At Twotone, we had our 7th Dox Under The Tracks concert series featuring Ella Zirina & Teis Semy on Friday, a bike messenger karaoke alleycat checkpoint on Saturday & local Haarlemmerbuurt legend Iggy's 11th bday party on Sunday!
The weekend before, I was invited all the way down to South Africa by Ciovita to experience Cape Epic, tour their factory & soak in South African cycling culture as much as I could. Check out my stage 6 experience here + Cape Town morning ride & Woodstock Cycleworks shop visit from a week ago here.
All that on the heels of an absolutely radical weekend in Düsseldorf for Cyclingworld which will be expanding to the USA next year!
This week started this morning for me, and I'm spending Thursday on my 34th flight to Florida since 2018 to visit my son & daughter there. Friday morning is 'Ride to School' day at their school & I'm always glad to be there for that. : )
wishing you a great rest of the week,
Jon
p.s. this list of things that don't work made me laugh.
p.p.s. this week's subject line came from this concept to keep a good thing going: avoid the second mistake
Upcoming Events
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April
- 🇳🇱 3rd-26th Super 73 Amsterdam Pop-Up
- 🇳🇱 13th Velocio Ride Series Schoorl
- 🇩🇪 13 & 14 VELOBerlin
- 🇪🇸 18th-21st BBB Aragon
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May
- 🇪🇸 3rd Traka
- 🇩🇪 11-12th Fenderfest
- 🇳🇱 23rd Ebike Future Show Amsterdam
- 🇳🇱 25th Velocio Ride Series Utrecht
Cycling
Official Opening Super73 Amsterdam Pop-Up Store April 5
This Friday in de Pijp, Super 73 is opening a new pop-up! RSVP & swing by!
CIRTOMGB: “Can I ride this on my gravel bike?”
Logan Watts
Lots of 'innovations' launched yesterday and this one from Bikepacking answers an important question. ; )
Düsseldorf or NYC, Cyclingworld is All That Matters
Carsten Wien
This is a great (German) recap of maybe my favorite bike show nowadays! Great side events, public-facing, and accessible for even smaller brands: Cyclingworld represents everything I love about the bike industry, and it's coming to NYC next year May 1-4!
Ideas
On not taking yourself too seriously
The State of the Culture, 2024
The Future Does Not Fit in the Containers of the Past
Friends
Bikepacking Event April 25 2024 - Fjällräven Amsterdam
Workpacking: When an e-Cargo Bike Becomes a Mobile Home
By: Gunnar Fehlau
I loved following Gunnar on this project last year & rad to see him get some international coverage about it this year! Well deserved! : )
21 Bicycle Activities in Roubaix for Cycling Fans
veracycling
Céline sent this through last week as a resource and I've already been sharing it directly with people heading to Roubaix. A great resource!
Radness
Onguza: High-End Steel Bikes Handmade in Namibia
Josh Reid made this 22min film about Onguza a little over a week ago & its worth a watch! ...And if you haven't seen Onguza's recent brand video, do watch that too!
Thank you very much for reading!