Bikes of Dead Ends and Dolci 2025

Reto

Age: 48

Cap number: 71

Location: Muolen

Bike: Open Upper self-built, Campagnolo Ekar 1x13 groupset, Aerycs GCX Terra 40 wheelset with René Herse Bon Jon Pass 35mm Schwalbe Aerotthan tubes, Restrap top tube bag, Cyclite Framebag XT, Topeak Backloader saddle bag, Lupine Rotlicht rearlight and 2x Trek Ion pro rt frontlight

Key items of kit: Bontrager Blendr stem with Wahoo mount and light, for a tidy cockpit

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35-39mm

Electronic shifting: No

Stefan Sueess

Age: 57

Cap number: 46

Location: Zurich

Bike: SUEESS PBBL Titanium

Key items of kit: I ride one of my own titanium bikes—handbuilt, dialed in to perfection. Being a frame builder, I know what it takes to create a machine that performs. The bike’s ready. Now it’s just up to my legs and my mind to match it.

This Gravel bike performs beautifully on both pavement and gravel. And with titanium’s perfect blend of stiffness and flex, it’s the go-to material for bikepacking adventures.

Key items of kit: - FO.GOODS handmade drybags, harnesses and half frame bag

Custom Purple THE STALKER lighting system with built-in usb charger, powered by a son 28 hub dynamo.
Shimano GRX 810 drivetrain (36 x 11/46)
CHRIS KING headset and bottom bracket
PANARACER Gravelking SL 43mm
RITCHEY beacon wcs dropbar
WAHOO ACE 

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40-44mm

Electronic shifting: No

Thomas Brunner

Age: 54

Cap number: 61

Location: Basel, Switzerland

Bike: Open Wide

Key items of kit: 38x50 Gear, Redshift Suspension Stem, Dinos in the bag 🦖

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 650b (27.5")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Thibault RAYNAUD

Age: 34

Location: Lausanne

Bike: La piste Sauvage

Key items of kit: Campagnolo levante with RH manastach tyres Shimano GRX pimped with 11-46 cassette Brooks leather seat Restrap frame bag Etc

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40-44mm

Electronic shifting: No

Ariane Richter

Age: 51

Cap number: 2

Location: Berlin, Germany

Bike: SOUR Purple Haze with SRAM Force AXS 38 and 10-52, Duke handbuilt wheels by velo.local, 44mm tubeless Tufo Thundero, Redshift Suspension Stem

Key items of kit: BAGS: Restrap Frame Bag for electronics and food, Food pouch by ena.bags for more snacks or 1 bottle. Resupply vest by albion with 2l water and room for warm clothes for the mountains. LIGHT: SON Ladelux, Lupine Piko helm light and Lupine rear light.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40-44mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Thomas Link

Age: 51

Cap number: 70

Location: Esslingen am Neckar

Bike: Ritchey Outback, DTSwiss GR1600 wheels, GRX800 with 48-31/11-36 gears, Continental Terra Trail 45mm tires

Key items of kit: Mixed set of bags by Zéfal, red and Profile Design: Saddlebag, Framebag, small top tube bag, food pouch. Busch & Müller Ixon Space front light, small Sigma rear light. Keego bottles. Enough clothes to layer up in the cold. Some energy bars and a bag of gummy bears.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Sylvain Follonier

Age: 44

Cap number: 32

Location: La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland

Bike: Enve MOG, Sram Red Crankset 38T, RD Eagle XX 10-52 cassette, Sram Force brake, Zipp 303 Firecrest, Rene Herse Oracle Ridge 48 f and Hurricane Ridge 42 r.

Key items of kit: Tailfin aeropack cargo (this thing is huge.. contains sleeping bag & pad, bivy, puffer jacket and other small items) and long top tube bag (lamps, multitool, power bank, wallet, ..) Wizzard work partial framebag (rain jacket, spare tube, electric pump, powerbank and cables). Home made feedbag (bars, gels, biberli, wipes, ..) I got rid of all the side and front bags to see how it would behave. Set-up might be a bit rear heavy but lets, see.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Laura Villiger

Age: 35

Cap number: 13

Location: Solothurn

Bike: Grizl CF 7, Shimano GRX 40/10-51, Specialized Power Pro Mirror saddle, Tyres are Schwalbe G-One RX Performance 45mm

Key items of kit: Mixture of Restrap and Apidura bags, Garmin Edge 1030 Plus, Nitecore Powerbank, Supernova M99 DY Pro Front Light, Knog Plus Rear Light

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Titanium

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Stefanie Maurer

Age: 33

Cap number: 10

Location: Zuchwil

Bike: Grizl CF 8 Di2, Shimano Deore XT Di2 40/10-45, Schwalbe G-One RX Performance 45mm

Key items of kit: Apidura bags, Supernova M99 DY Pro Front Light, Supernova E3 Tail Light 2

