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Bikes of Dead Ends and Cake 2025
19 June, 2025
Amanda Wishart
Age: 38
Location: Hebden Bridge, UK
Bike: Brother Stroma steel all-road frame, Ere Tenaci wheelset, Conti GP5000 AS TR tyres, SRAM AXS Apex, Hope RX4+ Brakes
Key items of kit: Apidura 2litre Racing Top Tube Bag: full of homemade flapjack and certain tools/lubes. Apidura Frame Pack: Shakedry, arm/leg warmers, extra food, tools. Apidura Saddle Pack: Down jacket, Brian (comfort item, a small marmot). Cockpit: Garmin 1050, QuadLock phone holder, Exposure MaXx-D
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Steel
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Beat Heim
Age: 59
Cap number: 11
Location: Luzern, Switzerland
Bike: Salsa Warbird
Key items of kit: SRAM Red/Eagle; 40T - 10/52T; Schwalbe G-One
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 45mm-50mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Nina
Age: 35
Cap number: 30
Location: Bavaria
Bike: Liv Devote
Key items of kit: Ortlieb Seat-pack, cyclite Top Tube bag, cyclite frame bag
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Electronic shifting: No
Kalyna
Location: australia
Bike: Canyon Grail
Key items of kit: Apidura Expedition Saddle Pack 17L Apidura Expedition Stem Pack 1.3L Apidura Backcountry Handlebar Pack 7L Canyon Fidlock Frame Pack USWE hydration pack
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Electronic shifting: Yes
Roger Stalder
Age: 52
Location: Switzerland
Bike: Canyon Grizl with DT Swiss Spline Grvl 1600, Shimano GRX Front 46/30 Rear 11-42, Assioma Favero Pedals
Key items of kit: Aerobars, Food pouch, Apidura Frame and Top Tube Bag, Salomon Hydration Vest 4l, Topeak Arschrakete (Saddle Pack)
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 35mm-39mm
Electronic shifting: No
Rafaela
Age: 31
Location: Zürich
Bike: Specialized Diverge E5 Comp
Key items of kit: -
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Aluminium
Tyre width: 35mm-39mm
Electronic shifting: No
Sebastian
Age: 43
Cap number: 37
Location: Switzerland
Bike: Koga Kimera
Key items of kit: Maurten Gel ;-)
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: No
Lukas Rathgeber
Age: 35
Cap number: 52
Location: St. Gallen
Bike: Canyon Inflite (L)
Key items of kit: GRX 822, 38mm Schwalbe Pro One, Exposure Toro Mk15 Frontlight, Apidura Framebag, Silca Seatbag. No Aerobars.
Frame type: Other
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 35mm-39mm
Electronic shifting: No
Marcel Buob
Age: 54
Location: Goldach Switzerland
Bike: Pilot SCRAM
Key items of kit: Ortlieb Bags
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Titanium
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 40mm-44mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Martin Maier
Age: 42
Cap number: 43
Location: Switzerland
Bike: 2015 Cannondale SuperSix EVO Hi-MOD Team
Key items of kit: Mechanical/rim brakes Dura-Ace compact (50/34) / Ultegra cassette (11-34) HUNT 36 UD Carbon Spoke CS bearings wheels Blackburn saddle and top tube bags Brooks handle bar bag Exposure lights That's it. Keeping it lean!
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 25-29mm
Electronic shifting: No
Sandra Meyer
Age: 38
Cap number: 5
Location: Bissingen an der Teck
Bike: Focus Atlas 8.9
Key items of kit: Schnelle Gravelreifen, um auf Asphalt gut zu rollen und trotzdem auf Schotter sicher zu fahren.
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 35mm-39mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Johannes Miller
Age: 38
Cap number: 73
Location: Friedberg, Germany
Bike: Ridley Grifn - Shimano 105 group (crankset replaced by GRX for the smaller 30t chainring)
Key items of kit: ZEFAL Top Tube Bag long - Topeak Backloader saddle bag - 2x 800ml bidons - Garmin Edge 530 - GP5000 tyres 32mm wide, with TPU tubes - smallest gears to fit with the 105 group (30/34t)
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: No
Phillip Bader
Age: 39
Location: Unterallgäu
Bike: Stevens Super Prestige
Key items of kit: 32mm GP5000 Swiss Side Hadron Allroad Adapted Gears 46/30 - 11/34 A lot of cyclite bags inkl. Musette Saddlebag stabilizer
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 30-34mm
Electronic shifting: No
Martin Meiringer
Age: 36
Cap number: 76
Location: Austria
Bike: Canyon Grizl with AXS Mullet. 40mm G-ONE RS for having the flexibility to ride the more beautiful gravel roads.
Key items of kit: Lupine front light, radar rear light, lots of food cause Switzerland is not cheep. Big bottles and lots of salt tabs, cause we gonna sweat a bit. No sleeping gear.
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 40mm-44mm
Electronic shifting: Yes
Klaus-Dieter
Age: 52
Cap number: 40
Location: Germany, Ampfing
Bike: Salsa Vaya Gr. 57/M, GRX400 2X11, Carbon Fork, Dynamolight
Key items of kit: Bags from Tallfin and Revelate Design
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Steel
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 40mm-44mm
Electronic shifting: No
Laura Villiger
Age: 35
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Bike: Orbea Orca, Shimano Di2 50-34/11-36, Ergon saddle, Tyres are Conti Grand Prix 5000 32mm
Key items of kit: Mixture of Restrap and Apidura bags, Garmin Edge 1030 Plus, Nitecore Powerbank, NiteRider Swift 500 Front Light, Knog Plus Rear Light
Frame type: Road
Frame material: Carbon
Electronic shifting: Yes
Vincent Muehlethaler
Age: 53
Cap number: 19
Location: Delémont
Bike: 3T Exploro M, Shimano GRX 12v, rotor Qrings Inpower 42T x 9-51. Wheels 3T C28 mounted with Vittoria Terrano zero 47mm. Frame bag and handlebar bag Restrap. Lights : Lupina Blika front
Key items of kit: Happy mind…some music and podcast
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 650b (27.5")
Tyre width: 45mm-50mm
Electronic shifting: No
Saskia
Age: 37
Cap number: 8
Location: Brit in Munich
Bike: Juliana Quincy gravel bike- ol’ faithful, non UCI width handlebars at 36cm. 40mm slicks and 1x gravel gearing..
Key items of kit: Apidura packs mainly filled with food and night time layers. No sleep system, no strategy, let’s just see how it goes
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 40mm-44mm
Max
Cap number: 56
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Bike: Bergamont Grandurance
Key items of kit: Frame bag, food pouch, toolbag
Frame type: Gravel
Frame material: Carbon
Wheel size: 700c (29")
Tyre width: 40mm-44mm
Electronic shifting: No
