Bikes of Seven Serpents: Quick Bite 2025

MR COUET

Age: 38

Cap number: 26

Location: Vienna AT

Bike: 2-11 MR4

Key items of kit: Steel is real!

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35mm-39mm

Electronic shifting: No

Owen Davies

Age: 36

Cap number: 30

Location: Munich, Germany (originally Essex, UK)

Bike: Scott Addict Gravel 30 2023, GRX 610 46-30 crankset, 11-34 Ultegra cassette, Hunt 35 Carbon Gravel X-Wide set up tubeless with Continental Terra Speed 40mm tyres (not pictured)

Key items of kit: Tailfin top tube bag, frame bag and aeropack to be filled with an unlimited supply of Percy Pigs, Lezyne Mega Drive 2400+ front light for bear spotting, Galibier Grand Tour Ultra bib shorts because they're awesome and Galibier Izoard Pro gilet for the chilly mornings

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40mm-44mm

Electronic shifting: No

Bernd Muehlenweg

Age: 53

Cap number: 81

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Bike: Pearl

Key items of kit: Tube Pack 1L Frame Pack 4.5 L Saddle Pack 14L Handlebar Pack 9L Downtube Pack 1.2L All from Apidura

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35mm-39mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Alessandro Poletti

Age: 33

Cap number: 84

Location: Bergamo, Italy

Bike: Bergamont grandurance 8, Shimano Grx 1x11, wolftooth crankring, carbon wheel set Syncros Capital 1.0 with 45mms Pirelli Cinturato M

Key items of kit: Syncros bags, Wahoo Roam, Lezyne lights, lots of food

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Michael Braun

Age: 49

Cap number: 15

Location: Ingolstadt

Bike: Wilder Jena

Key items of kit: 😍

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Sven Rechberger

Age: 31

Cap number: 100

Location: Austria

Bike: I am riding a used Accent Feral which almost came the way it is except for the wheels which I changed from my road bike to Pancho Rush 38s. My cockpit consists of a wide and flared bar with the cheapest Aero bars I could find and Shimano STIs. Tires are Conti RaceKing 2.2 in the front and Schwalbe Thunder Burt 2.1 in the back, tubeless with the new Schwalbe Clik Valves (would have loved to ride the Contis front and back but I am scared of the tire rubbing on the chainstays). Drivetrain is Shimano GRX812 1x11 which I forced to take a 11-46 cassette with a Sram Rival Power2Max crankset.

Key items of kit: For storage I am rocking a Tailfin 2.2l Top Tube bag which will hold all the Snickers I can get my hands on and a Tailfin 4.5l Half frame bag combined with the 11l Ortlieb seat pack but compressed as far as it goes. I installed bottle droppers to still fit two 1l bottles and on the third bottle holder there is a spare parts "bottle". For lights I am trusting on Magicshine, I am using their Monteer 6500S V2 with two powerbanks for the front light and the Seemee300 for the rear light. Most importantly, on the zipper of the frame bag I installed a silver lightning lucky charm my girlfriend made for me to constantly remind me to go as fast as I can.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Thomas Kistner

Age: 35

Cap number: 56

Location: Weikersheim

Bike: Genesis Fugio 30 with Sram Rival 11-42 casette and 38t ring. 650b DUKE racing wheels with Teravail Rutland 47 mm tires. Equipped with SON dynamo with Supernova lights.

Key items of kit: Garmin 540 and Fizik saddle. Frame bags from Cyclite and saddle bag from Topeak. Stuffed with apple strudel bars, electrolyte tablets and plenty of other food. Other gear mainly from gore wear.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 650b (27.5")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Ingmar Brichenfrid

Age: 47

Cap number: 17

Location: Baden bei Wien

Bike: 1OF1

Key items of kit: 2 weehls, 2 pedals ;-)

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Tarik Conati

Age: 41

Cap number: 25

Location: Verona-Italy

Bike: Genesis Fugio

Key items of kit: SRAM Apex setup with 11-42 cassette and 34t ring. Mix of Restrap and Miss Grape bags, sleeping kit on the back. Pirelli gravel M 45mm tyres on 27.5 fulcrum rims

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 650b (27.5")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Charlie Osborn

Age: 47

Cap number: 86

Location: London, UK

Bike: I’m riding my heavily upgraded, 6 year old Rondo RUUT. Hunt wheels, Sram Force XPLR, Redshift stem and handlebars and 40mm Gravelkings. A versatile bike that is great at everything from local gravel routes to multi-day bikepacking trips.

