Yo guys and gals... Cape Epic starts this Sunday! Stop hurting and crashing yourselves out of the race prematurely and rather post nice setups, special paint jobs and bonus points for new tech or even new bikes or prototypes.

(although no rider and no team will be on Mastodon anyways to read that here...)

#CapeEpic #mtb

Bike and this time especially wheels and tires appreciation post.

I’ve now ridden exactly 1076 km with those XMCarbonspeed D53TU-41 rims mounted on DT Swiss 350 boost hubs. I set those up last autumn end of October.

At the same time I mounted the Schwalbe Thunder Burt Super Ground Addix Speed 29x2.25“. I like them both. :)

#cycling
#DropbarMTB
#Supergravel
#fastfar

https://www.flickr.com/photos/huegelreiter/55137654846/in/dateposted-public/

Neuer Artikel:

https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/trainingszonen-und-physiologische-leistungskenngrosen-im-ausdauertraining/

#Ausdauertraining #Radsport #Endurance #cycling #Zonenmodelle #Ventilation

Sehr coole Live-Übertragung des 2026 HERO UCI Cross-Country Marathon World Cup in Calpe gestern durch die UCI. Heute als Aufzeichnung angeschaut:

https://www.youtube.com/live/t7322Pw-xEI?si=J-Zb8VP5GOLZRUa6

#MTB #XCM #Calpe

Atlas Mountain Race is fakenews. Hasn't really happened yet. Still too fresh.

Any content from it still needs to mature. Like good cheese. Kyrgyz cheese, in fact.

Yes. Like Kurut! 😅

So here is my well cured day 11 report of the last Silk Road Mountain Race. 😉😄

https://www.instagram.com/p/DU3fGOyjH8t/?img_index=1

#SRMR2025
#SRMR2025cap201
#silkroadmountainrace
#bikepacking
#ultracycling
#weitradeln
#Kyrgyzstan
#Kirgisistan

Exactly one month to the Absa Cape Epic now. The next event on my "fun and eager to follow" list.

And: always the event to spot new stuff / bikes or at least cool special paint jobs.

Itching to pull the trigger on a bike for the Taurus Mountain Race but will wait whether something is in the works for the odd brand with overdue model-renewal...

#MTB #CapeEpic

Post Trainer ride Cappu with accidentally not terrible Latte Art.

And w/o any effort, I might add.

Not that it would get better _with_ effort, mind you. ;-)

#coffeeshots

Alee (@cyclingabout - not here) made a nice video on the aspects of what makes a fast and comfortable (as comfort is fast) Atlas Mountain Race bike on basis of the 2026 Rigs: https://youtu.be/KLt442zHCks?si=zV73UEW0Csy0o5_7

Check it out if f you like to hear and see in a concise form what I'm telling you since before the inaugural edition.

And helped inform quite some participants as I know from your feedback over the years. Always grateful when you reach out, guys. :)

#AMR2026 #cyclingabout

There's currently #Gravel Race livestreaming going on. Still 7 km for todays stage of Santa Vall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPanll1n2Vg

If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen that as usual I posted a few tidbits and comments about the Atlas Mountain Race 2026 unfolding. Which has a podium since last night. Today I posted this short look into the first 5 (6) and how crazy close this edition was:

#AMR2026 #AtlasMountainRace #Bikepacking