Mr Hembrow Esq.
No, that's not Mr Hembrow in the photo but it's a photo he took. If you haven't checked out David Hembrow's blog - A View From the Cycle Path - then please do. David is an expat Englishman who lives in Assens, Holland. Besides being a fourth generation basket weaver - producing wicked bike baskets by the way - he is a brilliant bicycle advocate and blogs regularly. Here at Copenhagenize.com you get a bit of big cityness and David really shows how things are in an average Dutch provincal city. Well worth a visit.
David, Marc from Amsterdamize.com and myself jokingly refer to ourselves as The Axis of Wheels in a world dominated by sporty bike websites. We highlight the everday deliciousness of established bike culture in each our own way. Three pillars of normalcy in a world of gear-dependent chaos.
3 thinking out louds:
I prefer to think of you as the Three Wise Men, sharing your gifts across great distances. I've learned so much from the three of you - thank you all!
And please do keep it up! Whenever I show someone your website who is in need of a real bicycle education-- they're always so shockingly shocked to see in people in PLAIN clothes, in PLAIN weather, CARRYING THINGS... ON THEIR BICYCLES.
*Gasp!
Thanks for it all.
Nice...David is hands down the best representation of the every day Dutch cycle life style. Amsterdam gets all the attention, so it's more than a good thing he's around. His stories counter all the nay sayers who say distances, weather and what not are an issue, obstacles. I love his no-nonsense approach to cycling.
The Axis of Wheels, I think we should explore this more in 2009, such a nice ring to it.
@Lynn: you're too kind! :)
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