Foehr. <div><br /></div><div>The island is wonderful for riding your
bicycle. After getting off the ferry I rode my Brompton from Wyk to Utersum on the other end of the island where I had booked my hotel. For one whole week I crisscrossed the network of bicycle lanes with my folding bike.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bumpy Bicycle paths and the tree root intrusion issue</div><div><br /></div><div> Some bicycle paths are in a bad condition because they are really bumpy. Instead of rebuilding these paths, the islanders have simply put up road signs warning of dangerous tree root protrusion. Since some bicycle lanes run parallell to the nicely blacktopped smooth country road, I took the road instead of the bicycle lane. Checking the internet for the issue of tree root protrusions, I found that even the parliament of Schleswig Holstein had discussed it. </div><div><br /></div><div> A Stop in Husum on my way back home I made a stop in the small Nort Frisian city of Husum where fresh seafood sandwiches are sold in the pittoresque port.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-VBrNwxgOFxOW6YWoBwMh_BejUYQyWLX6B4bz3893pAmk0UiImiVmahs03m_mfznNPbCNGHE2DXjqUmhs8DfyPpm6O7crVwrMgpSUnfyXDGq5cbxcVX3bn_A8OwLEIkSY3Q8yrBdM-PMSNt87C-pAqj3gxIGtnO5hCXN6o224PeKFE-qiAdBAw4/s640/IMG_2883.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-VBrNwxgOFxOW6YWoBwMh_BejUYQyWLX6B4bz3893pAmk0UiImiVmahs03m_mfznNPbCNGHE2DXjqUmhs8DfyPpm6O7crVwrMgpSUnfyXDGq5cbxcVX3bn_A8OwLEIkSY3Q8yrBdM-PMSNt87C-pAqj3gxIGtnO5hCXN6o224PeKFE-qiAdBAw4/s320/IMG_2883.jpg" /></a></div>
And finally, after riding Deutsche Bahn, I cannot let you go without a picture which illustrates a detail of the deplorable service which this train company has become notorious for.
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G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-82302580088016194012015-10-09T23:01:00.000+02:002015-10-18T23:58:09.437+02:00Bicycle Rail Trail Korbach - Edersee<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">All we wanted to do was to try out the new 27 kilometer long bike
rail trail from Korbach to Buhlen which is almost at Edersee (Eder lake)
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<span style="font-size: large;">After we had spent some time in the center of Korbach where we met a group of protesters against the dislocation of wind turbines in the region, we had to look hard for the beginning of the bicycle trail, which we finally found at the south end of the town. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Korbach - Buhlen rail trail deserves the praise it has received since it was opened in 2013. We greatly enjoyed our ride on the trail. For good detailed information on the trail I recommend this</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But now back to the <b>issue of wind turbines</b>. When we were north of Korbach we saw many wind turbines scattered over a formerly beautiful mountain landscape.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In the village of Massenhausen which is a suburb of the former residence city of the Prince of Waldeck, we saw a wind turbine scratching the village border and annoying the people who live there. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In the city of Korbach, we met even active protest. Members of a citizens protest group proudly presented their banner against the dislocation of wind turbines in their home town:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From a bicycle tourist point of view, wind turbines are spoiling the view of a beautiful landscape.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But our protesters had a stronger argument. In their opinion, energy from wind turbines does not pay.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Economically it makes sense only when government regulations guarantee subsidies that are financed by all energy consumers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We realize that this grass roots protest in Korbach as well as many others in the country are the result of a national energy plan which was adopted in Berlin when the nuclear plant catastrophy in Fukushima, Japan, shocked the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Germany decided to gradually close down all her nucler power plants. The resulting energy loss is to be compensated by electricity generated in numerous wind parks and by solar panels on many roofs. Corresponding investments have been huge. It seems that we can live with the new sight of roofs with solar panels but not so much with gigantic wind turbines milling in residential areas and over beautiful mountain landscapes.</span>G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-19879676679459603832015-09-21T08:16:00.000+02:002015-09-22T11:20:07.808+02:00Anna rents a cargo bike for free<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">Anna from Cologne, Germany, is happy about the local bicycle association's cargo bike rental </span><span style="text-align: center;">service.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The "General German Bicycle Association", <b>ADFC in Cologne rents cargo bikes for free.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anna's transportation problem this weekend was too much for a folding bike. She had to go on </span></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">a one hour bicycle trip to reach her farming plot outside Cologne for the potatoe harvest and for the potatoes' transport back home.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The ADFC cargo bike did a great job. And the best about it: <b>It's free.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Length: 2,43 m, width: max. 59 cm, cargo box: appr. 65 cm long, 47 cm wider appr. 51 cm high, made of aluminium, cover with lock, waterproof.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.adfc-nrw.de/kreisverbaende/kv-koeln/adfc-koeln-ev.html%E2%80%8E" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">www.adfc-nrw.de/kreisverbaende/kv-koeln/adfc-koeln-ev.html</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>They "did" Cologne, Germany, in 15 minutes. </b></span><br />
