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Dutch National Championships Headwindcycling took place yesterday …

I made some photos … #nktegenwindfietsen#nktegenwindfietsen#nktegenwindfietsen#nktegenwindfietsensfeerfoto’s van het nederlands kampioenschap tegenwindfietsen 2020 – #nktegenwindfietsensfeerfoto’s van...

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9 days left

I used recumbents for many years for my commuting … a few videos made with simple cameras. Unfortunately YouTube took away the nice music … De enige echte Simon Wijnstra Classic ! fietsen met collegae...

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Rims

How long can you continue driving with the original velomobile rims? Today I lost confidence and decided to renew them …

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Cycling ancesters

I think my father (standing right) is about 18 years old when this photo was made… so the photo is about 100 years old! The photo fades away, I tried to get a bit more contrast in it. Nothing is...

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Old videos

David mentioned an old video of mine that inspired him to buy a velomobile as well. As a result, I also saw the old videos again … Quite nice, even though the video technology has improved a lot in...

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commuting with Quest 552

My colleagues Harm and Bram saw me arriving at work in my velomobile and made a video with their mobile phone. Nicely done guys! If I’d known they were recording … I would’ve gone much faster arriving...

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Zeeland

Yesterday I had a nice ride in my velomobile. It was not about speed, but about looking at the Zeeland landscape with the eyes of an “actual” photographer. Many horizontal lines in which vertical...

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my velomobile history …

For years I’ve used a velomobile for my commute. I had a good condition although I was a heavy smoker and used to smoke even while cycling.In November 2013 I quit my job at the Thermphos-site and had...

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My condoleances and respect for this cyclist.

Monday morning, a special funeral procession, with great applause from neighbors, went from Mariahout to the funeral home De Groof in Beek en Donk. Mrs. Diny Verhoeven – Brouwers was brought to the...

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the right of the fastest

This book makes you look differently Thalia has already written some important things in an article (in Dutch). For the time being, the book has only been published in Dutch. I strongly recommend this...

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A sunny Sunday with Quest 552

It was busy on the bike path, but not too busy … and I was in no rush Too bad that the electrically assisted bicycles hit the majority … At Neeltje Jans

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a short ride to see if I still feel my muscles

Today I was briefly in my Quest 552 to let my leg muscles “talk” … They told me that I cycle far too little. I replied that I am now 64 years old and no longer have to win races … I want to relax a...

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the beautiful clouds called for a ride

I am terribly annoyed by all the commotion surrounding the US presidential elections, corona measures, saving the neoliberal economy, exploiting the environment and many other things that are all...

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a ride in the rain

The advantage of a velomobile is that you always have a perfect raincoat around you. However, the downside is that in such a small space, you need a huge wide-angle lens to illustrate that. See...

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I was lucky today

Today I haphazardly started cycling in my velomobile. According to the weather forecast, it would not rain until 5:00 pm, but my entire ride the dark clouds threatened to release their many water...

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a short velomobile ride

I went cycling for a few hours … https://ridewithgps.com/trips/58664693 And when I got home there was still no president of the United States of America. The current one is telling so many lies on...

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a November trip to Burgh-Haamstede

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a cosy ride

Today I took a leisurely ride with Quest 552. Unfortunately, I was hit by a car on the way … no wounds to my body but unfortunately a few tears in my beloved velomobile. I am happy that I was well...

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Another big advantage of a velomobile; Protection!

When we see a velomobile, everyone immediately thinks of a reduction in air resistance and therefore high speeds … But yesterday, for the second time in my velomobile years, I had to experience being...

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Cycle Vision in Lelystad, 2003

Cycle Vision, the annual recumbent bike event organized by the Dutch recumbent association, took place in 2003 in Lelystad. Because of the COVID-19 measures I now started to rummage through my old...

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