Show threadDavid HembrowFeb 5
Second try with the same parcels this morning. The post office was open this time. There was still treacherous ice in some places, such as along the cycle-path in the second photo. But there were not many patches like that which I had to ride over. It's nice to have a studded tyre on the front. It really makes cycling with icy conditions much safer.
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David HembrowFeb 4

This morning began with an NL Alert.

Mobile phones across the country made a horrible noise and woke everyone up at 6:30.

We're too high to flood, so it was either nuclear war, or (more likely) the horrible weather that we were expecting.

It was a Code Red alarm and the weather was worse than had been predicted. No-one was supposed to venture outdoors even walking until at least 14:00 because it was so lethally slippery absolutely everywhere. It was clear even from looking through the window that anywhere that ice could settle was like a skating rink.

This afternoon after the alert was over I packed some parcels, put a bit of salt and grit on some remaining ice on our own driveway, and cycled to the post office. I shouldn't have bothered: they were shut.

Oh well. These customers will have to wait until tomorrow.
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David HembrowJan 24

We have weather warnings for black ice (ijzel) today. I swapped the front tyres on our town bikes so that we can still cycle with a good degree of safety, and then cycled to the city centre for a new hot water bottle (kruik).

https://www.dutchbikebits.com/schwalbe-marathon-winter-tyre
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David HembrowJan 15
Photo from today's delivery run. The parcels in the trailer are all full of bike parts and as always they begin their journeys to customers by bike. Even on a horrible rainy day like today.
Still, I shouldn't complain about the weather. At least it's warm today (about 10 C !) which is a big contrast from three days ago when there was still snow everywhere.
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David HembrowJan 8
Parcels on the the way to customers today. As usual, every parcel of bike parts that we send begins its journey by bike.
I was riding my usual upright bike today. @jhembrow had the good sense to ride her velomobile - which I saw outside the library.
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David HembrowDec 16
Photos from the last few days of cycling around Assen. Sunday's velomobile ride with @TheoZw and @twilwel, today's delivery run for DutchBikeBits.
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Show threadDavid HembrowOct 8

More parcels of bike parts beginning their journeys to customers.

This time I've taken the photo on a cycle-path heading into a tunnel. If I were driving a car I'd be heading toward that traffic light on the left, but the cycle-path goes through the tunnel so I never have to stop when cycling.

This is a good example of how to give cyclists an advantage and make cycling more efficient than driving.

Though I've lived here for a long time now, I still find it amazing that I can use cycling infrastructure of this quality on a daily basis, that it works so well, enabling so many people to ride bikes, and that it keeps everyone safe.
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David HembrowSep 9, 2025

Parcels of bicycle parts on their way to customers. I stopped in the city centre for a bit to take a photo and it was a bit deserted due to the rain starting again.

If you can't find what you need locally, I can send parts to almost everywhere in the world, but there are exceptions.

I can't ship to the UK or US because both of those countries have decided to enforce trade sanctions against themselves.

I also won't shop to any country which has a horrible human rights record or is currently carrying out a genocide. Or both. Don't want blood money.

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David HembrowAug 26, 2025

I'm just back from another run to the post office with parcels full of bike parts.

Assen's cycle-paths make all kinds of journeys easier. This kind of infrastructure really should be everywhere.

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#cycling #BikeTooter #assen #cyclepath #dutchbikebits #biketrailer

David HembrowAug 14, 2025
A few cycling photos from the last week.
Early morning cycling with Judy so we could be back before it got hot. We took a route designed to go past a lot of trees and much shadow.
Taking parcels to the post office for https://www.dutchbikebits.com I usually use my everyday town bike for this. But it's surprising how much it can carry with a few bungies to hold the larger boxes in place.
Collecting bread from a baker needlessly far from home in order to have a nice ride there and back.
Visiting a yacht harbour with @twilwel on our Sunday ride.
#everybikeisacargobike #regel17 #cycling #biketooter #recumbent #velomobile #netherlands #drenthe #dutchbikebits #assenliggers