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</b></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b> Believe it or not, </b></span><span style="font-size: large;">the other day some friends of mine from </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">abroad were on a tourist trip in Europe. Coming from Frankfurt, where they had arrived by plane, they were on a bus trip to Luxemburg for the night. In Cologne they stoppend in front of the Cathedral. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The tour </span><span style="font-size: large;">guide allowed them a stay of exactly 15 minutes - time enough for taking a souvenir picture. If they had brought folding </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bikes along, they could have seen the historic City Hall as well.</span>G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-83554333908367608602015-08-24T13:34:00.002+02:002015-08-24T21:33:09.890+02:00Summer Party of ADFC - Bonn - German Bicycle Club - at Bed and Bike Hostel "Base Camp"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Summer Party of Bonn`s Bicycle Club "adfc" </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year I attended for the first time the <b>summer party of Bonn`s bicycle association "ADFC"</b> in the immediate neighbourhood of <b>the most unusual bed and bike hostel "Base Camp". </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The acronym <b>ADFC</b> stands for 'General German Bicycle Association', </span><span style="font-size: large;">which is a nationwide organisation for bicycle lobbying at the various government levels and for the bicycle activities of its members: <a href="http://www.adfc-nrw.de/kreisverbaende/kv-bonn/startseite-kv-bonn.html" target="_blank">ADFC Kreisverband Bonn</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Independent of the ADFC and just happening to host the summer party, the singular bed and bike hostel </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> "Base Camp"</span></b> is located in a former industry hall. This building is now the ideal shelter for <b>a variety of vintage caravans</b> that serve as accommodations for the night, including a sleeping car from a former night train.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To me, a tent on top of a "Trabant" - the former people`s car in East Germany while under Communist rule - is the most spectacular exhibit and sleeping place for a bed and bike tourist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Four years ago, I went on a trip to Bernkastel-Kues in the Moselle valley. I mentioned a technical shortcoming: in the folding process the chain came off and left me with greasy fingers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a visit to the local museum, I wrote a few words about the great <b>philosopher Nikolaus Cusanus </b>(15th century) who used the words"folding" and "unfolding" in his thinking about God.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span">( "Deus ergo est omnia complicans in hoc, quod omnia in eo. Est omnia explicans in hoc quod ipse in eo.")</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">About four hundred readers klicked this posting, whereas thousands wanted to know about my purchase of the Brompton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the link to this posting which I think deserves promotion:</span><br />
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<br />G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-73969592301161641882015-08-04T16:48:00.001+02:002015-08-06T08:53:02.302+02:00Berlin-Potsdam: Mark the "No-go" zone for cyclists at Friedenskirche<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This sign at the entrance of Friedenskirche</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> in Potsdam`s park Sanssouci</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> is <b>a rare exampleof no go zones for cyclists</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> The park is on the list of UNESCO world heritages.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Unlike the no-go zone around Friedenskirche, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> it offers a bicycle path which takes the visitor</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> to the major sites. Enjoy a wonderful bicycle ride! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> The Prussian king <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" target="_blank">Frederick the Great</a> (1712 - 1786)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> personally planned the park with its two castles</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> a Chinese Tea House and the Bath House.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"sans" =( French) without," souci"= (French) worry</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-25873723748167927792015-08-01T16:22:00.001+02:002015-08-03T22:56:27.516+02:00Guided Bicycle Tours in Berlin<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, nice start for a bicycle tour</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After arriving at Berlin Hauptbahnhof, we took the S-Bahn to Bahnhof Friedrichstraße and started our city walk by passing through the Brandenburg Gate.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When our walk ended at the Gendarmenmarkt, I saw some guided bicycle tour groups and a group on<span class="st"><em> </em>the now popular<em> Segways, </em>which are two-wheeled, self-balancing, battery-powered electric vehicles<em>. </em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="st"><em></em></span>In view of these groups I asked myself how much the city center and the public transport system are attractive for an individual tourist on his bicycle.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remembered my folding bike experience in Paris which I tried to sum up in my posting </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://foldingbike-brompton.blogspot.com/2011/06/in-paris-use-metro-but-ride-your.html" target="_blank">"In Paris ride the Metro, but use your folding bike in Versailles</a></span>".