This one is for my friends in NY

Thanks to and by Amsterdamize

A great movie (1:32) about Paris Roubaix, 1976.

First of all I want to congratulate him with the birth of his second son. And knowing him he’s probably called Junior II

But as you know Vincent and myself were at the UCI BMX Supercross World cup at Papendal this weekend. And damn that shit is so cool. Those guys and girls were flying.

But afterwards there was a party and because we like a beer every now and then, we went there. And although we didn’t know what to expect, we said to each other, if only we meet one of the Colombian guys our evening would be great. Why a Colombian you might ask…. Well here comes Felipe back again. You should know he was the National Colombian BMX champion (for a couple of times I believe) back in the days before he moved to the US. So naturaly we were cheering for the Colombians during the race (and the Dutch of course).
We went there and met a couple of great guys and girls like Ivo van der Putten, Bas de Bever and Manon Valentino (damn she is so cute with here dreadlocks). And a lot of local hero’s like Woeste Willem, no Facebook page but I found a clip. But still no Colombians that is until we saw a table in the back with some ‘South American’ looking guys. We went to them and asked if they know the Colombians. And yes they were the Colombians. We started a conversation (not completly sober) and there was one realy nice guy, Carlos Oquendo! We had a really nice conversation with the guy. And of course we talked about Felipe and according to Vince Carlos knew him, he said Felipe was a great rider but they never rode together. So it was great meeting him. *picture*

And to you my friend (Felipe) I hope everything is great for you and your new born son and that we meet soon! And don’t say, who is that guy in the picture on the left, it’s still me but without dreadlocks.

And to complete this post a couple of clips from the helmet of Carlos Oquendo, thanks buddy!

And he also rides downhil!

I’m on my bike to see the World Cup BMX race at Papendal (my backyard). And it’s probably gonna be more spectacular then this movie.

Not only I have lost my second mother this week….
I have also lost another hero Jan Derksen (dutch), king of the ‘Sur place’.
RIP jan!

Will always love you mom!

I got this e-mail yesterday from Phil (from the LooPedalers, Bochum in Germany) asking us if we wanna join them for a ride from Arnhem to Nijmegen. It’s on a short notice, I know but we meet tomorrow (saturday 14 may)  at 13:00 Kerkplein here in Arnhem.

Daniel is a dwarf bicycle courier living and working in Barcelona. One quite normal hot sunny day, a chance meeting and an act of kindness help Daniel take stock of everyday preconceptions.

“Daniel needs to deliver to the 33rd floor of a tall office building. Yet, he only takes the elevator to the 26th floor, and climbs the remaining seven floors on foot. Why?”

A beautiful little movie!

By Bryan Derballa