In September 2017 the second edition of our anual GROUNDWORK event took place. This time we swapped rural France for something a little more closer to home, actually so close to home it was only a stone’s throw from our office in Cologne.

Tobias “Tobsen” Cordes is an enthusiastic person through-and-through: most well known for playing the bass in German based band “Seeed”. We listened attentively the moment he began telling us about the current increasing in the number of people who are not taking huge amounts of time to go fishing in faraway places - but rather prefer to spend their time peacefully fishing in the city.

The Haute Route is the first global series of multi-day cycling events for amateurs. Whether it’s in Colorado’s Rockies, the French Alps, Pyrenees or Italian Dolomites, these are the highest, toughest and most prestigious amateur cycling events in the world.

Taking in some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, the HT550 is an unsupported race the pushes riders to the limit due to it's unrivalled terrain.

The Dirty Boar is not a race (although time-measured and a result list is made), rather a social off-road / gravel ride of 170km with an elevation gain of 2.700m. The event is mostly about meeting like minded bike enthusiasts from all over Europe and enjoying the beautiful landscape you might not have seen yet, and an experience you won’t forget.

If you don’t feel comfortable with all the hundreds of participants at other bikepacking challenges, the Romagna Bike Trail might be your thing. With an amount around +30 participants the RBT is rather an informal event among like-minded – you definitely won’t leave the event without great chats you had, and probably without making new friends.

Stefan “Fish” Vis and his Bombtrack “NEEDLE” bike at Rad Race’s “Last Man Standing” in Berlin, March 2017. Fish got 3rd out of 140 starters!

NL Crit Series was founded on March 7th 2015 at Django’s Bikeshop in Haarlem by a various group of passionate people from within the cycling and fixed gear racing community.

This special build is ready to rule the road, but at the same time addresses the connoisseurs among us, hungry for a bike combining a timeless look with the latest technical achievements.