BaltiCCycle news (English) 2010/02: Meet BaltiCCycle on the ITB in Berlin!

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Dear BaltiCCyclists!

Sorry... Here once again the newsletter in the RIGHT LANGUAGE :-)

well, I wouldn't call it spring, yet, but while the temperatures rise above Zero, snow is melting and I even see several cyclists a day... so ... hope is not far away.
And from now I will use a new separation:
* First come "events in the future" starting with the nearest events (I hope, you don't mind if I repeat them, when we come closer)
* Second a review of past events and news (articles in the press, so funny or interesting reading).
The texts links refer usually to local language...

So... happy readings

From Lithuania
Yours
Frank "Frankas" Wurft

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1. Future Events

2009-02-26 Critical Mass Cyclists Demonstration all over Lithuania

After the CM (around 19.30) there will be a small meeting of the Vilnius Cyclists' Community in the Velo-City office in Bernardinu Str. 10 in order to discuss plans for the future, specially how to take influence on the policy of the municipality

18 val. (6 p.m.)
Vilnius (Katedros aikštė) - Klaipėda (prie PPC “Big”, Taikos pr. 139)- Šiauliai (prie Dviračių muziejaus, Vilniaus g. 139) - Panevėžys(Laisvės aikštė, prie fontano) -< span class="Apple-converted-space"> Visaginas (aikštė prie “Hansabanko”, Veteranų g. 5) - ~~(&sc aron;iuo metu nevyksta Palanga~~ - Kėdainiai (Rinkos aikštė) - Alytus (Rotušės aikštė) - Mažeikiai (Senamiesčio parko stadionas)
18.30 val: Marijampolė (prie parduotuvės “Liuks dviratis”, Kauno g. 59)
19:00 val.(7 p.m.)
Kaunas (Miesto sodas, prie Muzikinio teatro) - Jonava (prie parduotuvės “Iki” aikštelė, Chemikų g. 1)
more: www.dviratis.lt (the real address is often rejected by "Spam" filters)

BaltiCCycle on the world's largest tourism fair, the ITB in Berlin

The BaltiCCycle Partner Saulius Ružinskas (Klaipėda) and Frank'as Wurft (Vilnius) have the honour to present news on active tourism in the Baltic States.

Baltic States press conference ITB 2010
**Place: Press conference room Halle5.3
* Date: 10th of March 2010
* Time: 16.00 - 16.45 Uhr

Saulius Ružinskas (Baltic Bike Travel Klaipėda) and Frank'as Wurft (BaltiCCycle.eu Vilnius) will be available Hall 18/ on the Stand126B

There you may also get some of the most popular cycle maps and descriptions!

We share a stand with Best Western Hotel Vilnius, but probably will be almost always around. Anyhow best to contact us in advance.

New in 2010!

free city bicycle tour „Welcome to Vilnius“
PDF flyer (English) online available here
The canoeing adventure – from €45 per day and person, PDF flyer (English and German here
Cycle Travel database… booking a cycle travel is as easy a online shopping:more here:

2010-03-13 Meeting of Cyclists on/concerning the www.euroroute-r1.de

here an announcement about it in German:

Quelle: Forum www.euroroute-r1.de
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Liebe R 1 Radlerfreunde !

Eberhard und Wilfried wünschen allen R 1 Radlern einen guten Rutsch in das Jahr 2010, verbunden mit den besten Wünschen für Gesundheit und persönlichem Wohlergehen.
Wie schon in einem Beitrag angekündigt, laden wir alle R 1 Freunde zu einem Treffen in die Lutherstadt Wittenberg ein:
Termin: Sonnabend,d. 13. März 2010, in Wittenberg -Arthur-Lambert-Stadion.Beginn: 11.00 Uhr.Lageplan des Stadions unter: www.tsg-Wittenberg.de im Internet.
Für Quartiere und Verpflegung ist jeder selbst verantwortlich Vorschalg für Übernachtung: Jugengherberge,Cranachherberge,Schwarzer Bär,Hotel Goldener Adler oder Wittenberg-Information: 03491/498610, wo günstige Pensionen erfragt werden können.Wittenberg liegt am Schnittpunkt vom Europa-Radweg und dem Elberadweg.Themenvorschlag: Erfahrungsaustausch mit Vertretern von Wittenberg-Touristik Stadt und Kreis (Koordinierungsstelle für den R 1 in Sachsen/Anhalt), Stadtbesichtigung. Themen zur Ausrüstung: Fahrradhaus Kralisch.Anmeldung unter:E-Mail: Wilfried-Gaertner@gmx.de. Für alle Teilnehmer entstehen außer Übernachtung und Verpflegung keine weiteren Kosten.
Ihre/Eure Meinung ist gefragt?
Herzliche Radlergrüße aus der Lutherstadt Witttenberg
Wilfried
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2010-03-19 Workshop the "BaltC Sea Cycle Route EuroVelo No. 10" in Klaipeda, Lithuania

On March, 19th a international workshop “EuroVel" route Nr. 10” - Results and perspektives for bicycle tourism" is about to happen in Hotel Amberton (widely known as Hotel Klaipeda) in Klaipeda. After the one-day conference there will be a workshop with representatives of all Baltic Sea countries more here...
English language information on request

Our window to the past ... Say ... past events ...

