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Remember when I arrived in Freiburg to attend #Spezi2026 and the hotel I booked through Booking.com told me they'd given my reserved room to someone else?
This is even worse because there wasn't even a human worker there to tell folks they had been scammed.
How Booking.com Fails Tourists Right Now
Futuristic bikes at the SPEZI 2026 - the largest special bike show on the planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsAqa4sRVmA #Spezi2026 #BikeNite #Velo #Fahrrad
Even though the hotel I reviewed did well, I did point out the racks were inadequate & it would be to their advantage to improve them before next year's #Spezi2026
I think I knew about the Pony 4 when I was trying to decide on a quadricycle to buy, but I think perhaps the cost was an impediment at the time or maybe just getting it to the US during the pandemic supply line issues...
I took a test ride of one at #Spezi2026. Unfortunately, the boom wasn't adjusted well for me so I wasn't getting full extension of my legs. Still, it seems like a good quad and with Velove no longer selling to the public...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6nm4VF2689w #Recumbent #BikeTooter
Spezi 2026-Radical Designs has New Fabrics/Colors & More
I didn't spend a looong time looking at this booth, but the bags looked good to me and were definitely of interest to me given that Ortlieb no longer makes its recumbent line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYXAL5rPdoE #Recumbent #Trike #BikeTooter #Spezi2026
Spezi 2026-AZUB Bikes w Honza Galla
Laid Back Bike Report finally go their #Spezi2026 uploads up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9I7VkdKbYA #Recumbent #Trike #BikeTooter
@rand @ascentale @bikenite Yeah, my experience at #Spezi2026 in Freiburg was surprising that way. When I arrived in Freiburg late at night, I had to switch from train to tram. I wanted to pay and couldn't figure out how. No one offered to help me. I was expecting the stereotypical German rules-bound enforcement, but no one was enforcing the ticket rule.
The whole time I was there, I saw no ticket-checkers.I think the attitude probably *is* that it's better that ppl be on pubtrans than drive.
SPEZI (spezialradmesse)
Some minutes in, he exults over the ICE Sprint handcycle and says it's the best he's ever tried.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IKsq78wjsA #Spezi2026 #Recumbent #BikeTooter #Handcycle #Accessibility #Disability
@ascentale @bikenite A8. I couldn't upload that much from #Spezi2026 when I was still on the move. So now I get to choose one to post in answer to the weekly photo cue.
Spezi is the best cycle show I've been to, besting even the Recumbent Cycle Con I attended 10 or so years ago. Great opportunities for disabled cyclists, but also plenty of abled cyclists enjoying the spectrum of what's available in human-powered and e-assist vehicles.
A wild ride of magic and fun at the 2026 Spezi bike show
I knew Grin was supposed to be at #Spezi2026 but I didn't see them in the exhibitors' list and didn't run into them in my 2 days there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5mC2PxdPW0 #BikeTooter #Ebike
SPEZI 26 - Resumen de la Spezialradmesse Freiburg
"Te traemos nuestro resumen de la Spezialradmesse 2026, que por primera vez se celebra en Friburgo y en un recinto ferial típico de nuestros días
Todo tipo de bicicletas especiales de dos, tres y cuatro ruedas, con y sin carenado, de todos los tamaños y formas... una feria de novedades en todos los formatos y para todos los perfiles."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjx6ISRW2M4 #Spezi2026 #Bici #BikeTooter #CargoBike #Recumbent
Camping at SPEZI 2026
Oh, I'm glad someone posted a video of the camping area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk06gX46p0Q #Spezi2026 #BikeTooter #Velomobile
Got this at #Spezi2026.
Wish I had taken more, as I was told I could.
I also wish I knew who originally designed that logo. I don't even know if it was originally designed for CM, but I've seen it around for about 15 years. #BikeTooter #Erlangen #Fahrrad
@ascentale @bikenite A8. I have loads of photos from #Spezi2026 to go through. I love the demountable trailers that Hinterher makes. #BikeNite
@olifantenbaer
Ich hoffe ja, dass es irgendwann wieder zurück nach Lauchringen geht.
OK, Freiburg war wunderschön, aber Lauchringen als Sonderfahrradfest ein Gedicht.
#Spezi2026 #Spezialfahrradmesse #Freiburg #Lauchringen #SpeziFreiburg
Ein paar Zeilen von meinem Besuch an der #spezi2026 https://blog.dasrecht.net/2026/04/29/spezi-2026-spezialradmesse/
When I said there was Just about everything at this year's SPEZI i was not exaggerating
Also at #SPEZI2026 I met Darren Sables who introduced me to this brilliant (pun intended) rechargable visibility device.
It telescopes down to pocket size and would work on wheelchairs, bicycles, and velomobiles
Wir waren mit einer kleinen Gruppe auf der #spezi2026 Spezialradmesse in Freiburg. Wahnsinn was es alles gibt. Und auf der Teststrecke gab es viele leuchtende Augen.
@Nicovel0 There was a bamboo bike guy there (I think informally, not renting booth space). Had a couple and was letting at least one guy I saw ride one.
Dr. Bamboo, I think. #Spezi2026
Schwalbe makes Marathon Plus tires for wheelchairs!
A company to add to the few who are making car racks for recumbents, including mixed loads of uprights and recumbents.
Another entrant for the innovation prize at #Spezi2026 (they chose the winner by audience vote by 3pm today but I haven't seen the results yet).
I talked to the inventor yesterday, not even knowing he was not just a product purveyor. He formerly worked for Carla Cargo and saw a niche he thought needed addressing. This cycle trailer can convert to a handcart and has a motion sensor to follow what/who's towing it, among other features. https://goodmotion.de/
Alphorning in on the action at #Spezi2026
Years ago, when there were no folding recumbents on the market, Juliane Neuss invented and sold an after-market kit for the Brompton to convert it into a folding recumbent. I bought one (and lost it in the move).
She went on to found junik and they were at #Spezi2026 Didn't see the woman herself, but she's still innovating to help fulfill niche needs.