</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As to Berlin, my advice now is: Use your folding bike anywhere. At one single spot in Potsdam, however, when entering the Park of Sansoucis, you may stumble over a "No Bicycle" sign. More about this in my next posting.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some photos from my visit to the center of Berlin.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Luxury Hotel Adlon <a href="http://www.routeyou.com/de-de/location/bike/47390544/fahrrad-fahren-rund-hotel-adlon-kempinski-berlin-ubersicht-uber-alle-radwege" target="_blank">Cycle tours around Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin</a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Humboldt University</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Konzerthaus Berlin at Gendarmenmarkt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guided Bicycle Tour in front of Schiller memorial - behind: Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frederick II. (The Great), King of Prussia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On my last trip to Berlin I took the photos of this posting and I saw the guided tours.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<br />G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-47300748243723250752015-07-29T22:10:00.000+02:002015-08-03T11:08:43.631+02:00Berlin VW Showroom: Fashion Designed Electric Folding Bike<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Volkswagen AG has a showroom in Berlin, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unter den Linden, near the Brandenburg Gate </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">where some of the latest modelsof their cars</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> are exhibited. We spotted this design of</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> an electric folding bicycle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lable reads:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"BIK.E (E-Bike)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The bike is powered by electric motors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This all-electric bikecan hit a maximum speed of 12.5 mph.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The range is 12.5 miles,which means that it can be used</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> for short distance rides (for example from the parking space</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> to the front door of destination). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weight is44 lb. The battery used</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> in this folding bike can be recharged."</span></div>
<br />G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-64359267695883511902015-07-12T23:11:00.001+02:002015-07-16T16:11:55.981+02:00On the Lahntal Bicycle Trail from Dietz to Lahnstein<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From Diez to Lahnstein: 50 km. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> The train goes once per hour.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Good to know for the return trip. </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road forbidden for any vehicle - just open for cyclists.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quiet landscape near Diez with geologically interesting rock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Until in the fifties farmers used to load grain onto boats with this system.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun shielded cycling under roofs of green</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Railway Bridge across the River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Balduinstein Castle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For some kilometers cyclists have to share the road with car drivers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you follow the former towing path at Gleinau you will cut off<br />
a few steep and tiresome kilometers on the road. However, the <br />
trail by the river is narrow and demanding. Very romantic, though.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For a couple of kilometers the path is romantic and difficult to ride.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a few kilometers on the road the cyclists get their own lane again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entering the village of Obernhof you cannot miss the vinyards.<br />
This man is probably enjoying his Riesling or Spaetburgunder<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two recumbent e-trikers are leaving after they have helped me fix a puncture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monastery Arnstein (1360) near Obernhof/Lahn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nassau, former residence city</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Castle of Nassau</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Central Spa Hotel at Bad Ems<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sculpture of Russian Tsar Alexander II<br />
who used to meet the German emperor in Bad Ems during the summer</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sporting dresses in the fashion of the 19th century in Bad Ems</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the sluice, waiting for the door to open</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming out of the sluice, while passenger boat is waiting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inviting mermaid on a mural painting at the famous<br />
"Wirtshaus an der Lahn" of which drinking song<br />
verses have been rhymed for centuries<br />
(Lahnstein) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where then river Lahn flows into the Rhine you perceive Castle Stolzenfels<br />
(19th century), formerly the summer residence of Prussian King Wilhelm IV<br />