Key items of kit: Tailfin bags throughout. I love the attention to detail and how well they work. Exposure battery lights. Garmin 1030 Plus. Lots of leads to keep various electronics charged. Spurcycle bell because i love the sound.

Montse Galceran Mestres

Age: 47

Cap number: 39

Location: Vitoria-Gazteiz

Bike: Bike: Eddy Merckx Strasbourg Gear: Shimano grx 40x10-51 Wheels: DT Swiss GR1600 spline dynamo

Key items of kit: Light: Supernova M99 DY PRO Bikepacking bags: Apidura (Saddle-bag) & Apidura (Framepack) & Rapha (handlebar pack)

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Brittany Shalagan

Age: 34

Cap number: 165

Location: Berlin

Bike: Naked Bicycles Custom Cx/Gr bike, hand built by Sam Whittingham in a unicorn stable located on a far-off mystical island on the West Coast of British Columbia. Steel frame with custom paint built for muddy cyclocross conditions and rowdy fast paced gravel rides. Buildkit includes Whiskey 7 Carbon Fork, mix of Shimano GRX and Ultegra drivetrain components and Wolf Tooth accents. Industry Nine UL 250 CX wheelset with purple nurples and hubs. Tubeless setup with new 700x42 mm Teravail Rutland Tires help keep the rubber side down for maximum mixed-terrain performance and fun.

Key items of kit: Wahoo Elemnt V2 Bolt for navigation, Scott Pack Trail running vest for quick access to fuel bites through the day and easy stowing away of layers while on the move. Bike bags consist of a kit-of-parts collection including: Ortlieb seatbag, Acepac roll bar, Salsa 1/2 frame pack, and 8bar top tube compartment.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40mm-44mm

Electronic shifting: No

Jo Wellensiek

Age: 59

Cap number: 143

Location: Pforzheim, Germany

Bike: 2019 Trek Checkpoint 5

Key items of kit: I will be using a SON hub dynamo and lights, Shimano front chainrings (48/31) and rear cassette (42/11), ALLYGN Diamond Rack with a Gramm bag for spare cloth & electronics, a Revelate Designs saddle bag for my sleeping gear, an Apidura frame bag for food, and two Apidura stem bags for food and water. My tires are Schwalbe G-One Bite (28x1.7) in the front and a Schwalbe G-One Allround (28x1.7) in the rear. On the frame I will have 2 water bottles and my tool case. For Navigation I will use my Garmin Edge 530. I hope this set up will bring me to the finish line before cut off :-)

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Stefan Lussnig

Age: 48

Cap number: 68

Location: Hermagor

Bike: KTM

Key items of kit: Satteltaschen,Framebag

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Markus Kollroser

Age: 49

Cap number: 60

Location: Austria

Bike: KTM X-Strada Custom

Key items of kit: .

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40mm-44mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Tomasz

Age: 26

Cap number: 151

Location: Salzburg

Bike: Cube Nuroad Race 2024

Key items of kit: Acid 3.5l frame bag, Jack Pack 1.5l top tube pack, Topeak handlebar bag, Garmin 540 solar.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Leon Wiedner

Age: 25

Cap number: 145

Location: Vienna, Austria

Bike: Mason Bokeh

Key items of kit: SRAM Rival Wide AXS Groupset, Supernova Lights and Spare flashing Lights, SON Dynamo, Hunt 4 Season Rims, Front Tyre Vittoria Mezcal 2,1" XC Trail, Rear Pirelli Cinturato M 45mm, Headunit Wahoo Roam V1, Mixed Bags: Apidura Top Tube, Down Tube and Utility Bags, Restrap Saddle Bag and Cyclite Food Pouch, Hydration Pack

