Welcome to the Spring Cycling Round Trip! Once again I present selected videos, texts, pictures and podcasts from the world of bike travel and bikepacking. This time with all the info on bikepacking bags, tips for the first overnighter and cycling shorts for women, the best bike chain and a border tour in Scotland. And…
To be honest, I didn’t really consider Focus to have gravel or bikepacking bikes on my radar, but rather mountain bikes and other bikes. But then the Stuttgart-based company, which develops its bikes under Derby Cycle Holding and has them built in Cloppenburg, presented its first gravel bike, the Focus Atlas. Atlas – a pretty…
Recently I listened to an episode of Johanna’s Wonderful Bicycle World Podcast, in which she took up questions from her listeners. One of them was about staying warm and dry on the road. This is indeed a challenge for many cyclists, which is why I would like to share my experiences and tips with you….
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Actually I didn’t want to participate and actually I didn’t plan to ride such a distance in one piece right now. I had rather planned to do smaller 250km laps as part of my preparation for the Silk Road Mountain Race. But then Raphael and his new Orbit360 series came along, starting this winter/spring with…
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Over 1,800 km and 30,000 meters of altitude and just under 15 days to go: that’s the Silk Road Mountain Race 2021. Tobias and I are on it and it starts in 6 months. That makes me as happy as it makes me respectful. Because the SRMR is known as the toughest Bikepacking race and…
Streams and brooks are freed from ice… Who didn’t have to think of this famous line from Goethe’s Faust in view of the weather of the last few days? And I also took advantage of the first real rays of sunshine and the mild weather after so many gray and icy weeks, and got on…
A few days ago I received an email from CXBerlin, which made me aware of a new project: the CXB route planner. This doesn’t sound spectacular at first, but the CXB route planner fills an actual gap, because it is made especially for gravel bikers. CXBerlin is “an independent group of off-road bikers offering events…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my selection of interesting bikes for bike touring and Bikepacking, including the Ritchey Outback. In this context, I also read Martin’s report in his Lifecycle magazine about his experiences with the bike and was very impressed. So I spontaneously decided to ask for a test of the Ritchey…
What started as a kind of training project for Ultra-Distance Bikepackers is now probably our country’s best-known gravel event: With Orbit360, Raphael and Bengt have given us wonderful and equally exhausting cycling experiences this year that have properly challenged experienced gravel bikers and inspired newcomers to the sport. And the lively participation and enthusiasm can…
As you as loyal readers know, I often write about things in my blog that I am currently dealing with and that do not necessarily have to do with a bike trip or a bike set-up. But sometimes they are reflections or thoughts that might be interesting for one or the other of you. At…