The father of Evert, Henk and Dick had three qualities that kept each other in balance: charming clumsiness, professionalism and artistic talent. If he lost himself in artistic dreams, there was always the businessman to bring him back to earth. The three sons each inherited one quality, with nothing to compensate. Cycling to the moon shows decisive periods in the lives of the three brothers who have become artists, policemen and scrap dealers respectively.
