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Bikes of The Hills Have Bikes 2024

22 June, 2024

Stephen Rew

Age: 67

Location: Gex, France

Bike: Specialized Diverge STR

Key items of kit: Cyclite Aero bag, Knog additional rear lights.

Joost Doelman

Age: 54

Location: Amerongen - Utrechtse Heuvelrug - The Netherlands

Bike: 8Bar Mitte v2, Shimano groupset GRX RX-600, DT Swiss wheels GH1800, Vredenstein tyres Aventura 45mm and Fizik saddle Vento Argo R1 Adaptive.

Key items of kit: Restrap frame and front bags, Topeak saddle bag, Lezyne light 1300XL and Garmin navigation Edge Explore 2.

Sebastian Schönewolf

Age: 40

Location: Bremen, Germany

Bike: I am riding my BMC URS 01 Two with an exchanged frame and some small changes. It has a SRAM Force AXS 40t x 10-52t, a waxed chain, Schwalbe G-One R, 40mm/45mm (tubeless).

Key items of kit: I am riding with a power bank instead of a dynamo. My bags are from Ortlieb and Restrap. One of the top tube bags is only for nutrition. The lights are from Sigma. Nothing special but solid.

Rogier van der Wacht

Age: 29

Location: ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Bike: Trek Supercaliber gen2 dropbar converted, SRAM XO eagle t-type group (36T front, 10-52T rear) DT Swiss XRC1200 wheelset with SON28 dynamo, Vittoria Mezcal 2.1

Key items of kit: Tailfin top & down tube bags, Apidura frame & saddle bags, Albion Visibility Cargo Vest (incl 2L camelbak) front & rear light K-Lite (front - ultra race), aerobar profile design, wahoo element roam, 'emergency' sleep system ortovox bivy & sea to summit SPO sleeping bag.

Johnny Uitterhoeve

Age: 41

Location: 's-Heer Arendskerke

Bike: Focus Atlas 8.9 carbon with 0.0 km on the clock. SRAM Rival eTap AXS, 40*10-44 (hope it's enough), DT Swiss GR1600 tubeless wheels, Adventure Rack for the luggage and good mood for the energy!

Key items of kit: I'll try to sleep in my Nordisk Lofoten tent on a Sea To Summit UltraLight Mat. Hopefully the NOMAD Pegasus 340 keeps me warm at night. My head lays down on a simple but very useful inflatable pillow from Forclaz (tip!). I've different types of bags for clothes and a AGU frame bag. I will try to find my way with a Bryton Rider 800. Eat everything that cross my path, so be careful!

Broich

Age: 35

Location: Germany, NRW

Bike: Fahrrad: Storck Grix 2 Pro 27,5 Zoll DT SWISS GRC 1400 50er G-ONE Bite SRAM Force Wide

Key items of kit: Taschen von Restrap und (Front) Topeak. Cage von Topeak.

Jay Verhulsdonck

Age: 30

Location: Utrecht

Bike: Giant TCX cross bike. I feel this will be a great bike for this route, though it is my only bike so I did not have a choice. Built my first set of wheels this year, with a set of Nextie rims and DT 350 hubs. This will be the first big test for those, with Specialized Tracer tyres (47mm front / 42mm rear). Shimano GRX (mostly), with a Sram 10-42 cassette and a 34t front chainring for the race to deal with the offroad climbing.

Key items of kit: Mostly Apidura bags. After Paris-Brest-Paris last year with just a space blanket, this year I bring a full bivvy bag sleeping system, even including a pillow for maximum comfort. Total 3L water and space for lots of food.

Joachim Rubarth

Age: 31

Cap number: No. 14

Location: Kirchzarten - Germany

Bike: Canyon Grizl CF SL 8 1by

full carbon gravel bike with a Shimano GRX RX822 12s (40 / 10-45) and DT Swiss G1800 Spline wheels.

Customizations

Tires: Continental Terra-Speed 622-45 in a tubless setup
Bar: Ritchey Comp VentureMax Gravel with silicon pads and Ergon bartape
Aerobars: Profile design Sonic Ergo 50a
Pedals: Shimano Deore XT SPD

Key items of kit: Bags

Maap X Apidura frame pack (4L)
Cyclite saddle bag (12,9L) with BBB Cycling BagBrace
Cyclite top tube bag large (2,2L)
Riverside food pouch ADVT 900 (1,2L)
Zefal and PRO gearbox

Navigation

Garmin Edge 530

Liquid supply

Cyclite Race backpack with Camelbak Crux Reservoir (2L)
Bottle (0,95L)

Lights

Sigma Aura 100 / Blaze link
Sigma Buster 800 HL
B&M LED IXXI

Ingmar Sluiter

Age: 28

Cap number: 28

Location: Assen, The Netherlands

Bike: I will be riding my Fara F/gravel with sram rival AXS, fulcrum carbon wheels with 50mm in the back and 2.1’ up front.

Key items of kit: Full Apidura bag set up and a salomon vest for extra water and food. Also bringing a full Gore rain suit so the weather (hopefully) can’t stop me.