ANA

Ana Ballin is our mechanic, and she's definitely not just lemonade! Like Flash Gordon, she’s a gifted powerhouse who can zip through the workshop vortex at high speed and rack up an impressive number of actions per minute. Always with her hands in the grease (which she doesn’t like) and music in her ears, Ana has a big heart for mechanics. She leads participatory workshops and mechanical training courses for women. Beyond that, she loves the sea, can recommend loads of great books (in a previous life, she was a bookseller), plays football, is learning Spanish, and rides her bike straight over the patriarchy.
ana@molembike.be

Benjamin

Can you live several lives in one? A blend of Flanders and Brussels, Benja, Benjaflor, DJ Mukambo, aka Benjamin Tollet, is both a cycling coach, music journalist, activist, percussionist, radio programmer, DJ, photographer, cultural guide, climbing instructor, and kayaker in his spare time. From the heart of his urban forest in the northern quarter, he is our calm shaman. Proudly donning his adornments, he opens the doors to an in-between world, free from car dominance, where children ride their bikes in a cosmopolitan and joyful city!
benjamin@molembike.be

DALIA

Dalia Umugwaneza is our Head of Administration and Finance. Attuned to her inner world, she embodies wisdom within the team. She admires simple, authentic people who act rather than talk — and each day attempts a heroic feat: stepping back from her ego.
dalia@molembike.be

Delphine

Delphine Metten has about 187 strings to her bow (which she carries in the most peaceful way possible, of course). Our bike instructor and coach, endowed with boundless kindness, is undoubtedly the team member who racks up the most kilometers per week on her bike, from north to south. Whether it's windy, rainy, or snowy, she rides her brand-new Eddy Merckx, a feminist podcast in her ears, and you can be sure that pedaling will put her in a good mood. She recently discovered that she could fix a flat tire, change brake pads, or maintain a wheel hub, and she's been a different person ever since.
delphine@molembike.be

DENIS

Denis is a bicycle mechanic.
denis@molembike.be

Edoardo

Edoardo Luppari, aka Mister MolemB, pioneer and founder, came from far-off Italy with only one idea in mind: bikes! Sometimes he's in the kitchen (coordination, partnerships, finances, team management—that's him), sometimes in the mill (smoothies and the barak à fiets, also him). Legend has it that in 2016, he had an old Koga Miyata implanted in his brain. Since then, he's bike-shaken the calm Maritime quarter, founded a mechanics workshop, and an association. While some call him a "bicycle philosopher," in reality, his militant and visionary speeches are often less digestible than a plate of spaghetti alla carbonara.
edoardo@molembike.be

RIET

Riet Naessens is the hyperactive president of Molembike. Since 2018, Dona Rita has invested boundless energy into sharing her passion for cycling and promoting the "little queen" (the bicycle) among women from the Maritime quarter and beyond. With enthusiasm and a sense of purpose, she leads people around all corners of Brussels and knows the city like the back of her hand!
riet@molembike.be

Romain

Once a wandering pedaller, Romain Lardinois is now well settled into his new life as a bicycle mechanic. He has nevertheless carefully kept his panniers and uses them regularly on his Ottignies–Brussels commute. A great lover of nature, he always has a small anecdote in mind about the living world around us. On the mechanical side, legend has it that he can change an inner tube while explaining how a bearing works — all with his eyes closed and in under 45 seconds. Often you won't understand a thing from the first explanation, but above all: NO PANIC, he will calmly explain it again. The technique is 100% guaranteed!
romain@molembike.be