[This text has been machine translated.] Dear BTG friends, the questions about the start date of a 2022 edition of the Bikepacking Trans Germany are getting louder – both by email and in the WhatsApp group. We, on the other hand, have been rather quiet since the end of the Read more…
Approximately two months have passed since the BTG 2021 is in the books. After 2020, it was the second edition under the circumstances of a still ongoing pandemic and it was surrounded by uncertainties. As if Covid-19 wasn’t enough, the African swine fever was also an issue in some parts Read more…
When we changed the route in 2020, we still thought that it would only be an exception for one year. Unfortunately we have to adjust the track again this year. The BTG not only “suffers” from Corona, but also from an even more dangerous virus: the African Swine Fever has Read more…
Bikepacking Trans Germany 2020 – The Final Wrap-up Riders, followers and friends of BTG – the 2020 edition of the Bikepacking Trans Germany has been a very special one for sure. With all the thoughts about the question whether to cancel the 2020 BTG or not due to the Covid-19 Read more…
Bikepacking Trans Germany 2020 – Wrap-up #6 (16th of July 2020) Today we’d like to keep the wrap-up rather short, but that doesn’t mean that it will lack appreciation for today’s finishers. First of all, we want to congratulate Boris to his arrival at Cape Arkona. From early on in Read more…
Bikepacking Trans Germany 2020 – Feature In the meantime we managed to get in touch with Michael Kazimiers, who started early for his ITT on June 29th. Michael held first place in the ranking with just 2 minutes under 7 days for a long time until Flo “Supertramp” and others Read more…
Bikepacking Trans Germany 2020 – Wrap-up #5 (13th of July 2020) “DIGGER OR DIVER? – The Quest for the last ferry” Just tonight, a BTG rider known as “Digger” accepted the unspoken challenge by the schedule of the last ferry on the island of Rügen: He dug deep into his Read more…
Bikepacking Trans Germany 2020 – Wrap-up #4 (10th of July 2020) And we have three more finishers. Ramon, Oliver and Christian made it to the Cape a few hours ago. According to the tracking, Ramon is currently the fastest rider of the 2020 edition with a total of 6 d Read more…
Bikepacking Trans Germany 2020 – Wrap-up #3 (9th of July 2020) Today we got the news from Ramon on the WhatsApp group that the part 66-Seen-Weg which is a section of the BTG route through Brandenburg has been pretty relentless when it comes to wear down material and components due Read more…
Bikepacking Trans Germany 2020 – Wrap-up #2 (8th of July 2020) Today, we can congratulate our second finisher of the 2020 BTG: Peter Felten missed the last ferry last night but made it up to the Cape today! Congratulations, Peter – we’re happy to hear that your tracking device stuck Read more…