located opposite Lahnstein on the left side of the Rhine </td></tr>
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<br />G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-90593776371035008272015-07-12T20:56:00.001+02:002015-07-16T07:22:45.782+02:00Tire flat - recumbent e-trike cyclist fixed it<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> This friendly recumbent e-trike cyclist fixed </span> my<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Brompton's flat tire on the <a href="http://foldingbike-brompton.blogspot.de/2015/07/on-lahntal-bicycle-trail-from-dietz-to.html" target="_blank">Lahntal-Trail</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I wheeled my Brompton to a terrace cafe and asked</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> if anyone had a flat tire repair set. The 3 wheeler</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> got up, handed me his repair set - plus pump - and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> when I started to fumble at the flat back tire of my </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Brompton, he gave a skilled hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> His Recommendation:</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Use Puncture Proof Tire </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> "Schwalbe Marathon Plus"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> "If you want to prevent punctures, you should mount</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> the Schwalbe Marathon Plus," he recommended. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> After ten minutes</span> the repair job was done and the man got on his<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> electric trike . Wheeling off he said "Good bye, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> and have a nice trip!" - "Thank, thank you, " I answered,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> "you came to help me just like one of the yellow angels</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> of our German autmobile club 'ADAC'."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> A big friendly smile was his answer.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> See also my posting</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://foldingbike-brompton.blogspot.de/2011/09/flat-tire-brompton-pssssss.html" target="_blank">Flat tire - Brompton pssssss</a></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-2793664048722235922015-06-30T00:15:00.000+02:002015-07-08T20:21:25.800+02:00 Schloss Diez: Canoe trip - use Brompton for cycling back<div>
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G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-75730451476298207372015-06-18T22:33:00.001+02:002015-06-30T00:25:36.670+02:00Friends on the Ruhr Valley Bicycle Trail<span style="font-size: large;">I have just received a note from friends who did the Ruhr Valley bicycle trail starting in Winterberg.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Unlike my posting of August 2013, they show many nice photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This one of the Ruhr spring</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">at the beginning of the trail in the Winterberg mountains was missing in <a href="http://foldingbike-brompton.blogspot.de/2013/08/winterberg-where-ruhrtalweg-begins-and.html" target="_blank">my posting.</a></span><br />
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<span id="goog_102495704"></span><span id="goog_102495705"></span><br />G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-82148229208122635382015-06-03T15:58:00.001+02:002015-07-08T20:45:23.446+02:00June 3, European Bicycle Day<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On occasion of the <b>European Bicycle Day June 3rd </b>some interesting facts have been highlighted</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> in a posting of the student magazine "eMAG online" at the University of Augsburg:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> "There have been many who tried to invent something</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> close to our modern
bike (like Leonardo da Vinci),</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> but it was actually a German (<b>Karl Drais</b>)
who got a patent</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> for it in 1818." and</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> "The biggest collection of bicycles can be found in the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Bicycle Museum of
America in Ohio, more precisely in a </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> nice little town called New
Bremen,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> founded by German immigrants." </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> (Text: Tamara Kögel) <a href="http://emag-augsburg.de/?p=2588" target="_blank">Go to eMAGonline</a> </span>G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-74052857440617450552015-04-25T18:56:00.001+02:002015-07-06T23:32:38.752+02:00Riding a Brompton in Malaga, Spain: "A Magical Metamorphosis of the Ordinary"<span style="font-size: large;">During my visit of Malaga, Spain, this spring I experienced <b>"The Magical Metamorphosis of the Ordinary"</b> when visiting the Picasso Museum. The quote is from a famous article by the Picasso critic Eric Gibson. (see link)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Malaga I checked some possible rides with my folding bike.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Arriving by car, you may find a free parking space on the coastal road some kilometers south of the port. From there it is a nice Brompton ride on the <b>beach promenade</b> and by the port into the <b>city centre.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Malaga has a <b>facebook group</b> of Brompton enthusiasts: <a href="https://es-es.facebook.com/bromptonmalaga">Malaga Brompton Comunidad</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On our way to the <b>Picasso museum</b> we saw several Brompton riders in the streets reserved for pedestrians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a link to the museum' s web page featuring a <a href="http://www.museopicassomalaga.org/es/obras-seleccionadas">selection of impresssive pictures</a> by Picasso.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Browsing the internet for Picasso, I found this <span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;">on <b>the aesthetic experience of folding the Brompton:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: large;">"So you can fold a piece of
