@torstenfrank.bsky.social
Meistens รผber's radfahren / mostly cycling related / Bikepacking, Science, Nerd stuff Find most of my stuff here: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com or here: https://www.instagram.com/torsten_frank Also: https://mastodon.social/@tfrank_de/
That view... ๐คฉ
... was super-hard earned, though.
Slowly also populating my Silk Road Mountain Race album on flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/huege...
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#SRMR2025cap201
#silkroadmountainrace
#bikepacking
#ultracycling
#weitradeln
#Kyrgyzstan
#Kirgisistan
#photography
Silk Road Mountain Race Recap Day 6:
www.instagram.com/p/DPzPnwZjCe...
Epic hike-a-bike over 4020m altitude and countless river crossings.
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#SRMR2025cap201
#silkroadmountainrace
#bikepacking
#ultracycling
#weitradeln
#Kyrgyzstan
#Kirgisistan
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Heck, that last post was only 2 sentences and it only had 4 characters left to fill... I won't look at this much longer and simply omit @bsky.app from my posting and reading and just focus on Mastodon, Threads and Instagram.
10.10.2025 07:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Again and again... what is a very brief post and fits nicely into one message in Mastodon or Threads with ample room to spare I have to split into two posts here on @bsky.app . Look at the previous 2 sentences and tell me how that wouldn't fit and wouldn't be better a part of a single posting...
10.10.2025 07:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0So I briefly pondered going there.
But since I'll be in Leuven the next weekend for a UCI Gravel race I actually will partake in, I'll skip that one, too and rather visit Mum. ๐
Another recommendation for this weekend: UCI Gravel Worlds! In Zuid-Limburg, The Netherlands.
ucigravelworldseries.com/en/
And that's actually much nearer to me: only 2 hrs :)
#cycling #Gravel #UCIGravelWorlds
On the one hand it's "only" 6 -7 hrs one way to get to for me. But then it's a friggin 6-7 hrs to get to, same back, weekend taken, money spent... caring for myself, not over-extending and just watch you guys bring us nice photos... ๐
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www.bespoked.cc
Highly recommended if you are somewhere near Dresden.
I debated hard with me to visit again, not just because of the bikes but the opportunity to meet people.
#cycling #custom #bespoked #Dresden
Silk Road Mountain Race Recap Day 5:
www.instagram.com/p/DPmKKyDjLY...
#SRMR2025
#SRMR2025cap201
#silkroadmountainrace
#bikepacking
#ultracycling
#weitradeln
#Kyrgyzstan
#Kirgisistan
So when I wish for aerobars developed with special consideration for ultracycling and bikepacking I should add two points: ... (see either in provided photos, on Mastodon or Threads. Or directly in my Instagram stories)
08.10.2025 15:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0... preferences just follow me via Mastodon...
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count (see what I had to do there again, dear followers and @bsky.app ) that even to convey a super short info I have to hit the "plus" button multiple times. That's just dumb.
So here are just the screenshots and I recommend to follow me either on Instagram or if this collides with your...
Instagram as stories because there are all the major players and I can address and tag most of the brands directly currently also on Mastodon, Threads and here on Bluesky.
And on Mastodon and Threads you can even read them as text in the thread. But @bsky.app has such a blatantly limited character
Aerobars tailor made for Ultracycling - a proposal.
Recently learned that Swiss Side offers an Aero Cockpit solution since July.
More in the following posts... nah, more only in the added Story-Screenshots themselves and respective ALT texts.
See, I cross post some stuff I originally post on
While I'm already agonizing (read enjoying the process over what bikepacking races / events to do in 2026), this ... monster? just entered left field... 5.000 kilometers, 100.000 meters of climbing, all the Alps, Massif Central, Pyrenees all the way to Santiago de Compostela. I find this dangerously appealing... ๐
On that note: yesterday the registration for ยฉvia_race, chapter Ill started. And I'm already checking all this places in Norway which reveal themselves as basically the highlight reel of VisitNorway.de
I never was in Scandinavia (and thus Norway) yet and already from a nerdy map-lovers point of view I'd love to extend my connected rides (see that @veloviewer interview this week) all the way to the Atlantic Road. But will I be content with being "just" in Norway? (as opposed to cross many European countries in one go?) Do I want to "return" to the road? I love smooth tarmac and the elation of gliding effortlessly across the land. And yet I really don't like traffic anymore... Actually I'd want to do a race of something around 2.000 km, but on smooth gravel. Something to speed along, to feel the flow. Not to hike over goat paths. Really riding. But such a route would be very ncredibly hard to put together. Anywher in the world, I guess. In Europe? Nigh impossible. Do you know something along those lines?