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes

Janek Sauer

Age: 28

Cap number: 110

Location: Germany

Bike: Focus Atlas 8.7

Key items of kit: Ortlieb Seat-Pack QR 13 & Focus Adventure Rack

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Felix Wilberg

Age: 29

Cap number: 146

Location: Vienna, Austria

Bike: Canyon Grizl CF SL including Schwalbe G-One R Pro 45mm tubeless tyres, Shimano GRX shifting ( 46/30 front, 11-34 back) and Pro Missile Aerobar

Key items of kit: Apidura framebag 4L, Apidura Bolt-on Top-Tube bag 1L, Evoc 6L saddlebag and Agu Snack-Bag. Taking also Salomon hydration vest inlcluding 1.5L bladder and two 0.5L softflasks. Lighting of Sigma (Buster 1600) will help me during the night.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Joe Ambrosch

Age: 25

Cap number: 5

Location: Graz, Austria

Bike: Conway grv12 (Second Hand)

Key items of kit: Mixmatch of bags, all bought second Hand, fairly lightweigt setup but about 1kg of gels

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Elisa Schneider

Age: 32

Cap number: 116

Location: Dresden

Bike: Trek Checkmate

Key items of kit: HANDELBAT, snackbar, Satteltasche, rahmentasche, oberrohrtasche

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 650b (27.5")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Lucía Fernández García

Age: 42

Cap number: 35

Location: Oviedo (Asturias), Spain

Bike: Canyon Grizl CF SL 8 1by Groupset: Shimano GRX RX820/822/12s (40T x 10-45T); Wheels: DT Swiss G1800 Spline; Tyres: Schwalbe G-One Bite 45mm

Key items of kit: Bags: Apidura Backcountry Saddle Pack 6L, Rapha Top Tube Pack 1L, Cordel Bar Bag 2.5L, Apidura 13L packable backpack attached at the tube head.

Lights: Fenix HM65R-T headlamp, Lezyne 1100XL front light, Lezyne Zecto Drive 300+ rear light.

Navigation: Garmin Edge 540 Solar

Sleeping setup: Sol Escape Bivvy + Emergency Thermal Blanket

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 650b (27.5")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Oliver Müller

Age: 39

Cap number: 83

Location: Brandenburg Germany

Bike: Veloheld ICON X

Key items of kit: Redshift Sports suspension stem, SRAM AXS Eagle 1x12 speed, full framebag individual by KIRSCHPACK and Ortlieb Sattlebag , Lights- in front Sinevave Beacon 2, tail Supernova E3, Garmin Edge 1030+

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Alessandro Villari

Age: 52

Cap number: 135

Location: Italy

Bike: Basso Bike model Palta Zipp 303S carbon wheels Hutchinson Tundra 45 Sram Apex Lezyne front & rear lights Selle SMP saddle Miss Grape bags

Key items of kit: My Oakley Windbreaker

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Frederik Unger

Age: 32

Cap number: 175

Location: Bonn, Germany

Bike: Fairlight Secan 3.0

Key items of kit: Tailfin frame & top tube bag, Topeak saddle bag + decathlon bar bag. 3 water bottles and apidura musette bag for extra supplies.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Lutz Wellensiek

Age: 22

Cap number: 142

Location: Pforzheim, Deutschland

Bike: Ich fahre ein Rose Backroad Gravelbike, optimiert für anspruchsvolles Terrain. Ausgestattet mit 2.0" Continental Race King MTB-Reifen bietet es hervorragenden Grip und Komfort auf gemischten Untergründen. Die Schaltung ist eine SRAM Force 1x12 mit einem großen 46er Kettenblatt vorne, ideal für schnelle Abschnitte und dennoch ausreichend für steile Anstiege.

Die pink-blaue Rahmentasche habe ich selbst genäht, perfekt angepasst an das Rahmendreieck und bietet ausreichend Platz für Verpflegung, Werkzeuge und Ersatzteile. Die Top-Tube-Bag stammt von Restrap und ist wasserdicht sowie robust, ideal für den schnellen Zugriff auf Powerbank und Snacks. Hinten befindet sich eine funktionale Satteltasche von AliExpress.