paper into a crane? That's nothing! Watch as my bicycle turns into a satchel-sized
modern sculpture! See the wheels nestle together like the eyes on a Picasso!" <a href="http://www.bikereader.com/contributors/Ainsley/japan.html">Rob Ainsley, Brompton rides in Japan</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, when speaking of Picasso, no bicycle enthusiast will go by without knowing the artist' s <b>famous 'bull's head'</b> made of bicycle parts to be seen in the <b>Picasso Museum of Paris.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For taking an informed <b>online look at the famous sculpture,</b> I recommend </span><span style="font-size: large;">this article </span><span style="font-size: large;">in the Wall Street Journal </span><span style="font-size: large;">by art critic Eric Gibson: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703551304576261042931202326">"A Magical Metamorphosis of the Ordinary"</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> By the way, if you are interested in riding your Brompton in Paris, see also my posting <a href="http://foldingbike-brompton.blogspot.de/2011/06/in-paris-use-metro-but-ride-your.html">In Paris use the Metro but ride your folding bike in Versailles</a>.)</span><br />
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G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com1Bonn, Germany50.73743 7.098206800000070950.576526 6.7754833000000705 50.898334000000006 7.4209303000000713tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-70383623630544444802014-05-21T00:24:00.001+02:002015-04-22T07:26:21.272+02:00On A Jewel Bicycle Trail Into Germany's National Park "Kellerwald-Edersee"<span style="font-size: large;">On occasion of visiting relatives in the pittoresque village of Ellershausen (Frankenau) my daughter and I went on a short folding bike trip. Our tour went along a marked bicycle trail into the beautiful valley of the Lengel brook. Formerly there were five mills in this dale. One of them is now a highly recommended country inn with good food and accommodation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It prides itself for the surrounding peace of nature, for the beauty of an unspoiled landscape at the south end of Germany's national park <a href="http://www.nationalpark-kellerwald-edersee.de/">'Kellerwald-Edersee</a>', and last not least for a much noted literature festival held annually in spring.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to place a link in my text because this country inn really stands out. Any foldingbike friend with a bent for literature and creative work will find it great and inspiring. If you are a passionate blogger, the inn's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">owner may grant you a specia deal available only for artists and writers with a certain reputation.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.baerenmuehle.de/">Bährenmühle, Ellershausen (Frankenau)</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">After a nice hike through the forest we passed the Huguenot village of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisendorf_%28Frankenau%29">Luisendorf</a>, which my French friends may find especially interesting. About two hundred years ago, refugees from France (Huguenots) who were persecuted for their protestant Christian belief founded this village and built a church. Up to the late 19th century the French language was spoken there from the pulpit. No surprise that still today some family names in this area can be traced to their French origin.</span><br />
<span id="goog_918161984"></span><span id="goog_918161985"></span><br />G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-20797696211817204082013-08-05T00:25:00.004+02:002015-06-25T22:32:48.012+02:00Winterberg, where the Ruhrtalweg begins and the clear water of the spring of the Ruhr is refreshing<span style="font-size: large;"><b>From starting point in Winterberg to source of the river Ruhr (Ruhrquelle)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year`s last weekend of July (2013) kept Germany under a suffocating heat wave. We escaped into the mountains of the Sauerland and after a comfortable night in the youth hostel of Neuastenberg near Winterberg, (bed and breakfast at 18.00 Euros) my son and I started on our bikes about ten o clock in the morning to find the entrance to the famous and five star awarded bicycle trail "Ruhrtalweg". Its total length is 230 km, but our goal was Bestwig from where the Deutsche Bahn would take us back to Winterberg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On our way to Winterberg, we met a friendly bicycle family of four who were on an impressive five day cyclinc trip with over night stays in youth hostels. They took us to the train station of Winterberg where the Ruhrtalweg bicycle trail begins. After an exhaustingly steep climb we were comforted by a splendid view over and beyond Winterberg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the elevation of 669 meters we arrived at our first tour highlight, the source of the Ruhr river. Clear mountain water was trickling down a small creek, and the friendly ranger of the hiking trail Rothaarsteig encouraged the boys to go ahead and fill their canteens with water from the spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ranger also informed us that there were plans to change the trail`s route. In the future they want to let the bicycle trail go straight to the spring instead of the hiking trail. That way many more people would enjoy the sight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mostly down hill, green forests and meadows through pittoresque villages</b></span><br />