I'm also pondering La Peripherie for Summer. And in autumn I'm really keen to join the inaugural @taurusmountainrace. But I'd also love to return to the AlpsDivide Ultra. And 2026 will be its last edition. ๐ Maybe I should do a "Julie Double" like she did with Badlands and AlpsDivide this year? Speaking of @badlandscc, l'd really want to re-visit that, too! ๐
Ponderings for 2026:
New super long bikepacking event, Via Race Chapter III registration started, interesting route into and through Norway, longing for a long smooth pure gravel event (do you know such?)
Read the slides for details... ๐
#bikepacking #ultracycling #weitradeln
Added to my market overview article:
torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/b...
Holy Haringshappen! 37 mm internal width! And 43 mm outer, 52 mm height. It's for beach racing, but... hmmm... Weight not given but said to be lighter than their previous 4-shore which are claimed 435 g Added to my market overview article: https://torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/breite-aero-laufradsatze-und-felgen-fur-gravel-allroad-und-rennrad/
Holy Haringshappen!
37 mm internal width!
And 43 mm outer, 52 mm height.
It's for beach racing, but... hmmm...
Weight not given but said to be lighter than their previous 4-shore which are claimed 435 g
stormsports.nl/collections/...
#Rim #Wheel #Gravel #Aero #BeachRacing
Made a Youtube Version out of my Chung Virtual Elevation Reel from a few days ago. Of course, this is way more readable and you can see way better what's going on. Also you can pause the playback readily to read those explanations and following the content.
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How to analyze Out- and Back Test Runs for CdA and crr in the Chung Aerolab in Golden Cheetah.
youtu.be/8QW3v0vhWqY?...
#cda #crr #Chung #GoldenCheetah #ThunderBurt #Dubnital #Rollwiderstand #Reifen #Aero
When ultra distance rider @torstenfrank.bsky.social revealed he was an original VeloViewer tiler, with a rare four digit Strava user number, we were keen to speak to him to find out more about his adventures.
Read the latest tiling Q&A in our our blog bit.ly/4o1Y6gS
#tilehunting
Veloviewer did a nice interview with me on the topic of tile collecting or tile hunting.
blog.veloviewer.com/the-view-fro...
#cycling #radfahren #exploremore #tiles #kacheln #tilecollecting #veloviewer #strava #maps
Bonus: got a direct comparison of my own #Supergravel Exceed on the same test laps as I rode the other bikes yesterday. Did this also the last years.
#cycling #radfahren #GravelGround #ZecheEwald #Ruhrgebiet
Visited the Maxxis Gravel Ground Bike-Festival at the Zeche Ewald a second time today. This time by bike from my doorstep mostly via nice gravel and cycling routes. Bonus: got a direct comparison of my own #Supergravel Exceed on the same test laps as I rode the other bikes yesterday. Did this also the last years. #cycling #radfahren #GravelGround #ZecheEwald #Ruhrgebiet
Visited the Maxxis Gravel Ground Bike-Festival at the Zeche Ewald a second time today. This time by bike from my doorstep mostly via nice gravel and cycling routes. Bonus: got a direct comparison of my own #Supergravel Exceed on the same test laps as I rode the other bikes yesterday. Did this also the last years. #cycling #radfahren #GravelGround #ZecheEwald #Ruhrgebiet
Visited the Maxxis Gravel Ground Bike-Festival at the Zeche Ewald a second time today.
This time by bike from my doorstep mostly via nice gravel and cycling routes.
Nice bikes :)
26.09.2025 09:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Silk Road Mountain Race recap Day 4 out now. :)
--> www.instagram.com/p/DPCU1M9jIb...
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#bikepacking
#ultracycling
#weitradeln
#Kyrgyzstan
#Kirgisistan
#Tar
Need to dive deeper into the details of it. First impression though: while I'm happy such a bike finally exists I can't help but be underwhelmed by the overall design effort of Trek. That's not a Wow bike, sadly..
(And @bsky.app needs to dive deeper in their technical limitations.)
On the one hand, it seems to check my boxes I long advocated for. I.e. at least 60 mm front travel and also full sus. On the other hand I must admit that the Wow factor of the lines and shapes is no instant win for me. I feel there could have done a way better job by Trek given their Checkpoints... But I will need to look further into the technical details. And maybe I'll be able to see one in the flesh already this weekend.
Trek unveiled their new CheckOUT today. The bike we saw as a prototype under Justinas at the Transbalkan Race this June. A full suspension gravel bike with 60 mm travel front and 55 mm in the rear.
#cycling #bike #gravelbike #gravel but also #Supergravel?
Artikel-Update vom 17.9. mit Neuem von Nextie, Reynolds und Scope: -->
Breite Aero-Laufradsรคtze und Felgen fรผr Gravel, Allroad und Rennrad torstenfrank.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/b...
#radfahren #cycling #Gravel #Allroad #Rennrad
level, much less of course for any individual. (Doesn't help that they used subjects with wildly variant background or training levels, respectively). Of course - so far nothing terribly new (i.e. trying to get individual information gains from such papers).
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