Für die Navigation nutze ich ein Garmin Edge 540 Solar das auch bei langen Etappen zuverlässig funktioniert. Mein Setup ist bewusst leicht, minimalistisch und robust gehalten.

Key items of kit: Key items of kit (required): – Selbstgenähte Rahmentasche mit integriertem Fach für die Wasserblase – Restrap Top-Tube-Bag für Snacks und Powerbank – Arschrakete von AliExpress – Garmin Edge 540 Solar für Navigation – SRAM Force 1x12 Schaltung mit 46er

• 2 Liter Wasserblase

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes

Louis Steinhauser

Age: 21

Cap number: 126

Location: Munich

Bike: I ride a Rose Backroad Al with the Grx 600. It have a 1by 40, 11-46 Transmission. I ride Schwalbe G One F in 47mm in the front an in the rear.

Key items of kit: I use an Ortlieb Seat Pack and the Ortlieb Frame Pack. My Toptube Pack is from Decathlon. My Snack Pack is from Agu. A mandatory part of my setup is my Klite front light and Klite Micro Charger. I use the Busch und Müller My as a rear light. They are powered by a Son Hub Dynamo. For navigating I use the Wahoo Elmnt Roam. My Saddle is from Posedla.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Raphael

Age: 26

Cap number: 149

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Bike: Orbea Terra H40

Key items of kit: Specialized Pathfinder 45 mm, Apidura frame bag, Apidura Expedition saddle bag, Apidura Expedition Top Tube bag

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Stefan Fellner

Age: 39

Cap number: 106

Location: Vienna, Austria

Bike: Canyon Grizl AL 8, Shimano GRX 820 1x12 groupset (40T x 10-51T), Hunt Adventure Carbon 650b wheels, Schwalbe G-One Bite 45mm tires

Key items of kit: Cyclite bags + musette, Wahoo Elemnt Bolt v2 bike computer, Knog Blinder 1300 front light, Magicshine SeeMee 300 rear light + spares, Nemo mattress + pillow, cheap bivy bag and all the food I can pack

Daniel Ketterer

Age: 33

Cap number: 54

Location: Karlsruhe, Germany

Bike: Canyon Grail CF SL 7 with 40mm G-One R tires on DT-Swiss aluminium rims. A 30-46T chain ring in the front and 11-36T cassette in the back.

Key items of kit: Bags: 3l Apidura Expedition frame bag, 2l Apidura top tube bag and a 9l Evoc saddle bag. No sleeping gear, just a down jacket, as I don‘t plan to sleep outdoors. Some other wet weather clothing, like shoe covers and a rain jacket.

Navigation: Garmin Edge 540. Lights: Sigma Aura 100 and a 20000mAh Powerbank. Lots of bottles to get through sparsely populated areas.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40mm-44mm

Electronic shifting: No

Martin Wagensohner

Age: 39

Cap number: 138

Location: Germany Munich

Bike: Salsa Fargo

Key items of kit: Salsa Fargo Steel 1x11 Sram Rival, Ortlieb frame bag and Apidura race bags. Brooks B17 saddle, Vittoria Mezcal tyres. Not the lightest setup but robust.

Frame type: Hardtail - Fully Rigid

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Martin Berndt

Age: 41

Cap number: 10

Location: Görlitz

Bike: This is my bike Renate. A Storck Grix Pro with a GRX gear ratio of 40-42/11.