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The rest of this tour story is easy and fast to tell. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It is a wonderful route, mostly down hill, comfortable to ride, totally green with forests and meadows. There are some nice villages, especially <a href="http://www.sauerland.com/Media/Attraktionen/Rosendorf-Assinghausen">Assinghausen</a> with lots of roses (the locals take pride in calling it "village of roses").</span><br />
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Finally in Bestwig, we used the public transport to be taken back to Winterberg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This first time experience of the initial part of the Ruhrtalweg convinced us that soon another part will have to be explored. No need to mention the nearly perfect indications of the trail and the numerous welcoming inns along the trail.</span><br />
<br />G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-196735141184991172012-11-16T15:17:00.002+01:002013-07-20T18:00:15.276+02:00Brompton folds smaller than the "Dahon MU xl", but how about the new "Tern" from the same folding bike family?<span style="font-size: large;">In every Tuesday edition, the prestigious German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung publishes a section on technologies. This week an article by Daniel Decker stands out. He writes about his experiences with both the well known folding bike Dahon Mu xl and the newly released Tern Verge S11i. (FAZ, T4, Tuesday 13, Nov. 201, Nr. 265)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The author likes either of them. In his view, the <a href="http://www.ternbicycles.com/de/">Tern</a> is an eye catcher, its good quality is visible everywhere. But it does not fold as small as the <a href="http://www.dahon.com/">Dahon</a>, which is a major inconvience when taking it along on Germany`s ICE express train. He finds the quality superior and he is full of praise about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Any Brompton friend, however, will notice, when it comes to folding size, neither the Dahon nor the Tern can beat the Brompton.</span></div>
G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-73400501123560440092012-07-01T23:30:00.001+02:002012-07-08T14:21:21.105+02:00Train Broke Down - My Brompton Made Me Feel Strong<span style="font-size: large;">I took the train from Bonn to Cologne for some shopping. My Brompton was wrapped in the Ikea Dimpa bag. <a href="http://foldingbike-brompton.blogspot.de/2012/06/brompton-folder-fits-in-ikea-dimpa-bag.html">(Recent posting: Brompton folder fits in Ikea Dimpa bag</a>) A bit heavy carrying the bike up and down the platforms, especially the straps on the shoulders! I had a great ride in the central shopping district of Cologne.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But alas! The Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national railway service, had a problem, as so often since it became <span style="background-color: white;">privatized. This time it was a breakdown because the doors did not close. Half an hour of waiting at Deutz. I phoned my family: "Don`t worry, if the delay is too long,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> I will take my folding bike and ride all the way back home." Luckily, this was not necessary.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There was another train. And I met some nice people thanks to the train problem. A graduate student from China was <span style="background-color: white;">going back to Siegen, and another graduate student from Iran was going to visit her relatives in Porz.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Sorry for the poor performanc of our Deutsche Bahn. </span></span>G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-58440160011646923222012-06-25T22:19:00.003+02:002012-06-25T22:19:46.674+02:00Some Weak Points<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Almost a year ago I met a Brompton rider who told me about a handful of typical weak points that I should expect to show up sooner or later after some usage. He was right. Here they are:</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ikea's Dimpa bag is an inexpensive and quite practical sack for transporting the Brompton. This is what some users have reported:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It costs 3.99 US Dollar in the US, </span><span style="font-size: large;">whereas here in Germany, Ikea Cologne is charging </span><span style="font-size: large;">5.99 Euro. The bag`s measures are: </span><span style="font-size: large;">Length: 65 cm, w</span><span style="font-size: large;">idth: 22 cm, h</span><span style="font-size: large;">eight 65 cm.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The transparent bag is made of sturdy plastic material, polypropylen. It comes with zippers that make it easy to pack the Brompton. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So far I have been really satisfied with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kris Ablan in the Philippines has a nice illustrated report about his packing experience on his blog <a href="http://brommieskywalker.blogspot.de/2012/03/ikea-dimpa-bag.html"> </a><a href="http://brommieskywalker.blogspot.de/2012/03/ikea-dimpa-bag.html">"Riding a folding bike around Manila".</a></span><br />
