What happens when you ride a dented rim

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – One destroyed rim, after riding on a small bubble in the rim.

This is what happens when a rim explodes. I had the smallest ripple in the rim. Nothing new. I have had blips in the rim a few times. I tend to ride until it gets worse. After this, I might

State-sanctioned coffee – the perfect cycling aid

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Start the rider w coffee. There is a better solution for end of rides.

Coffee – an essential. This came from a Katusha ride where the company appeared with their coffee truck. State-sanctioned riding assistance. 

Dry weather gloves and Rule 9: Be a badass

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – These work – they really do. Kitchen mitts for cold weather rides.

These are my winter, dry weather, gloves. They actually are heat resistant for the kitchen – but they are so thick, fingers stay warm all ride. But they are dry weather so, given recent forecasts, they are useless. To all the cyclists out

The climate mantra – from a bike

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – The basic call for change

Limiting climate change to under 1.5 degrees has become a deserved mantra. The steady rise in temperatures is being absorbed, at a massive level, by the oceans. And then

‘Sounding the Alarm’ at Brussels Critical Climate Mass

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Cyclists in protest to climate change through Brussels

“We Are Sounding the Alarm” – Protest banner from the Brussels Critical Climate Mass ride. 

Critical climate mass brings a sustainable protest to Brussels

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Sustainable energy meets sustainable protest in Brussels as hundreds of cyclists called for action to limit the damages of climate change.

Brussels cyclists banded together Nov 18 to protest rising climate temperatures – in a two-wheeled protest that amplified the role cycling can have in a city’s responsible future.

Cargo bike is any bike

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Cargo is just a matter of attitude

“Found the carpet and had to bring it home. And I only had the bike.” 

Frosty rides and the search for gravel

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Country roads within Brussels boundaries.

Morning ride with the boss. Changes of season brings cold snaps and great frost. It also brings cold feet. We were exploring off-road locations in and about Brussels for a photo shoot he has planned. 

Stalen Ros might be the saviour of my vintage ride

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – Stalen Ros and the celebration of cycling’s history

Another year, another essential visit to the Stalen Ros vintage market in Ghent. What struck me this year was, vintage cycling enthusiasm is a male-centric event. A clear 99.9% of those in attendance were male. Not kidding. The obsession with protecting the history physical of cycling remains a male dominated.

‘Be Bright, Use a Light’ campaign

©Barry Sandland/TIMB – A better use for a pair of containers as a cycling tunnel was on offer.

 

Change of season and morning cyclists are seeing darker times ahead. So GRACQ and Fietsersbond in Belgium were offering free lights to the early riders this morning. It is an annual event and a  great advocacy presence for the cycling advocacy groups.