Bikes of Sneak Peaks 2025

Nils Schubert

Age: 23

Location: Germany, Saxony

Bike: Build by myself with a china carbon frame and used Parts from "Kleinanzeigen"

Key items of kit: Ultralight Tent, sleeping bag and air mattress, digital camera, e-book reader, clothes for various weather types, cooking system, gps navigation.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Alex Pautsch

Age: 57

Cap number: ??? but I always wear a cap :-)

Location: Biberach in Southern Germany

Bike: I ride a Specialized Crux with GRX820 1x12 - 36 and 11-51. I found a nice bargain to upgrad to Roval Terra CLX wheels and (for Sneak Peaks) will put on Schwalbe Overland tyres.

Key items of kit: Pretty mixed and I guess nothing special here: frame bag is Apidura, 8L Saddle bag from Cyclite and small top tube bag from Osprey. Light is a Lupine Nano and Lezyne backlight. I plan to stay in the mountain huts and will skipp sleeping gear.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Thomas Kress

Age: 26

Location: Germany

Bike: 8bar MITTE Steel V3

Key items of kit: aerobars with Restrap drybag containing rain gear inside top tube bag, Restrap full of snacks Frame bag, Restrap packed with tools, power bank, hygiene items, first aid kit Luggage rack with 15-liter dry bag containing sleeping gear (bivouac sack, sleeping mat, 5°C sleeping bag)

Bicycle components: GRX crank with: SPECIALITES TA X110 44t & SPECIALITES TA X80 28t Shimano XT cassette 11-42 Shimano Shimano 105 11-speed rear derailleur Tires: Vittoria terreno mix 50con HUNT 4-Season Gravel x-wide

750 ml & 600 ml drinking bottles + Cyclite racing backpack with a 2-liter hydration bladder

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: No

Bill Mulligan

Age: 31

Location: Berlin

Bike: Trek Checkpoint Driftless 54cm, I've changed almost every component from the original build. It's now a 2x, without a dropper post, and 40cm handelbars. For tires, I went with 2.2" Pirelli Scorpion in the front and a 2.1" Vittoria Mezcal in the rear.

Key items of kit: Front bag is the Tailfin Bar Bag System. In the rear is the Tumbleweed Mini Pannier Rack with Revelate Designs Nano Panniers. The frame bag came with the bike.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Luca

Age: 29

Location: Berlin

Bike: Trek Stache

Key items of kit: Custom Bags from the lovely Rakaethe.Berlin. 2.6x29 Tires for comfort, dropper post for the fun.

Frame type: Hardtail - Fully Rigid

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Stefan

Age: 29

Bike: Wilier USMA SLR

Key items of kit: SON 28 with Supernova lights (m99dy pro and tl3), cinq5 for charging Gearing: front 32, rear 10/51 Garmin edge 1040 solar Selfmade Framebag

Frame type: Hardtail - Front Suspension

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Benjamin Maibach

Age: 32

Location: Villars-le-Terroir

Bike: Ricca "Mayo" Mountain steel bike from Switzerland. Alloy CYP wheels with DT350 hubs. 1x12 SRAM XX1 mechanical groupset for the crisp with Garbaruk things here and there for the bling. A mix of bags from Ortlieb and Restrap.

Key items of kit: A small ginger cat puppet as a lucky charm.

Frame type: Hardtail - Front Suspension

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Sven Wagner

Age: 46

Location: Germany

Bike: Sour - Pasta Party 29" Shimano XTR Shifting group Magura MT8 Brakes Tune/Crest Wheelset Continental Race King 2,25 Tires

Key items of kit: Frame- and Saddlebag from REISEFIX Handlebar bag from Miss grape

Frame type: Hardtail - Front Suspension

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Marco Berger

Age: 55

Location: Germany

Bike: Ritchey Ascent

Full XT Equipment 12S Crank 30 Cassette 10-51 Stem and Seatpost Richtey WCS Flatbar S-Works Hunt Wheels with Vittoria Peyote 2,4 Saddle SQlab 611

Key items of kit: Ortlieb Fork Packs 5,8 Tailfin Framebag 2,7 Tailfin TopTubeBag 1,1 Apidura Foodpouch Restrap SaddleBag 14

Small Vaude Backpack for the Pilot.

Frame type: Hardtail - Fully Rigid

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Markus Kauf

Age: 37

Cap number: 32

Location: Berlin

Bike: This year I'll be riding a fresh and new Fairlight Secan 3.0 since last year's frame broke a couple of weeks ago.

Key items of kit: It's equipped with 48 mm tires that come out at something like 52 mm and with TA Specialite Chain rings 44/28 in the front and 11-42t Cassette in the back, still hoping to have a okay-ish gear ratio to tackle the climbs. I have a broad mix of bike packing bags from Ortlieb and Restrap, but also a self made Frame bag.

Last year's setup was pretty heavy, luckily I was able to get rid of nearly 5 kg hoping to make the riding a lot more fun! The sleeping-kit is stored in the dry-pack. For the lighting I'll be relying on my SON Dynamo-Hub and Decathlon HL 900 Headlamps.