<br />G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-11637733490747337802012-05-28T14:51:00.003+02:002012-05-30T23:50:14.179+02:00Happy Bicycle Encounter on Father`s Day 2012<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">On Father`s Day 2012, </span><span style="font-size: large;">my son and I went on a bicycle tour in the Rhine valley near Königswinter.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIhRC5UphlZAMOP7J6s3DO0CH7acrdG9yEBCnsxlqzYN2EHiOU9JkkFXHvUF5fGL529UARgxo4ayCF9WzQHEOQcL0DAekPTdqwqSvxWSIVoYpGLjPnDAomN3nq7bGLt_LEVcqvuHsjXs/s1600/DSC02528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIhRC5UphlZAMOP7J6s3DO0CH7acrdG9yEBCnsxlqzYN2EHiOU9JkkFXHvUF5fGL529UARgxo4ayCF9WzQHEOQcL0DAekPTdqwqSvxWSIVoYpGLjPnDAomN3nq7bGLt_LEVcqvuHsjXs/s160/DSC02528.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">We met this happy group of fathers on a special fun vehicle for a cycling group which is for rent in the Wied valley. As they were just having a break for an ice-cream when we came by, they bought us our cones of ice-cream, too.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> They were from a local carnival association. Thank you, boys!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-size: large;">Here in Germany, the originally Christian holiday of Ascension Day has lost much of its religious value. By popular observance it has been changed into a Father`s Day, which is a day for men to join in such rough activities as drinking beer, possibly one glass more than is prudent, or going out for a sport or adventurous journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may also go to my last year experience: For Father`s Day: <a href="http://foldingbike-brompton.blogspot.com/2011/05/for-fathers-day-brompton-mounted-on.html">My Brompton folding bike mounted on a Hercules</a> W 2000 motor bike with sidecar - then cycling down from Margaretenhöhe to the Rhine in the Nature Park Siebengebirge at Königswinter near Bonn</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This posting will answer the question whether our two day Brompton Folding Bike tour over 146 kilometers along the river <b>Rhine from Bonn to Koblenz and Bacherach</b> was a good experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before going into details: Why did I take my folder in the first place? Why not a touring bike? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have two simple reasons: first, travelling with my 7 year old son I wanted to be on a small wheeler similar to his children`s bike in order to be at an equal height with him, and second, the folding bike is practical and free of charge when riding the train back home after the two day trip.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein when a Rhine ship is turning into the river Moselle at the "Deutsches Eck" with a statue of Germany`s last emperor William II on a horse</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We stayed in the <b>youth hostels of Koblenz and Bacherach</b>, both located in castles that offer spectacular views over the Rhine. The service was very friendly, the rooms perfectly clean, the beds made upon arrival and the breakfast like in a three-star hotel. The price:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for example Ehrenbreitstein, Koblenz, one night in a two bed room, </span><span style="font-size: large;">with breakfast,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">one adult, one child, 26,50 Euro and 13,25 Euro respectively. (Prices year 2012 - annual membership necessary)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having travelled the route on a folding bike I need to comment on how comfortable the trail is. </span><span style="font-size: large;">To tell you the truth, I have mixed feelings about it. The scenery along the river is beautiful, historic sights, castles and medieval buildings abound. The bicycle lane, however, does not always stand up to the prestigious image of a river valley that boasts its listing as a UNESCO world cultural heritage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a gravel road before Koblenz my <b>folder had a puncture</b> (<a href="http://foldingbike-brompton.blogspot.de/2011/09/flat-tire-brompton-pssssss.html">see also the posting of my first puncture</a>) in the front wheel. A friendly bike shop repaired it at the cost of 14.50 Euros. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In some parts of the trail, the biking lane runs awfully close parallel to a busy road, and the railway line goes by immediately behind the road. On such parts of the route, the noise is considerable. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But there are also parts with wonderful sights and nice places to make a stop. We lunched in a beer garden restaurant outside the city of Koblenz right after the last Rhine bridge. I had a beer, my son a soft drink, I ate a meal that was served in a hot iron pan: fried potatoes with two eggs; my son had noodles with cheese. Both meals were served with a bowl of mixed salad. Total for both of us: 20,00 Euros. <a href="http://www.koblenzer-biergarten.de/speisekarte.php">Link to the menue of Koblenzer Privatbrauerei Biergarten</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Alltogether our two day trip was <b>most enjoyable</b>. The Brompton folder was quite practical, especially when riding alongside my son on his children`s bike. And finally, on our way back home by train it was easy to handle and it was transported free of charge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We would not hesitate to do the trip again, and I will go on using the Brompton on similar tours.</span><br />
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<br /></div>G.Mikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09809307277380301343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745272091822729431.post-25571310558918408752012-05-20T00:36:00.002+02:002012-05-21T12:20:26.288+02:00In support of Greenpeace and their fight to stop the climate change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photo by Konrad Miklitz, Bonn 2012<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, on May 20, 20122, we met our local Greenpeace activists in Bonn as they were collecting </span><span style="font-size: large;">signatures for the protection of arctic nature and for stopping the climate change.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I told them that I am supporting their cause being a folding bike rider who is trying to travel ever more in an ecologically friendly way.</span><br />
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