The Metzeler Karoo 4 tires became available from March 2022. After some thousands of kilometers on Karoo 3 they weren’t my first choice. Far from. Although Karoo 3 had surprised me in some unexpected ways, they had plenty of shortcomings. And these floated to surface as the tires got more worn down. Mostly it was…read more>>
Improvements
Michelin Anakee Adventure review & first impressions
Michelin Anakee Adventure was introduced early 2019. As reviews appeared it seemed evident that Anakee Adventure was a tire to be had. But how good are they? Naturally I had to find out. The tires from last year were almost done. So my BMW R1200GS Adventure was fitted with a set of the Anakee Adventure….read more>>
And then there were two…. (motorcycles)
It’s hard to find motorcycles or motorcycle types that works (well) for everything. August this year the solution to the challenge presented itself in a beneficial way. I’ll come to that but first…. What the market wants The Adventure segment is completely dominating the motorcycle market today. Reason simply being, demand. More and more people…read more>>
2017 Summer Adventure Part 4, Poland
I had a eastern Germany adventure back in the 90s, and also traveled through the country. That was not long after the fall of the wall. 20 odd years ago indeed a different experience of the country (now region). Buildings, apart from governmental or public ones, looked run down. As if the proprietors were…read more>>
2016 is history, what awaits us in the new year?
A year is history, you find yourself at the doorstep of a new year once again and (potentially) wonder, so what’s up for the new year? Pointless pondering or good exercise? If however, you ask yourself how many of past year’s bigger events you would have guessed as we left 2015, I am pretty sure the answer…read more>>
Interval ergometer pedaling, one month+ of experience
It’s been about 2,5 months since I first wrote about my not so cheerful experience buying a techy ergometer bicycle. We know how it is, sometimes when buying stuff things do not always go as planned. You might be unlucky, and get something faulty. Such is the beauty of mass-production. No one made any protests (as if that would…read more>>
Staying fit, interval training, Fitbit Surge
We all know it’s a good idea to pay attention to health, or “the status of the physical holster”. There’s no need to go scientific to realize, no need to read product declarations to comprehend, count calories or carbohydrates to measure, that lots of things we put in our mouth, more so in the western “civilized” world, is bad for our health….read more>>
WordPress performance and improvements (1)
Since returning to WordPress early 2015 I’ve spent quite a bit of time with it. Sinking my (in-) competence into its realms, code and standards. It quickly became evident something had to be done to improve performance. I started writing all in one post but quickly realized I’d be testing peoples patience. So therefore I had…read more>>