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Tobias Reischle

Age: 52

Cap number: 33

Location: Munich

Bike: CURVE GRX aka Kevin

Key items of kit: All bags EVOC Prototypes. SEATPACK ULTRA 4 TOP TUBE PACK 1 FRAME PACK3 MULTI FRAME PACK 0,7 GPS Coros Tires Pirelli Cinturato M Shifting/Brakes Campagnolo Ekar

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Günter Hansinger

Age: 43

Cap number: 34

Location: Austria

Bike: Norco Threshold

Key items of kit: Apidura Framebag Ortlieb Saddlebag M Restrap Toptubebag

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 35-39mm

Electronic shifting: No

Jonas Klock

Age: 41

Cap number: 60

Location: Berlin

Bike: Cicli Bonanno Handmade in Berlin

Key items of kit: Homemade framebag Salsa handlebar setup Onxy hub Sram Apex Axs - Eagle GX mullet 38 - 10/50 gear ratio Acros Wheels Bivo bottles

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40-44mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Bastian Bukatz

Age: 49

Cap number: 63

Location: Würenlos (Switzerland)

Bike: It’s a stock Rennstaht 781.

Key items of kit: Replaced chainwheels with 28/44 and cassette with 11-36, mounted aerobars and attached a Tubus Airy rear rack.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40-44mm

Electronic shifting: No

Howard Brundrett

Age: 60

Cap number: 73

Location: Basel

Bike: Time

Key items of kit: Ortlieb saddle bag, Vaude handle bar bag, Apidura frame bag

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35-39mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

David

Cap number: 56

Bike: Ritchey Outback

Key items of kit: Lupine lights, 52 cassette, Tailfin frame bag, merino hat and down jacket for the night

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Moritz Kreilinger

Age: 31

Cap number: 37

Location: Frankfurt/Germany

Bike: Open UP/Sram Force AXS XPLR (38/10-44)/DT Swiss GRC 1600/Schwalbe G-One R Pro 40mm

Key items of kit: Apidura Bags/Garmin 1050/Lupine&Lezyne Lights

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40-44mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Gregi Pfiil Zimmermann

Age: 53

Cap number: 38

Location: 5417 Untersiggenthal/Schweiz

Bike: Koba Crosstool Flatbar

Key items of kit: Tubeless, 1x12 XT (36 / 10-52)

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40-44mm

Electronic shifting: No

Helen Adams

Age: 40

Cap number: 15

Location: England

Bike: Mason Bokeh3

Key items of kit: 10-50 cassette for the climbs! Many spaces for snacks and warm clothes for the mountains!

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Niklas Kuschewski

Age: 35

Cap number: 48

Location: Oberhausen, Germany

Bike: Orbea Alma H30

Key items of kit: Aerobars, Hydration West, Wahoo Elemnt Bolt Headunit, Lupine Frontlight, Garmin Varia Radar, Ortlieb + Apidura Bags

Frame type: Hardtail - Front Suspension

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Robert Strom

Age: 26

Cap number: 102

Location: Bettwiesen

Bike: Merida NinetySix

Key items of kit: Custom made framebag by Rémy & Monika of Packs Bags 🥳

Frame type: MTB - Full Suspension

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes

Manuele

Age: 42

Cap number: 6967

Location: Dino

Bike: Canyon Grizl

Key items of kit: elettronic sram rival

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes

Quinda Verheul

Age: 35

Cap number: 29

Location: Bassano del Grappa

Bike: I’ll be riding a custom-painted Orbea OIZ full-suspension rig in dusty pink with bronze logos. It’s built with a SRAM XO 12-speed drivetrain, FOX 34 Factory SC fork and SL rear shock, and Schwalbe Racing Ray & Ralph 29 x 2.35″ Super Ground tires front and rear. Snaaaacksss

BAGS: I’m running a full custom framebag and top tube bag, custom-painted dyneema by yours truly, an amazing collab which will hopefully make me extra fast. I also pack snacks in a Carrie Gere vest and top tube bag for easy access.

Key items of kit: GEAR HIGHLIGHTS: I’ve got Hope X2 brakes with 180mm floating rotors, Wolf Tooth dropper remote, Fizik Wide Proxy shoes and one to one saddle, Pedaled kit, and Smith for head and eye protection. Hyperlite mountain equipment tent and quilt. GPS DEVICE: Coros Dura

Frame type: MTB - Full Suspension

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes

Tom Quirk

Age: 49

Cap number: 69

Location: Zurich

Bike: 2021 Trek Checkpoint ALR5 modded with a Redshift Shockstop seatpost, CaneCreek eeSilk stem, and an 11-40 cassette.

Key items of kit: Credit card, trail running shoes, trekking poles and a Push Components HookaBike carry system.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No