I'll be also carrying a hydration backpack with 2.5l and for additional capacity two 750 ml bottles.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Dominik Engelke

Age: 47

Location: Rheinberg

Bike: Riding a Sour Purple Haze frame on Hunt Gravel wheels together wirh Vittoria Mezcal tires in 52mm. Shifting and gearing is a mix of Sram Rival shifters, Eagle GX derailleur and Red crankset. An 10-50 12 speed Cassette in the back and 36t in the front will hopefully help climbing ;)

Key items of kit: Bags: Apidura Saddle Bag, Restrap top tube and small frame bag, Tailfin bar cage pack Light: Lupine Neo as front light, two small and long lasting rear lights from Sigma Sleeping: sea to summit ultra light isolated matress, sea ro summit sp1 sleeping bag, rescue bivy bag

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes

Oliver Zevenhek

Age: 47

Cap number: C29

Location: Germany

Bike: Canyon Grizl CF SL7 eTap, 36 Chainring, 12-speed, 10-52T, Hutchinson Tundra Tires 700x50, Gebiomized Saddle, Magicshine RN3000, Magicshine Seemee, Lupine Willma Headlamp, Lupine Rotlicht, Coros Dura Navigation

Key items of kit: 5L Silca Bagloader with all my Clothing, 2L Silca Frontloader with my Sleepsystem ( Seatosummit, Bivvy ), Cyclite Top Tube Bag and Framebag contains food, charging stuff, hygiene and small tools. Cyclite Race Backpack

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Karsten Heimbach

Age: 61

Location: Duisburg

Bike: Avenger Speeder Aero Gravel customized by Lambda Racing (Jan Smekal)

Key items of kit: Sram Force AXS 1x12 (only Crank ams Red) Eagle XG-1295 (36 / 10-50) Quark Powermeter Handlebar: Cross-Wing Aero Gravel / Deda Aero-Bars Wheels: Gravel Attack 2 /Continental Terra Speed 45 mm tubeless Apidura top tube 2 l Apidura frame bag 4 l Apidura saddlebag 9 l Topeak handlebar bag 2 l Lights: Supernova / Sigma (Front); Sigma (Rear) Helmet: Piko R4

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Florent Rodot

Age: 29

Cap number: 14, Adventure

Location: Beaune, France

Bike: Sauvage Le Baroudeur titanium frame paired with a comfy Lauf fork and a carbon rims/Berd spokes wheelset with 2.35 Mezcal tires. New XT Di2 rear derailleur for a perfect mullet groupset !

Key items of kit: Homemade bags with bivy, mattress and sleeping bag under the aerobars, electronics and warm/rain clothes in the frame bag and spare clothes, down jacket in the saddle bag.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes

Clemens Peti Melms

Age: 35

Cap number: A40

Location: Salzburg

Bike: Cervelo ZHT 5

Sram T-Type 90 group RockShox Select Sl Suspension

Key items of kit: Tailfin Toptubeback + Frameroll + Rocket Supernova lights, Coros Dura, SQ-lap Cockpit

Frame type: Hardtail - Front Suspension

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Michael Hickisch

Age: 33

Cap number: A10

Location: Germany

Bike: I‘m riding my Salsa Cutthroat with SRAM Eagle 32 10-52 electronic shifting. Tubeless Set of Hutchinson Taipan 2.10 in the front and Skeleton 2.15 in the back on a DT Swiss M1900 wheelset. For more comfort I added a Rock Shox SID Select SL.

Key items of kit: I‘m riding a mixture between light Cyclite bags in the front and a Tailfin Carbon Rack in the back for the stability and volume. For conquering the nights a Lupine Pico front light. Sleeping System is a Sea to Summit ultralight sleeping matress and a Sea to Summit Spark I sleeping bag + Emergency Bivy.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 45-50mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Matteo

Age: 30

Location: Italy

Bike: Ridley Kanzo Adventure SRAM rival 38 , 1x12

Key items of kit: Hammock and lot of fun 👌

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes

Matej Sedlák

Age: 27

Bike: Frame: Nørdest Sardinha II Fork: Rockshox Pike Select 120mm Wheels: Hope Pro 5 Breaks: Shimano Deore BR-M6120 Groupset: Sram GX Tyres: Maxxis Ikon 2.6 Saddle: Brooks C17 Handlebar: Tumbleweed Persuader 20 degree Chainring: Wolftooth Cassette: Sram XG-1275 EAGLE

Key items of kit: Framebag: What Happened Outdoors Custom Rear system: Tailfin AeroPack Cargo Drybag: Ultralight Dyneema dry bag Top tube bag: Restrap Repair tool: OneUp EDC

Frame type: Hardtail - Front Suspension

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Michael Zöller

Age: 32

Cap number: C2

Location: Trennfurt, Germany

Bike: Trek Procaliber 9.8 Shimano XT / e*thirteen drivetrain (30T chainring, 9/50 cassette); Continental Dubnital 2,4" tires, SON dynamo hub + Supernova lights

Key items of kit: Bags from Apidura and Ortlieb, hydration vest from USWE. Borahgear bivy, Seatosummit mat, Cumulus sleepingbag

Frame type: Hardtail - Front Suspension

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Markus Freitag

Age: 61

Cap number: 28

Location: Germany

Bike: Arc8 Evolve FS

Key items of kit: RockShox SID SL Ultimate Flight Attendant SRAM XX SL Eagle Transmission NEWMEN Phase XC 30 light Faserwerk Baslerstab 800mm / 50mm Tires: Front Wolfpack Race, Rear Wolfpack Speed

Frame type: MTB - Full Suspension

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: Yes