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Closing day in november	November 14th, 2011
Due to a course the M5 shop will be closed on november 29.

Yet another nice image from the 14000 km/8700 miles M5 Tandem trip from Reims, France to Beijing, China	November 6th, 2011


Short visit to Apeldoorn ...	November 2nd, 2011
Moekkôkèn's maiden race
Photo above: A.v.d.Lee Photo below: W. SchermerDuring one hour record attempts at Omnisport in Apeldoorn, the brand new carbon bike Moekkôkèn (Dutch dialect for "Want to have one too") was first ridden by builder and rider Bram Moens from M5. Conclusion: The bike is incredibly efficient (read: "fast"), but the propulsion was not working at maximum power output... In itself that's not surprising given the short run-up period. Barely five weeks ago Bram decided to establish a dual purpose: a) The fastest possible bike, based on a two-year old drawing. b) Start training for the first time in five years. Concerning part b: let's plan a second chance during spring 2012. Gives a bit more time for a more extensive training programme.After all Bram is only 55... Short movie of A.v.d.Lee is shown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=43ASt9Ge6nY >>


A highly remarkable project	September 2nd, 2011
14000 km or 8700 miles on a M5 recumbent tandem from Reims (Fr) to Beijing
Here you can read everything about this unique project from Anne Salaun & Benjamin Stoll! www.biketoschool.fr


Superb results M5 participants Paris-Brest-Paris	September 1st, 2011
Robert Carlier on a M5 CHR fastest Dutch participant on PBP 2011
You may have already checked out the finish times of the contesters, but the results are spectacular. Robert Carlier did the 1230 km in exactly 53 hours, meaning an average of 23,2 km/h, every single hour! Perry Stoel and Theo Homan (on Thys Carbon rowingbike) finished not far behind in a really fast 56 hours, 22 minutes (21.8 km/h) Peter Rijk (74 hours, 13 minutes), Andrew Heard (Australia) 83 uur and 25 minuten and Rob Stricker (89 hours, 37 minutes) set another pair of good finishes. Also good news: Andreas Koerner (45), one of the many German clients with an M5 Carbon High Racer (with tail fairing) has set the yet fastest time with 52 hours and 39 minutes. With 25000 km per year, Andreas can be considered an M5 rider that covers a rather large distance over the years. The result was that Andreas and also Robert proved to be faster with their unfaired bikes, than Hans Wessels, who was riding a Quest! Arthur van der Lee, the unmatched North Cape specialist, did not finish the race, contrary to previous reports (he stopped at 320 km). Main reason was the excessive amounts of rain, which Arthur really dislikes.... Jaap Bouman also had to stop after 760 km, because his scheme was no longer feasible.

Closing day in november

Yet another nice image from the 14000 km/8700 miles M5 Tandem trip from Reims, France to Beijing, China

Short visit to Apeldoorn ...

Moekkôkèn's maiden race

A highly remarkable project

14000 km or 8700 miles on a M5 recumbent tandem from Reims (Fr) to Beijing

Superb results M5 participants Paris-Brest-Paris

Robert Carlier on a M5 CHR fastest Dutch participant on PBP 2011