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Busy "Fillari" outdoor sports exhibition in Helsinki	March 20th, 2013
Outside minus 20, inside plus 22 degrees Celsius...
It really took off Finnish, several days before the start of the exhibition: we dragged our cardboard bicycle boxes in a raging blizzard from Helsinki central station and reached our apartment just before the packaging fell apart in wet paper mache. Attaching wheels to the boxes proved to be ideal: by means of the unsurpassed duct tape we put little wheels with an axis to one of the corners of each box. We assisted the next Thursday to build up the Dutch Pavilion, which had a nice stand in the corner and a beautiful large auditory next to it. Base colour of the stand and the auditory was... orange, combined with the perpetual tulips! Oh well, as long as the export value of the tulips exceeds the value of recumbents I'd better keep silent about this. The exhibition has a very extensive speakers programme. On behalf of M5 Recumbents Arthur van der Lee enthusiastically reported about one of his Nordkapp trips on the M5 "M-Racer" through Finland. He did his talk twice a day, in English, which is a second native language for Arthur. Compared to the Netherlands, outdoor sport is substantially different in Finland, which isn't really a surprise with a minimum of 7 months of temperatures below zero and the subsequent snow conditions. I noted the largest possible concentrations of people at a demo of skinning a large freshwater fish and at the paper stands of the innumerable golf resort destinations elsewhere in the world. After all, one should be able to play golf the year round... Concerning the opportunities for recumbents: the Finnish, helped with expertise of the local Dutch Embassy, do their best to give bikes its own place in the traffic flows of Helsinki. One strives to an overall 20 percent participation of bicycles in 2020. However, I personally experienced during my bike trips through Helsinki, that the streets show (obviously?) little bicycles at minus 20. While these conditions are applicable for half of the year, 20 percent bike participation may prove to be a real challenge.


Collect them all!	February 18th, 2013
4 remarkable new visitcards of M5
Complete with QR codes on a special background. All images are made by Bram Moens with a Nikon Coolpix P500 camera. Layout: A. v.d. Lee


M5 on "Fillari 2013" expo in Helsinki, Finland coming march	February 7th, 2013
Especially for our Scandinavian audience: Tervetuloa, Velkommen, Välkommen!
On March 8,9 and 10 we will be on the "Fillari 2013" expo displaying some of our models on the Dutch pavilion of the biggest leisure exhibition in Scandinavia. M5 also organises daily presentations about biking with your recumbent through Scandinavia. These will be provided by "North Cape Specialist" Arthur van der Lee.


After sunshine comes....? Right:"Snow!"	January 22nd, 2013
See how to commute in the snow on a M5 recumbent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvFDTNRUdY&feature=youtu.be

Sunny videoclip at M5 in dreary period	January 4th, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZxft-ggQ1c&list=UURYxM-M-VQ-8j18QuL9xjmA&index=7

New version of M5 Shock proof with double 29" wheels and disc brakes	December 29th, 2012
For the new 2013 season we can offer the M5 Shock Proof as a double 29-er! This means less rolling resistance coupled to our most succesfull suspension model. This bike is standard equipped with the foolproof Avid BB-7 disc brakeset. Price of this model with carbon front fork will be € 1963 for non-EC inhabitants and € 2375,- for EU residents

Adjusted opening hours M5 shop during january 2013	December 13th, 2012
Image: Bram MoensBecause of previously announced work on new products, opening hours are going to be adapted in the week before Christmas as well as January E-mail and phone will take place normally in this period. Shop visit after e-mail confirmation only.

Minimalistic mirror	December 7th, 2012
Mirrors on a bike can be very practical but are easy to bend, get loose or vibrate while riding. M5 came with a solution that fades out all these characteristics. We minimised this allready compact mirror even more and just have a look: It's there and it's still functioning! Rotatable in all directions through ball joint.


Latest drawings Triple Carbon Cases	December 1st, 2012
Drawings: Bob VroeghTo keep you updated hereby the latest 3D versions of the upcoming carbon cases


Out now: new bilingual book: "De Nederlandse fiets/ The Dutch Bike" written by Zahid Sardar.	November 22nd, 2012
Renowned design critic Zahid Sardar from San Francisco describes the history of the iconic Dutch bicycle. Ranging from the typical Dutch black city bike up to the newest designer bikes and obviously recumbents too! The book takes off where the Dutch bicycle history begins: around 1866. It shows a great overview of the various bicycle models, bike pictures, special components, etc and ends up with the thriving contemporary expressions of a variety of Dutch bike designs. M5 is well represented with a photo page and a page-sized interview with M5 founder/owner Bram Moens. Publisher: nai010 from Rotterdam, Netherlands. ISBN is 97-8946-208-020-1. The book (€ 18,90 for non EU and € 19.95 for EU ) is available through M5.