Winter ride

Last Sunday I went for a ride in the forest. The weather was nice and there was a lot of snow. I was very excited because this was my first real snowy ride this winter.

My excitement turned into a struggle to move forward in the big and wet snow. I was moving as fast as a snail :).

As i got I out of the forest the view was great. On one side of the hill there was a big cover of fog in the valley, on the other side there were some nice hills covered with trees and snow.

awesome white rim :)

I didn't want to go back in the forest because I was very tired so I decided to go home on the tarmac. Just before arriving home I had the idea to climb the hill above the city.

The view of the city was worth climbing the hill. after that I arrived home with my ice pedals and wet clothes from a lot of sweat.

Pictures from the Bicycle March

I've participated in the Bicycle March two weeks ago. It was almost like a Critical Mass...
It was smaller and more civilized than a CM but I think it was a good start.

(More about this in Romanian here)

Flower bike

I saw this bike in front of a flower shop:

I wanted to take another picture with nobody in the picture but I managed to get my finger in the pic. I hope I can make another picture soon. I was looking for the bike today too but it was in the shop, they didn't put it out :(

Update: I saw the bike again and this time I took some better pictures:

Critical Mass

Last Sunday another Critical Mass was organized in town. This was the biggest so far, about 1500 people showed up. It was a nice ride through town and even the black clouds left when it started. The organizers can still improve their skills (more about this in romanian here).

I made a lot of pictures which you can find on Picasa here and on Facebook here. I also posted a video on Yotube with a kid who pedaled 18 kilometers with just a little help from his father:

See you at the next one :)

Bikes in Berlin

There are a lot of bikes everywhere in Berlin

You can see a lot of bikes used for commercial purpose

Cool bikes to rent

in action

You can read about the solar powered bike rentals here.

First road bike road ride

Last Sunday I went out with my road bike for the first time this year. It was very warm, spring is just around the corner :) 

 It was a fun 40 kilometer ride with five other bikers. The wind was strong in some places but that didn't ruin the fun. After 20 kilometers I turned back and rode a time trial to home. 

Last year I bought a CST tire to ruin on the trainer and I have that on the bike. I don't know how good is the tire because I didn't ride on the edge, I'm still getting used to the insane speed of the road bike :)

new CST tire

Spring is almost here

Stats:

 - time: 1:34:23

 - distance: 40,93 km

 - average speed: 26 km/h

 - maximum speed 56 km/h

Berlin here I come... again...

Next Tuesday I'm flying to Berlin for a few weeks. I found some pics on my hard drive which where left unpublished and they are perfect for this post :)

beer bike

tho bikes

rickshaw

horse and carriage

horse and carriage and a rickshaw

interesting bike

multi-rider bike

rent a bike

bikes made in Romania

cool carrier bike

Best of 2011 in pictures

Looking at these pictures put a smile on my face, 2011 was a beautiful year:

winter forest

frozen view

muddy shoes

racing on ice

racing in mud

speed

snowing

b&w

faster

jump

downhill

critical mass

climbing

descending

we won

happy

the mud

more mud

too much mud

the church

the joy of finishing

let me go

faster

the picture of the year

beautiful finish line

the best view

finished

on the mountain

always higher

winter again

snow

one wheel