Recently, the official route for the Eighth edition of the Transcontinental Race was officially presented. You are a beauty and the same time, a beast. In advance of the presentation, I spend some pondering on the best possible route for my personal ambitions, hoping the organizers would read my mind. Thankfully, the route features a […]
The past few days I sat down and thought about the next installment, Part 11 of “The Road to Transcontinental Race”, here at Gravel Cyclist. I gave thought to a recap of my Torino-Nice Rally experience towards the end of 2019, because during the year I learned so much about motivation from memories. To this […]
Cinamon rolls, coffee, burgers, and pizza. It’s the offseason. During my last training rides, I thought about this part of the season. Putting the bike into the corner, having a good sleep at my leisure, and some random sporting activities. But like every off-season, after one week off the bike, I began to miss it. […]
It’s the end of September, the season that never started has come to an end. In Part Eight I mentioned, I may have some good news regarding this article, Part Nine of MY ROAD TO TRANSCONTINENTAL RACE 2021. After a hard and dusty mountain bike marathon race, I made it. I am the new German […]
It´s not the first time I am writing a small review of one of my bikepacking adventures with my 3T Exploro. But this time it´s a special one. Under normal circumstances, Part 8 of my ROAD TO TRANSCONTINENTAL here at GravelCyclist.com was planned as a review of my first participation at the Transcontinental Race. Due […]
Time is moving quickly. Last time I wrote about my upcoming bikepacking adventure. This time around I’m at the halftime of this journey. Currently, while writing this post, I am sitting in a small coffee bar at Zillertal in Austria. Due to really bad weather, I have to rest for one more day because at […]
The rollercoaster is still going on, but firstly, the good news. On the 11th of June at 5 O’Clock in the morning, I began the longest ride of my lifetime, 430kms. Starting off in rainy conditions wasn’t too pleasant, but after two hours of riding the sun came out and I met two of my […]
Hello again, it´s Seb, back on my bike, and back on my road to Transcontinental Race 2021. The past weeks were a roller coaster for me but now I’m back on top of things. My rehabilitation from a knee injury was difficult, sitting around, see all the other guys riding their bikes and realizing the […]
