Carsten Diekmann
@carsten-diekmann.bsky.social
Storyteller | Author & Advisor | Making cycling work for local business
Book (coming soon): Bike-Friendly Business Districts - How to earn money with biking customers
Company: more.than.bended.steel
Kassel🇩🇪
morethanbendedsteel.de
Book (coming soon): Bike-Friendly Business Districts - How to earn money with biking customers
Company: more.than.bended.steel
Kassel🇩🇪
morethanbendedsteel.de
Here’s my offer to retailers:
I’ll pay for the bike racks in front of your store. In return, I’ll receive €1/$1 from you for every customer with a bike as a return on my investment in your store.
I’ll pay for the bike racks in front of your store. In return, I’ll receive €1/$1 from you for every customer with a bike as a return on my investment in your store.
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Here’s my offer to retailers:
I’ll pay for the bike racks in front of your store. In return, I’ll receive €1/$1 from you for every customer with a bike as a return on my investment in your store.
I’ll pay for the bike racks in front of your store. In return, I’ll receive €1/$1 from you for every customer with a bike as a return on my investment in your store.
Only a few hundred* exist, so don‘t be worry if you don‘t know them.
*they believe more in live-acts than in vinyl.
*they believe more in live-acts than in vinyl.
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Only a few hundred* exist, so don‘t be worry if you don‘t know them.
*they believe more in live-acts than in vinyl.
*they believe more in live-acts than in vinyl.
I was worse 🙄
Sorry Ahrensburg.
Sorry Ahrensburg.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I was worse 🙄
Sorry Ahrensburg.
Sorry Ahrensburg.
"Alternative schaffen" bedeutet:
30% der Kundschaft fahren nicht mehr am Geschäft vorbei.
Für 30% fallen die Geschäfte damit aus dem Auswahlset.
www.hna.de/kassel/fahrr...
30% der Kundschaft fahren nicht mehr am Geschäft vorbei.
Für 30% fallen die Geschäfte damit aus dem Auswahlset.
www.hna.de/kassel/fahrr...
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"Alternative schaffen" bedeutet:
30% der Kundschaft fahren nicht mehr am Geschäft vorbei.
Für 30% fallen die Geschäfte damit aus dem Auswahlset.
www.hna.de/kassel/fahrr...
30% der Kundschaft fahren nicht mehr am Geschäft vorbei.
Für 30% fallen die Geschäfte damit aus dem Auswahlset.
www.hna.de/kassel/fahrr...
Ich hatte letztes Jahr angemerkt, dass das Sicherheitskonzept ... suboptimal ist.
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ich hatte letztes Jahr angemerkt, dass das Sicherheitskonzept ... suboptimal ist.
This is a 🖕from the authorities.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This is a 🖕from the authorities.
In German boredom means „Langeweile“.
Literally translated, this means „a long while“ because time seems longer.
I have therefore always seen boredom as a great opportunity to significantly extend my life.
Literally translated, this means „a long while“ because time seems longer.
I have therefore always seen boredom as a great opportunity to significantly extend my life.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In German boredom means „Langeweile“.
Literally translated, this means „a long while“ because time seems longer.
I have therefore always seen boredom as a great opportunity to significantly extend my life.
Literally translated, this means „a long while“ because time seems longer.
I have therefore always seen boredom as a great opportunity to significantly extend my life.
Why do many urban planners fail when it comes to bike and pedestrian traffic?
The rules are simple. Like chess, I can summarize them in one pages. And a lot planners know them.
But in practice, it turns out: This is the starting point, and we only have enough money to win two, not for three moves.
The rules are simple. Like chess, I can summarize them in one pages. And a lot planners know them.
But in practice, it turns out: This is the starting point, and we only have enough money to win two, not for three moves.
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Why do many urban planners fail when it comes to bike and pedestrian traffic?
The rules are simple. Like chess, I can summarize them in one pages. And a lot planners know them.
But in practice, it turns out: This is the starting point, and we only have enough money to win two, not for three moves.
The rules are simple. Like chess, I can summarize them in one pages. And a lot planners know them.
But in practice, it turns out: This is the starting point, and we only have enough money to win two, not for three moves.
Classified ad:
I am looking for a car-centric retailer who is interested in buying my fax machine.
I am looking for a car-centric retailer who is interested in buying my fax machine.
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Classified ad:
I am looking for a car-centric retailer who is interested in buying my fax machine.
I am looking for a car-centric retailer who is interested in buying my fax machine.
White stuff It’s lying around in the garden. 🥶
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
White stuff It’s lying around in the garden. 🥶
The great thing about cats is that anyone can say that about their cat and it‘s all true.
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The great thing about cats is that anyone can say that about their cat and it‘s all true.
Hann. Münden
A small town in Germany, overlooked by the Royal Air Force.
A small town in Germany, overlooked by the Royal Air Force.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Hann. Münden
A small town in Germany, overlooked by the Royal Air Force.
A small town in Germany, overlooked by the Royal Air Force.
The cat hates early sunsets.
In reality, I hate early sunsets, but I project it onto the cat, hoping that her cuteness will garner me more approval.
In reality, I hate early sunsets, but I project it onto the cat, hoping that her cuteness will garner me more approval.
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The cat hates early sunsets.
In reality, I hate early sunsets, but I project it onto the cat, hoping that her cuteness will garner me more approval.
In reality, I hate early sunsets, but I project it onto the cat, hoping that her cuteness will garner me more approval.
Is this bicycle infrastructure?
Yes of course.
When it comes to bikes, you have to think outside the box. The bicycle is the vehicle of spontaneity. Fast and agile.