2010-02-23

Attention - bicycle !

Interview with the boys of the bicycle repair shop "veloklinika" in Vilnius
read it here: http://www.ore.lt/article.php?action=get&id=1020162

2010-02-22 - Kaunas: VIIIGeneral meeting of Lithuanian Cyclists' Community (LCC)

Old and new president: Linas Vainius, New council members: Algimantas Balčas, Saulius Ružinskas, Frankas Wurft, Eduardas Kriščiūnas and revizorius Rolandas Liutika.
The LCC members confirmed the 2010 action program, adopted the new LCC statutes etl al. more: http://ldb.dviratis.lt

2010-02-21 Female cylist did not survive after beeing hit by a car
About 5 a.m. a 25 year old Audi 100 driver hit a 33 old woman, He hat 1,95 promille alkohol in his vains.
http://kauno.diena.lt/naujienos/kriminalai/girto-vairuotojo-partrenkta-dviratininke-neisgyveno-264403

2010-02-19 Passing the snow mountains - by bicycle
Article about the MTB Winter competition....
http://www.sekunde.lt/content.php?p=read&tid=62920

2010-02-19 Burn, ticks, burn...
Here the serial sollution to get rid of mosquitos. And do you see the bicycle parts? sure ....

(Pictures of the producer
http://gyvenimas.delfi.lt/timemachine/uodu-sudegintojas.d?id=28894423

2010-02-19 The bicycle is not only a means of transport
funny article in a country where many do not regard the bicycle as a means of transport at all..

Here is an article about the exposition "Bicycle sport in Lithuania" in the forth biggest city Šiauliai. And see, we got famous sports cyclists: Gabrielius Pabijanskas (BMX) and Vilma Rimšaitė.
http://www.siauliaiplius.lt/index/1/4658

2010-02-19 34% more cyclists in the Sea port town of Klaipeda?
As that's what the only real numbers on cyclists in Lithuania say: The Statitics of the ferry from Klaipeda city to the Curonian spit; They say in 2009 there were 190 bicycle carried. See the whole statistics here...

2010-02-19 Vilnius book fair
... presented as well the picture book "Lithuania on the Shilky way" of the cyclist Valentinas Kabašinskas - pictures from the BaltiCCycle tour from Greece to Beijing.

2010-02-18 15 years on bicycle paths in Panevėžys
Find the whole report here..

2010-02-18 presentation of the Czech documentary AUTO*MAT

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=303159639180
trailer: http://vimeo.com/5711736

2010-02-17 Bicycle without spokes
Surely this article about an invention of students from Yale university is available in other languages as well... my source:http://klaipeda.diena.lt/naujienos/mokslas-ir-it/sukurtas-dviratis-su-stipinu-neturinciu-galiniu-ratu-263713

2010-02-15 New sports in Britain: Underwater cycling

šaltinis:http://tv.delfi.lt/video/CWLJ8lbs/

2010-02-14 Reinventing the bicycle
Here an article about the "Copenhagen Wheel" which has a lot of extra "Apps" as some people use to say today.... modeliui).

Source: http://www.elektronika.lt/news/electronics/21578/

2010-02-14 MTBF winter cross...
MTBF žiemos krosas
more:www.mtbf.lt/ziema2010

2010-02-12 Marcel Duchamp. "bicycle wheel" 1913.

Well here the question, whether cyclists are educated-cultivated and so on...
In the area of google I found in an article the definition of "Ready made art", which was first uses by Marcel Duchamp using "usual, daily things" for art...
Source - article in the "West Express" Slidžių žygyje gimė postmodernistinio meno čiurkšlė

2010-02-09 Half a year crossing desserts by bicycle
Articles about Doctor Valentinas Kabašinskas, expert on accupuncture ....
apie tai skaitykite internetiniame kelionių portale "Kelionių manija"
ir dienraščio "Respublika" straipsnyje "Lietuvos pėdsakai Šilko kelyje"

2010-02-08 Even in times of crisis ...
Vilnius city municipality still wants to realise it's "city bicycle project"
daugiau skaitykite "15 min."

2010-01-31 Quarrelling the bicycle path...

Just I have been last year to the town of Kupiškis in Northern Lithuania.
This year I have to read that maybe land ownder will not allow the construction of the planned bicycle path .
...daugiau skaitykite straipsnyje iš "Kupiškėnų minties" Aukštaitijos Internetinės Naujienų Agentūros svetaineje "aina.lt"

2010-01-29 Tourism Information Centre Anykščiai tries to raise image with "Supermarket bicycles"

... for rent... At least they understand the (non)value
iš "AINA.LT"

2010-01-28 Smuggeling Cigarettes by bicycle
Nemuno ledu aštuoniolikmetis vežė dviračiu
(picture by the border guard)
On the border to Russia the border guards really caught an 18year old carrying 2000 packages of „Saint George Light“ over the frozen river Nieman (Nemunas, Memel)

15min.lt

2010-01-27 City can't solve the conflict of the bicycle path in Klaipeda
Finally the conflict between cyclists and pedestrians arouse because after reconstruction there was no space left for pedestrians on the side walk, now they do not want to get the cyclists back on the road, because there they "would disturb the car drivers".
Ech ......toliau "Vakarų Eksprese"

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