With overall nine starts at the legendary ironman on Hawaii the triathlete Oliver Hodatsch from Gelnhausen is still considered one of the outstanding endurance athletes in the Main-Kinzig district. In 1994 the „long distance athlete of the first hour“ he outstandingly managed to take the 66th place at the world championship in Kailua-Kona, the place of the event on Big Island.
Rider Reports
In the deserts of Africa, the rainforests of South America or in the sibirian winter. Traveling by bike is always something special.
For your biketrip to be a breathtaking adventure, the SPEEDHUB offers the best conditions. Our gear hub is comfortable in every cornor of the world. The reports of adventurers and globetrotters have been proving that for many years.
E-Traction – The Trip 2 Riders 6 Continents 8 Wheels
E-Traction - The Trip is the new Pedelec Adventure by Susanne Brüsch ("Lady Pedelec") and "Elefantino Captain" Silvio Züllig. Susanne has worked in e-bikes for over 20 years and has been a pioneer in e-bike travel for the past 10 years. Silvio was on the road by motorcycle for decades and has now switched to e-bike and expedition truck. In 2019, the two-wheel-proven duo teamed up to embark on the biggest journey of their lives: Around the world on 8 wheels – 2 e-bikes and their 4WD motorhome "Elefantino". On board of the bikes – the Rohloff Speedhub E-14.
Bis zum Mond und noch weiter ... (Ende 2022 = 470.000 km)
Janckes Revier ist seine Geburtsstadt Hannover, sein liebster Ort der Maschsee. Seit 2004 dreht er dort seine Runden um den See. Nicht selten zehn am
Tag. Er bezeichnet sich selbst als den „bekanntesten Unbekannten“ in Hannover.
Über seine Leidenschaft Radfahren und die Leiden, die ihn aufs Rad brachten, hat er ein Buch
(„Augen geboren aus Erinnerungen und Träumen“, www.augensingen.de) verfasst.
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The Great Northern Expedition
The main purpose of their expedition was to follow the itinerary of Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746), who became the first scientist to set foot on Alaska during the 2nd Kamchatka expedition. Elena and Oliver cycled around the Earth along the northern polar circle.
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Across The Ice By Bike
Wolfgang Kulow loves adventure. Every stage the 63 -year-old sets his sights upon, is for mere mortals a huge challenge. In February Wolfgang Kulow intends to traverse the frozen Lake Baikal by bicycle. In his luggage, amongst other things, an extremely warm multifunctional jacket, a small one-man tent, a daily dry meal ration of 150 grams and his specially stocked bike.
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What a Trip
Every great journey begins with a vague idea or a dream. In this case, it was the dream to go one day by bike to the end of the world, without motor assistance and shoot a film of his experiences. So Maximilian Semsch got hold of a world map, to calculate the longest distance that he could cycle from his own doorstep, without crossing an ocean. Singapore quickly became the planned destination for his trip.
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Munich to Singapore
In the past, Isabel and Uwe have completed several bike tours in Germany, Europe, Asia and Africa. The plan to make a really long tour upon the cessation of work had matured for a long time. Following a meeting on the Fuorn Pass with Pascal, a Swiss cyclist on his way to Cape Town, they asked themselves: "Why should we wait so long?" They had a bombastic year. They didn't regret the decision for a single day. Every morning one awoke in anticipation of new adventures, new experiences and new views.
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10 Years With The Rohloff
As strange as it may sound, everything actually began with a bicycle accident. That was in June 2002. After Dorothee Fleck had run her first marathon and had just come back from a bike tour to Venice, disaster struck. While she was lying in hospital, a girlfriend gave her the book: "Cold Beer and Crocodiles - Cycling through Australia" by Roff Smith. Back at work a colleague disclosed that she was taking a half a years maternity leave. She would also have liked a half years leave.
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Berlin2Shanghai
On April 6th 2012, their 30th birthday, the twins Paul and Hansen undertake the longest bike tour of their lives to date. Not to Hungary, not to Poland, not to Italy or the Arctic Circle as on recent tours.
No, this time it went as far as possible overland to the east. The preparation time was intense, all materials and every little piece of equipment was especially carefully selected. There was only one component that was selected right from the outset. The Speedhub 500/14 from Rohloff.
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Globetrotter
Martin L. and Nadine P. from Germany are on a perennial bicycle journey around the world. After 60,500 kilometres in 4.5 years they arrived in Peru; A good time for a short interim report. On their journey, the pediatric nurse and the business school graduate have visited a total of 48 countries on 6 continents, and in doing so have covered 96,500 km by bike, 4300 km by canoe and more than 1500 km on foot.