But when you have to queue for 10 min. at the checkout for flour, sugar, and eggs, the spontaneity is lost, and I don’t get any 🍪.
Yes of course.
When it comes to bikes, you have to think outside the box. The bicycle is the vehicle of spontaneity. Fast and agile.
But when you have to queue for 10 min. at the checkout for flour, sugar, and eggs, the spontaneity is lost, and I don’t get any 🍪.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Is this bicycle infrastructure?
Yes of course.
When it comes to bikes, you have to think outside the box. The bicycle is the vehicle of spontaneity. Fast and agile.
But when you have to queue for 10 min. at the checkout for flour, sugar, and eggs, the spontaneity is lost, and I don’t get any 🍪.
Yes of course.
When it comes to bikes, you have to think outside the box. The bicycle is the vehicle of spontaneity. Fast and agile.
But when you have to queue for 10 min. at the checkout for flour, sugar, and eggs, the spontaneity is lost, and I don’t get any 🍪.
Is this bicycle infrastructure?
Yes of course.
When it comes to biles, you have to think outside the box. Even more than weight, the volume you can carry on a bike is limited.
Retailers who offer the option of leaving bulky packaging at the store allow me to buy more.
It’s a win-win situation.
Yes of course.
When it comes to biles, you have to think outside the box. Even more than weight, the volume you can carry on a bike is limited.
Retailers who offer the option of leaving bulky packaging at the store allow me to buy more.
It’s a win-win situation.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Is this bicycle infrastructure?
Yes of course.
When it comes to biles, you have to think outside the box. Even more than weight, the volume you can carry on a bike is limited.
Retailers who offer the option of leaving bulky packaging at the store allow me to buy more.
It’s a win-win situation.
Yes of course.
When it comes to biles, you have to think outside the box. Even more than weight, the volume you can carry on a bike is limited.
Retailers who offer the option of leaving bulky packaging at the store allow me to buy more.
It’s a win-win situation.
Its not the way witch define the kind of transportation, its the start and the destination.
📸 @lauragmitchell.com
📸 @lauragmitchell.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Its not the way witch define the kind of transportation, its the start and the destination.
📸 @lauragmitchell.com
📸 @lauragmitchell.com
I demand bicycle racks in every pedestrian zone?
Is that a contradiction, an incitement to disregard pedestrians‘ right of way, or what?
Bikes has a unique feature: you can simply push it.
It’s perfectly fine to take your bicycle into the pedestrian zone and continue your journey after shopping.
Is that a contradiction, an incitement to disregard pedestrians‘ right of way, or what?
Bikes has a unique feature: you can simply push it.
It’s perfectly fine to take your bicycle into the pedestrian zone and continue your journey after shopping.
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I demand bicycle racks in every pedestrian zone?
Is that a contradiction, an incitement to disregard pedestrians‘ right of way, or what?
Bikes has a unique feature: you can simply push it.
It’s perfectly fine to take your bicycle into the pedestrian zone and continue your journey after shopping.
Is that a contradiction, an incitement to disregard pedestrians‘ right of way, or what?
Bikes has a unique feature: you can simply push it.
It’s perfectly fine to take your bicycle into the pedestrian zone and continue your journey after shopping.
If no oil is extracted within your city limits, every gas pump pumps money out of your regional economy.
Bicycles and pedestrians keep the money circulating.
Bicycles and pedestrians keep the money circulating.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If no oil is extracted within your city limits, every gas pump pumps money out of your regional economy.
Bicycles and pedestrians keep the money circulating.
Bicycles and pedestrians keep the money circulating.
The same in Kassel.
However, only in the upper part of the city. The snow line runs right through the middle of the city.
However, only in the upper part of the city. The snow line runs right through the middle of the city.
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The same in Kassel.
However, only in the upper part of the city. The snow line runs right through the middle of the city.
However, only in the upper part of the city. The snow line runs right through the middle of the city.
More bollards than people wouldn’t be so bad. But just bollards...
Creating lively places and pedestrian zones is an art. It doesn’t always work.
But there are rules of thumb. One is: Narrow is good. Open space is bad.
It needs to look full quickly. People are primarily attracted by other people.
Creating lively places and pedestrian zones is an art. It doesn’t always work.
But there are rules of thumb. One is: Narrow is good. Open space is bad.
It needs to look full quickly. People are primarily attracted by other people.
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
More bollards than people wouldn’t be so bad. But just bollards...
Creating lively places and pedestrian zones is an art. It doesn’t always work.
But there are rules of thumb. One is: Narrow is good. Open space is bad.
It needs to look full quickly. People are primarily attracted by other people.
Creating lively places and pedestrian zones is an art. It doesn’t always work.
But there are rules of thumb. One is: Narrow is good. Open space is bad.
It needs to look full quickly. People are primarily attracted by other people.
A common problem here since bike racks have improved, but the locksmiths use the same material for the bike rack and the shopping cart box.
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A common problem here since bike racks have improved, but the locksmiths use the same material for the bike rack and the shopping cart box.
Inuit have over 30 words for snow. North Germans have over 300 words for rain.
Today: Graupel
Rain so cold that ice crystals are already forming. But stil wet.
Very unpleasant.
Today: Graupel
Rain so cold that ice crystals are already forming. But stil wet.
Very unpleasant.
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Inuit have over 30 words for snow. North Germans have over 300 words for rain.
Today: Graupel
Rain so cold that ice crystals are already forming. But stil wet.
Very unpleasant.
Today: Graupel
Rain so cold that ice crystals are already forming. But stil wet.
Very unpleasant.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
💯
The bomb from yesterday.
The bomb from yesterday.
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
💯
The bomb from yesterday.
The bomb from yesterday.