Germany in Spring 2021: During the lockdown which has been in place for months, all cycling events have been canceled. But the guys from the Mainz cycling club have improvised to ride their CTF individually. The German so-called CTF (cross country rides) are perfect for gravel bikes. In recent years, the CTF Mainz has always […]
At the end of 2020, when only a few gravel events took place, the organizers of the Nibelungen gravel ride invited riders to their traditional “Nikolaus Gravel Ride”. However, the weather conditions were not suitable to encourage mass participation. But, 12 hardy, weatherproof and water-resistant gravel riders came to the start in Worms (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). […]
During the abbreviated gravel season for 2020, my highlight was undoubtedly the Greffelründsche (the name comes from a German dialect and means “Gravel around Frankfurt”), a 303-kilometer long gravel race around the metropolis of Frankfurt! Almost 100 riders were registered for the event, but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, participation was adjusted to factor in […]
Translated from German: Usedom is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second-largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea. It is situated north of the Szczecin Lagoon estuary of the Oder river. About 80% of the island belongs to the German […]
One of the few gravel events that took place in Germany in 2020 was, besides the Nibelungen gravel ride, was the Odenwald Odyssey by the guys from the “Flare Bike Festival” from Heidelberg. Almost 100 gravel cyclists checked into the Cafe Fahrstil clubhouse on a sunny Saturday morning in mid-September. For each participant, there […]
After our trip to Spain with the gravel bike was canceled due to the corona pandemic, we decided to travel off-road across the Netherlands. We started our gravel expedition in the small German pilgrimage town of “Kevelaer” near the Dutch border. It helps that I know the area from my first 400 and 600 kilometer […]
2020 sees Europe in the grip of Coronavirus and most cycling events have been canceled. There are some lesser-known events such as the Nibelungen gravel ride in Worms, that took place under the strict control of the Coronavirus directives on July 3 and 4. The proceeds of the event benefit the children’s arm of the […]
Hanse is the name of the association of North German merchants between the mid-12th century and the mid-17th century, the aim of which was to promote free trade and common interests abroad. The first cities to form a covenant were Lübeck and Hamburg. Other coastal cities such as Lübeck, Hamburg, Bremen, Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund, Greifswald, […]
