Rose-Marie started to Bike to Work: her findings...

Gazing out of the office window at the fifth floor, I can nearly see my home... This fact often made me consider the idea to come to work by bike. It would improve my condition without a supplementary time investment in sport.
Many obstacles prevented my thoughts from turning into action...Which route to take? How to organize? Are there facilities for cyclists? And especially...What about my condition? My condition was really poor.
Eventually a colleague convinced me to put all my hesitations aside and to try it out. The first time I "bikepooled" with a cycling colleague. It took me over 55 minutes to conquer a steep climb and to cover the 11 km to the office...
Today, about a month after that difficult start, I obtained a certain routine which facilitates considerably my organization: I decide to bike and to prepare everything the evening before so that I can leave early in the morning and am not tempted  to take my car.
It is still difficult, but I am improving: I am now in 45 minutes at the office... Still more important than time is that my body is boosted by this regular exercise. After all that's why I am doing it for! I feel good!

Encouragements from Dixie Dancercoer and Sam Deltour!

Dixie Dancercoer and Sam Deltour cross fingers for a successful challenge in August. Here, straight from the heart,  is what Dixie wrote:

"Met plezier wil ik een hart onder de riem steken van de mensen die zich geëngageerd hebben om de fiets als transportmiddel te gebruiken op weg naar Sirius. 

Ondertussen hebben jullie al begrepen dat open bloedvaten niet alleen een open mind opleveren, maar dat elke vermindering van CO2 een zeker sukses is.  Geen discussie, geen twijfels, het is telkens weer een persoonlijke overwinning in functie van een gezonder habitat!

Dat het weer soms roet in het eten gooit, dat weten we allemaal.  Maar maak de volgende bemerking:  jullie zijn niet alleen, en als het moet, probeer je je maar in onze kleren te steken als we op expeditie op ELK moment van de dag de kou moeten kunnen plaatsen, op de juiste manier bekampen, eigenlijk aanvaarden als een kleine handicap.  Het ga jullie goed!"

Dixie 

Belgium by Bike!

The beautiful side from our country you discover as cyclist!
In Wallonia there are the RAVELs. Those cyclepaths along rivers or former railways are often the shortest connections between two cities. Motorised traffic isn't authorised.
In Flanders you can compose your own route by connecting different nodes and following the arrows.You won't have the shortest, but certainly the nicest road with few traffic.

Discover on the links below the unknown cyclepaths near your home: you might decide to come by bike to work!

Ravels in Wallonia


"Fietsknooppunten" in Flanders

A Bid for 6000 K in August...

4 Months of preparation should culminate in a genuine challenge during the month of August. Biking  in one month  the equivalent from what Dixie and Sam will do during their expedition: 6000 km without motorized assistance... Just rely on nature and your own physical power. It will be a challenge... Also for us...
Somehow August is a good month: biking to work brings you in a real vacation mood! There is much less traffic and hence the perfect moment for starters to take up the challenge!
Together we are able to reach the goal. In May we already reached the 6000 k although it was in perfect circumstances. Let's show Dixie and Sam that we support their efforts by succeeding in our particular challenge!

Oxygen on the bike! Read Madani's testimonial.

Madani lives on 4 km from the office. Biking to work is less than an effort since it goes slightly downhill. "The return is more difficult, but the climbing effort empties my mind so that I can pay all needed attention to my family once arrived at home". This is necessary because his daily task is very demanding.

Often he works off-site so that he lacks the benefits of biking to work. "I really miss those precious moments of coming by bike when I work in Luxemburg." He is a fervent adept of cycling and for sure he will take care that his little boy one day will discover on his turn the beauties of cycling.
"Yes, of course that I am a cycling ambassador: I try to motivate my colleagues and now during the holidays they have no excuse anymore to try it out!"

No excuses anymore...Try and bike!

One of the classic and very reasonable arguments not to come by bike to work is that the kids must be dropped at school. The holidays are therefore an excellent moment to dust off your cycling skills, to oil your chain, inflate your tires and to leave your car at home.
Your kids will admire you for that and will want to copy you! Who knows that one day that you will bike together with your family to school and to work?
This is how the world eventually will Move Green!