bike-packing megatrend

Folks, 

like biking is not biking anymore, it is e-biking and biking shifted to bio-biking, bike-packing is not bike-packing anymore, but a catwalk, too. At least in Germany. Likewise fishing, triathlon, hunting, hiking and rock climbing are, meanwhile and for sure. While Kurt Albert, whom I did know personally as a Franconian ("Fight Gravity"), and who did climb in mere Jeans, cutted by hisself, barefeet or with flip-flop, meanwhile you need new trousers from Mammot and shoe 5.10? Since 2005 at the latest, boom after. Time-Trial bike from Canyon 2015 at the latest boom after in affairs of triathlon. Specialized ebike 2025 boom after. And thus that is my still my nick-name, among bikers the ultra way, Flipsy, hooked to the flip-flop, I did wear before bike-packing became megatrend? Well, I am alike Jenny, stilly Michi from the block. They produced a comic in China out if it. You bet? And I have a contact in the Pentagon. Thus, I was allowed to tell Donald Trump a few kind words about the us-army? Just Joking? Just joking.

But still: pathways are full of ebikers (catwalkers) and those folks called bikepackers (ultra-bikers). You can combine that, than you have ebike-bikepackers or just ultra-posers. It would be funny, or like some say it is a freak-show, however, yes, but they are everywhere, at least in Germany. 

 

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To be honest, in Germany only? Thus, where to go travel? Amercia? Hysterical. Russia? Dangerous. Europe? Crowded. Especially Scotland. Even in May and June. 

So I altered my plan to cycle to John o 'Groats. 

To the Northern Cape? 

All full of this very special people who discovered bike-packing. Its like a huge crowd that arrived at a sandy Ocean's beach and tell all end everyone the locals of how it is, go surfing, no idea of gravity, the stars and the waves, but showing off. So Norway is full, Sweden, too. Few areas not so, only, What about New Zealand? Well, the people there go to Australia and New Zealand became a country for the rich olders to go caravaning and e-biking. Just full, crowded and for those who to show off. Like those posers cycling to the Northern Cape in their mid-time off life. New Zealand is rich pensionists' country, who do believe it is spring again. Really, I can tell you: terrible. And they are everywhere. Likewise Scotland is full of those trendy tourists to say so, who cannot afford New Zealand to go to. No option to go cycle, too. Even Ushuaia (Argentine) is full of. But those who are younger, students e.g., and want to be someone special.

What to do?

This is something very cute and jetty. Jetty? It isn't from the word jetset, sure, but let 'em. Believe. To be a part of that scenery. Nor it are endurance athletes. But let 'em. Believe. To be part of.  Like those who buy bike for 15 T+  $. To be par of. Competition. Races, they never mastered. See? Now, they all do, you agree? But with money. 

So what to do? 

Leave people as they are, leave people alone. Rather new insight, ah?

 

 

 

Well, as of those vids link on here (dreamstate logic) my dreamstate of the my childhood's days was Florida, USA. I was. Then. Business education after. In 1996, when the Olympic Games had been in Atlanta. May be I go there again, but the West Coast. Somewhen in Europian winter. But now what to do? Good question. Hysteria from America came to Europe this year. That "trend" needed only few years to come here, while in former times it need years like 20 (+/-). May be it has to do with the world wide web. Likewise triathlon became a sport for those who are addicted to dollars to and to show off. There is nothing left of the original functions like climate-neutrality, dropping out, but self-optimizing and spending huge amounts of money likewise it is to do so among bike-packers. When I started, from Nuremberg to Barcelona, I did with a Kettler aluminium bike my Dad bought in the year of 1986 worthy 20 dollars like that. But it made its way 2000k across the Pyrenaes even, too. Nowadays, the owner of the bike-store I bought bikes since I was 14 years of age, that was when the Olympic Games had been in Seoul, 1988, said: "Michael, you do not need to enter my shop with less than 3500 EUR." 

 

To hell with it! Money.

 

All in all bicycle-sellers told me to throw my gravel-bike five yrs old. Its in military green, the coulor of the year 2020. So well, to repair that my bike in an official store is more expensive than to buy a new one. How sick! In terms of CO2-budget and Europian Frame Law valid since 01. January 2021 with sustainablilty as its domain:  every thing has to be repaired and new things are needed to be constructed that way to be able to be repaired. And now think of new racing bikes for 6-8 T Eur up to 13-16 Eur. How sick! You need biometrics, bike-fitting and special tools for. You even cannot change a tyre. Likewise a whole tree of lights is blinking in your new car in case of an error. Especially sick, as of those users just show off, and most of them never competed in a race. It is like the algorithm of being a apart of is blinking in their heads, too, and that is the why of some of us call it the freak-show. It are the biobikes for the cyclists, who are, cyclists, but never, I do repeat, competed in a race and need to draw contrast to the 5-7 T Eur e-bikers they do compete with. Rahter funny. So and occasion out there in the normal traffic area became a race, and a contest. Who is fast? And does look cuter? How sick! A mere catwalk, but hooked to self-optimation and concurrence, business and who is first. And believe me one thin: if some believes to be first he has to be first no need by violation the rules of traffic. Because those are needed to be first. 

 

See? Funny. 

 

 

 

Having tightened up all ends, I repaired my 899 bucks (new; store: Berlin, Germany) 6 yrs old gravel-bike, invested 250 Eur for  and decided to ride to Greece to the Isle of Rhodes. Unfortunatelly we have still minus in degrees of Celsius, and triathlon-career and trend-setting after, well, no one is in a hurry. 

 

So which are the countries to go and how, what is the new trend? There is new trend, sure, in being authentically. 

 

 

 

Well, we will see where it goes. Presently we do not share new trends. So do I either.

 

 

personal annotation:

the fox shown in the post before is hooked to the Ministary of Foreign Affairs, Berlin, Germany. I got for special merits likewise: never surrender! As an admin e.g.. Or as a diplomat in Russia or the Philippines, or in Sweden, Finland, the Nato and America? Likewise Faris had been fed up of all that people around! And became a champion. Thus, me too. The autograph contains a typically saying he is famous for. And thus, yes, the lyrics about the fish and the fox is written on its backside. Post (B.E.) from Faris, for fish & fox (pfffff in A.E.).