Wednesday, September 24, 2014

A European visit today

     Today a cylclo tourist stopped by our shop to have a look. His name is Dirke and he is travelling across America by bike with his wife who is working on a photo project. They are from Germany.  He was gracious enough to let me take a few photos of his bike and converse about cycling. His bike seems  well equipped for a cross country tour and I wish him all the best on his journey. The pedals he had on the bike really stuck out to me. It was a design I had never seen before. They are made by BUIS out of Berlin, Germany. They utilize a sliding (side to side) platform with coil springs on either side of the pedal body.
 
Here is a link with a lot of info and a video explaining the benefits BUIS PEDALS! Interesting idea. Dirke said that they have been working well for him so far on his tour. Safe travels and thanks for stopping by!








3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's the pseudo rack over (around) the rear tire? I've never seen anything like it and I can't figure out what it does (not a rack, not a fender). Do you know? Thanks

bikeville said...

it held his panniers, from what I gathered, it was a kind of custom set up.

Dirk said...

You will find more info under www.urbix-Berlin.de. Infos for the Pedal under www.bioconform.com. Tanks for the nice blog.
Dirk