Great Divide Tour
The world's longest mountain bike route along the Great Divide, the continental watershed of North America, that separates the outflow to the Pacific and Atlantic, runs from Banff in Canada to the Mexican border. The 4500 km long route through the Rocky Mountains, surmounts eleven 3000 metre passes. At Indiana Pass in Colorado over 3,600 metres above sea level the air is considerably thinner than on any point on the Alps navigable by bike. Klaus-Georg Deck from Heidelberg rose to this challenge and reached his destination after a good 22 days, in 16th position, at Antelope Wells, a nondescript border guard post at the US-Mexican border.
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20,000 Medals for Alaska
Klaus Lüttgen had his trailer assembled quickly and all his possessions stowed away as he stood at the airport information desk, his vehicle attracting curious glances.The lady at the desk is particularly impressed by his venture, "20,000" Medals For Alaska and immediately gave him an address: "My daughter lives with her husband in Valdez, you need only to ask for her at the Post Office, because everybody knows everyone else there”. Who would have imagined that? Hardly off the plane and even a possible overnight stay at his main destination, Valdez.
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Havy Duty Tandem
Meanwhile they are a family of five, who operate a self-catering small-holding family farm. The Klemm family currently have two milking cows, a two and a half year old heifer, a one-year calf, two heifers and two bulls and a flock of 40 Wallachian sheep. The eight hecktares farm is anything but rounded off and spread over an area of thirteen square kilometres. The terrain is often unpaved with hilly and forest roads.
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Grenzsteintrophy
The Grenzstein Trophy is a self-catering trip along the former inner German border. One cycles, wherever possible, on old concrete slab border patrol roads. On the 17.06.2010 at 7:30 all participants assemble at the tri-border area following a common breakfast at the restaurant "Zur gemütlichen Kleintierschänke" in Mittelhammer and start together. A field report by Waltraud Schulze.
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[Translate to en:] Mon vèlo
[Translate to en:] Er sendete uns diesen Beitrag von Punta Arenas aus, südlich von Chile, es sind nur noch noch paar hundert Kilometer zu fahren, um das letzte Ziel zu erreichen: Ushuaia. Das Rennen, es war wirklich ein Zeitrennen über die Anden, startete vier Monate und 11.000 km zuvor in Quito, Equador und führte hauptsächlich über nicht asphaltierte Wege.
Grenzsteintrophy
The Grenzstein Trophy is a self-catering trip along the former inner German border. One cycles, wherever possible, on old concrete slab border patrol roads. On the 17.06.2010 at 7:30 all participants assemble at the tri-border area following a common breakfast at the restaurant "Zur gemütlichen Kleintierschänke" in Mittelhammer and start together. A field report by Waltraud Schulze.
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Tour d' Afrique
The longest mountain bike race / expedition through Africa! Diagonally traversing the African continent from north to south in 120 days, comprising of 95 cycling days, ten different countries and almost 12,000 kilometres, which had to be accomplished by bike. Those were the known facts, which prompted almost 60 enthusiastic cyclists and adventurous people from the whole world, to plunge into this four-month adventure.
Snow Epic
Following 3 days skiing, cross-country skiing and fatbike testing in Engelberg, the 3 Rohloff team riders (Michael Opper, Ralf Kropp und Andre Ahamer) are well prepared for the launch of Snow Epic 2015 on Thursday 15.01.2015. Since it was the first Snow Epic event, none of the riders knew exactly what to expect. Consequently the Snow Epic was a real adventure with a special atmosphere.
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Speedhub Champion 2010
The Rohloff AG held for the first time, within the framework of the the Rohloff Mad East Challenge 500, a Rohloff SPEEDHUB Championship. The search was for the fastest and toughest mountain biker using the SPEEDHUB, over the tantalising Erzgebirgisch trails. The route was pure torture, and of the 280 competitors about 1/5 were en route with the gear hub.
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TransAlp 2009
The Jeantex Transalp is probably the toughest mountain bike stage race in Europe. Every year more than 400 teams face the challenge to cross the Alps in eight days. From Mittenwald in Bavaria to Riva del Garda in Italy, the cyclists have to conquer an altitude of more than 22000 metres and a distance of 630 kilometres. Rohloff AG is traditionally represented by several teams.
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