Key items of kit: I have Ortlieb bags (11L) on the down tube and as saddle bags. A small Tailfin bag on the top tube for small items. The front wheel is fitted with a SON hub dynamo, which I can use to charge my devices on the handlebars. In the saddle bag I have a Therm-a-Rest sleeping mat and clothes. I also have a small tool box instead of a second water bottle. Instead, I carry a Camelbak on my back for 2 liters of water. I weigh about 13 kg without water.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Lars Klakow

Age: 43

Cap number: 57

Location: Stuttgart, Germany

Bike: Loca carbon gravel 1x12 shifting Dandyhorse carbon wheels

Key items of kit: Fo goods custom frame bags and food pouch Tailfin fork bags Ortlieb front roll and seat pack Wahoo element roam Lupine Piko front light

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Anna Kofler

Age: 27

Cap number: 59

Location: Graz

Bike: Canyon Grizl CF SL GRX 2x11, tires Schwalbe G-One R/RS

Key items of kit: mix of apidura and custom made bags of von berg bags. lezyne lights. down jacket for a warm night in the bivy.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

paul botenmaus

Age: 24

Cap number: 152

Location: graz

Bike: bottecchia gravel monster 1x11 apex/rival roval terra c wheels schwalbe g-one r pro

basically second hand setup but all new drivetrain

Key items of kit: restrap race top tube bag long 2l restrap frame bag medium 3,5l apidura racing saddle pack 5l evoc hydro backpack 1,5l lezyne lights pro missile aerobars gels, gels, gels & warmer clothes for the night

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Tim Leckebusch

Age: 32

Cap number: 65

Location: Berlin

Bike: Rose Backroad Force AXS 1x12

Key items of kit: Apidura Saddle Bag, Top Tube Bag, Frame Bag

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Jürgen Schaaf

Age: 48

Cap number: 163B

Bike: BMC Urs Three

Key items of kit: Übersetzung 10-52 (40)

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Phillip Seibt

Age: 28

Cap number: 121

Location: Germany

Bike: Cube Nuroad 21

Key items of kit: 2kg of Haribo

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Paul

Age: 36

Cap number: 91

Location: Vienna

Bike: Standert Pfadfinder

Key items of kit: gummibears

Frame material: Steel

Tyre width: 40mm-44mm

Benno Augustinus

Age: 38

Cap number: 177

Location: Zürich, Switzerland

Bike: Holdsworth Mystique - an iconic paint job on a less iconic catalogue frame. My reasonable dream build.

Key items of kit: Cranktank 3l drink system and Brooks saddle - no bibs for Benno

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 650b (27.5")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Jorit

Age: 26

Cap number: 166

Location: Germany

Bike: Storck Grix

• Sram Rival eTap
• 45mm Continental Terra Trail

Key items of kit: - Cyclite Top Tube Bag

• Decathlon Full Frame Bag
• Topeak Backloader

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

John cuellar

Age: 26

Cap number: 27

Location: Kassel

Bike: Ridley Kenzo fast

Key items of kit: Rahmentaschen Acid hpa 2000 Satteltasche

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Georges-Henri MANSOUX

Age: 60

Cap number: 72

Location: Cévennes (South of France)

Bike: OPEN WI.DE

Key items of kit: SRAM Mullet Force / XX - 36 x 11/50 ZIPP 303 Firecrest Wheels with R Herse Manastash Ridge 48 mm tires Mix of Miss Grape and Tailfin bags Lights by Supernova & Knogg Ritchey handlebar on a Redshift suspension stem, Zipp aerobars with SRAM blipps Ergon seatpost and Specialized saddle

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Stephan Albert

Age: 42

Cap number: 3

Location: Munich

Bike: Rose Backroad (2021) with mechanical shifting (Shimano GRX 810 2x11, 11-34 cassette)

Key items of kit: Saddle bag, frame bag, top tube bag and food pouch by Apidura. Handlebar bag by Ortlieb. Handlebar bag only contains sleeping setup (Cumulus Lite Line 200 sleeping bag and Therm-a-rest Neoair Xlite). Frame bag for tools, spares, charging cables, powerbank ... Saddle bag: Insulation jacket, rain jacket, night stuff ... Not shown: hydration vest by USWE

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40mm-44mm

Electronic shifting: No

Cate

Age: 37

Cap number: 21

Location: Barcelona

Bike: Envy MOG

Key items of kit: Components: Envy, SRAM Tyres: René Herse Frame Bag: fOgoods Seat Bag: Topeak Fork Bags: Riverside

