Orbit360 Gravel Series: Germany 2021 – Part One by Timo Rokitta
Due to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic in Germany, many bike events had been canceled. But, this didn’t mean the end of cycling. The organiser of Orbit360, Raphael Albrecht, and his…
Camino del Cid – “Defending the South”: by Timo Rokitta
In 2019 we had to end our gravel tour in the footsteps of "El Cid" because of the terrible storm in Valencia. In 2020 we could not travel to Spain…
CTF Mainz, Germany (Cross Country Rides): Gravel Cycling like Paris Roubaix!
Germany in Spring 2021: During the lockdown which has been in place for months, all cycling events have been canceled. But the guys from the Mainz cycling club have improvised…
Nikolaus Gravel Ride 2020, Germany: The Mud Edition – by Timo Rokitta
At the end of 2020, when only a few gravel events took place, the organizers of the Nibelungen gravel ride invited riders to their traditional “Nikolaus Gravel Ride”. However, the…
Greffelründsche 2020 aka “Gravel Around Frankfurt”, Germany: by Timo Rokitta
During the abbreviated gravel season for 2020, my highlight was undoubtedly the Greffelründsche (the name comes from a German dialect and means "Gravel around Frankfurt"), a 303-kilometer long gravel race…
Gravel Adventure on the Baltic Sea Island of Usedom: by Timo Rokitta
Translated from German: Usedom is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second-largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in…
Odenwald Odyssey Heidelberg 2020, Germany – by Timo Rokitta
One of the few gravel events that took place in Germany in 2020 was, besides the Nibelungen gravel ride, was the Odenwald Odyssey by the guys from the “Flare…
Gravel Ronde van Nederland: 1,300kms in Two Weeks – by Timo Rokitta
After our trip to Spain with the gravel bike was canceled due to the corona pandemic, we decided to travel off-road across the Netherlands. We started our gravel expedition in…
Nibelungen Gravel Ride Edition 2020, Germany: by Timo Rokitta
2020 sees Europe in the grip of Coronavirus and most cycling events have been canceled. There are some lesser-known events such as the Nibelungen gravel ride in Worms, that took…
A Gravel Ride by the Baltic Sea: Hansegravel by Timo Rokitta
Hanse is the name of the association of North German merchants between the mid-12th century and the mid-17th century, the aim of which was to promote free trade and common…
Gravel Cycling Fun in the Saarland, Germany: by Timo Rokitta
The Saarland is a Federal State in southwest Germany. It is the smallest of the area countries and has just under a million inhabitants. The second smallest country borders in…
Jeroboam Spain: Edition One, 150kms of Gravel Fun from Girona – by Timo Rokitta
35 determined gravel cyclists arrived at the location of Rocacorba Cycling near Girona in late October 2019 to attend the first edition of Jeroboam Spain. After a few words of…
The Circles of Cid: Camino del Cid – Gravel Cycling in Spain – by Timo Rokitta
After our adventure on the Camino del Cid in 2018 (link to Part 1 - Part 2), we moved back to Spain this year. But the way of el Cid…
A Spanish Gravel Adventure: In the footsteps of the Spanish Knight “El Cid”, Part Two – by Timo Rokitta
This article continues from Part One of A Spanish Gravel Adventure: In the footsteps of the Spanish Knight "El Cid", with further details about the route by Timo Rokitta. The…