Anna rents a cargo bike for free

Anna from Cologne, Germany, is happy about the local bicycle association's cargo bike rental service.

The "General German Bicycle Association", ADFC in Cologne rents cargo bikes for free.

Anna's transportation problem this weekend was too much for a folding bike.  She had to go on a one hour bicycle trip to reach her farming plot outside Cologne for the potatoe harvest and for the potatoes' transport back home.

The ADFC cargo bike did a great job.  And the best about it:  It's free.

Here is some technical information just in  case you are located in Cologne and interested in renting.
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.

Weight of  vehicle: 23 kg, transport capacity (including driver): 200 kg 
www.adfc-nrw.de/kreisverbaende/kv-koeln/adfc-koeln-ev.html‎

They did Cologne, Germany, in 15 Minutes

                                                     

                                                 
                                         Photo by Thomas Wolfe, http://www.foto-tw.de


They "did" Cologne, Germany, in 15 minutes. 

 Believe it or not, the other day some friends of mine  from 
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.  

The tour  guide allowed them a stay of exactly 15 minutes - time enough for taking a souvenir picture. If they had brought   folding 
bikes along, they could have seen the historic City Hall as well.

Summer Party of ADFC - Bonn - German Bicycle Club - at Bed and Bike Hostel "Base Camp"

Summer Party of Bonn`s Bicycle Club "adfc" 

This year I attended for the first time the summer party of Bonn`s bicycle association "ADFC" in the immediate neighbourhood of the most unusual bed and bike hostel "Base Camp".

The acronym  ADFC stands for 'General German Bicycle Association', which is a nationwide organisation for bicycle lobbying at the various government levels and for the bicycle activities of its members: ADFC Kreisverband Bonn

Independent of the ADFC and just happening to host the summer party, the  singular bed and bike hostel "Base Camp" is located in a former industry hall.  This building is now the  ideal shelter for a variety of vintage caravans that serve as accommodations for the night,  including a sleeping car from a former night train.

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.

On occasion of the ADFC summer party, the author has taken his chance to test the comfort of this famous vintage car, model "Trabant", made in the former GDR.

 

Two friendly and charming guests posing in front of and in their unusual accommodation for the night.
(Photos above and below)

A look inside the tent on top of the vintage car model "Trabant",
also known as "Trabbi"