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40mm-44mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Patrizia Helene Schöder

Age: 48

Cap number: 117

Location: Dortmund

Bike: Specialized Epic

Key items of kit: Components: SRAM Tyres: Specialized Fast Track/Renegade Whells: Roval Frame Bag/Seat Bag: Ortlieb Food Pouch: fOgoods

Frame type: MTB - Full Suspension

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Philipp

Age: 33

Cap number: 150

Location: Germany

Bike: Orbea Alma

Key items of kit: Cyclite frame and top tube bag Topeak saddle bag Lezyne lights

Frame type: Hardtail - Front Suspension

Frame material: Carbon

Gregor Mahringer

Age: 45

Cap number: 70

Location: Munich

Bike: Fairlight Secan 2.5

Key items of kit: Rene Herse Juniper Ridge 45mm, SON hub and frontlight, Sinewave USB charger, 48/32 x 11-46

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 650b (27.5")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Owen Doll

Age: 49

Cap number: 170b

Location: Kingston upon Thames, Uk

Bike: Cinelli zydeco bootleg - pretty much as it came out of the box; mix of FSA and microshift components, I have upgraded the brakes to Magura MT8’s and put fresh Panaracer Gravelkings on - with tubes…

Key items of kit: Tailfin 3ltr frame wedge and two 1.3ltr fork packs, the top tube bag is by Restrap (stuffed with Haribo) and an old bar bag that I borrowed from my mountain bike. For lighting I use Exposure Toro mk2 and a Tracer rear. Also my Uswe 3ltr hydro pack is indispensable

Frame type: Other

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35mm-39mm

Electronic shifting: No

Thomas Jacob

Age: 55

Cap number: 49

Location: Stuttgart/Germany

Bike: Salsa Warbird V4

Key items of kit: Drivetrain: Easton/SRAM/Garbaruk Wheels: Hope/DTSwiss Tires: Pirelli Brakes: SRAM/Hope RX4+/Trickstuff Bags: Tailfin/Apidura/Ortlieb

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Chris Fougner

Age: 36

Cap number: 37

Location: Zürich, Switzerland

Bike: My bike is the Lauf Seigla Race Transmission with the Grit suspension fork. SRAM Force AXS 40T Chainring and Eagle X0 10-52T Cassette in a mullet setup. Waxed chain with the Silca endurance chip (let's hope it holds up). Tires are Tufo Gravel Thundero 44mm. I almost went for MTB tires. Aerobars with bottle cage attachment by Redshift.

Key items of kit: Top-tube (1.6L) and half frame (3.8L) bags by Tailfin (amazing quality!). Apidura Race saddle bag (7L) and musette (for when I go shopping for "real" food). 4 water bottles for a total of 2.9L water capacity. Bibs, wind jacket, leg and arm warmers and socks by Assos, jersey by MAAP, insulated jacket by Rapha, and rain jacket by Gore. I'm not bringing a sleep kit, but I have a SOL emergency bivvy just in case.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 40mm-44mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Nils Lagemann

Age: 34

Cap number: 64

Location: Germany

Bike: Frame: ENVE MOG Bar/Stem/Seatpost: ENVE Saddle: Selle Italia SLR Gravel Brake/Shifter: Shimano GRX 825 Di2 (2x12) + Sprint Shifters Pedals: Favero Assioma PRO MX-2 Wheels: Fulcrum Sharq Tyres: Pirelli Cinturato M (last second change) GPS Unit: Wahoo Roam v2 Other (orange) stuff: custom frame decals, HOPE brake discs and Valves, Titanium screw kit, supacaz bar tape

Key items of kit: Apidura Racing Bags: Top tube, Frame and saddle bag Fidlock bottle system Lights: Lupine SL Mono + Garmin varia Radar. Lupine Blika on helmet USWE drink vest Ekoi cargo gravel bib and jersey Assos Schlosshund reflective rain jacket Shockz headphones Tornado whistle against bears ;)

And a LOT of carbs - my extra challenge is to only use public available water sources and consume what I bring to the start line. No shops/gas stations/bars/...

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45mm-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes