bike-packing mega-trend

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"), from outdoors at via ferrata, here, just around the corner, well, and who did climb in mere jeans he cutted by himself, to go climb barefeet or with flip-flop, now, meanwhile you need a new trousers from Marmot and shoes the Mercedes-Benz class likewise 5.10? Since 2005 at the latest, boom after. Time-trial (TT) bike from Canyon 2015 at the latest, boom after, in affairs of triathlon. And the new TT? Time of Xentis Mark 1 aerowheels are past, good-bye to Focus Walser and Zipp 808, too, but welcome design made for style-police, only! Like a Specialized e-bike 2025, e-bike boom after. And thus that is my still my nick-name, among bikers the ultra way, Flipsy, hooked to the flip-flop, but to speak out freely, I did wear before bike-packing became mega-trend? I did and well, I am like Jenny, still 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 e-bikers (catwalkers) and those folks called bikepackers, here  the attribute awesome turned to awkward. But you can combine that, than you have ebike-bikepackers or just a new generation of ultra-posers. The jobless e-biker imitates Tour De France cyclists, moreover. You need to look into their faces, focused, hard like robots. It would be funny, yes, but it is sad. Because of. Tricking, cheating, faking or like triathletes say: darfting. Or like some other say, e.g. spectators watching those bike-packers from an outdoor bar e.g., it is a freak-show, however, yes, but they are everywhere, at least in Germany. What a shame. what a pity? Yes, if you do compare. But don't. 

 

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To be honest, in Germany only? No, not so. Thus, where to go travel? America? 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 of their lifes. 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. By 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 up for 16 T+  Eur/ $. 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 for I was as a boy, 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 six yrs old. Its in military, hunting green camouflage, the colour of the year of 2020. So well, to repair that my bike in an official store is more expensive than to buy a new one. True. But: how sick! In terms of CO2-budget and Europian Frame Law valid since 01. January 2021 with sustainabillty as its domain header: 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, first, bike-fitting, second, and special tools for. third. You even cannot change a tyre. Likewise a whole tree of lights is blinking in your new car in case of an error as of all that eletric devices like Di2, eTap, Navi, Komoote, Strava, insta-cam and selfie-stick, especially sick. Those users just show off and most of them never competed in a race. It is like the algorithm of being a part of is blinking in their heads, too, and that is the why of some of us call it the freak-show. It are the new "biobikes" for those mere hobby cyclists, who are, cyclists, just in training, but never, I do repeat, competed in a race and therefore exactly are in the need to draw contrast to the 5-7 T Eur e-bikers' bikes to do compete with. Rather funny? Not so. Cycling became dangerous. Almost any occasion out there in the normal area of traffic became a racing-course, and a contest. Who is faster? And does look cuter? How sick! How sick! A mere catwalk, public traffic space and cycling-pathes, but hooked to self-optimation and concurrence, business and, rather funny, but true, who is first. And believe me one thing: if some believes to be first he has to be first no need to be reasonable by the violation of the rules of traffic. Because those are needed to be first. Reality, in the year of 2026. The hysteria arrived in pulic space and affected drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Be aware in the supermarket, too, they all need to be first no matter where to in any the supermarket? Don't stand in the way, like twin towers in NYC.

 

See? Not funny. 

 

 

 

Having tightened up all ends, well, I repaired my 899 bucks (new; store: Berlin, Germany) six yrs old gravel-bike, invested 250 Eur for and decided to ride to Greece. Unfortunatelly we have still minus in terms of degrees of celsius, not so economy, sure, and triathlon-career or trend-setting after, well, no one of us is in a hurry. 

 

So which are the countries to go and how, what is the new trend? There is a 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 diplomate 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 not written on its backside. It are my words. A so-called three-liner (Limerick).

Fisherman's friend

... from fb ...

A fox went to the pool, he saw a fish  and was a fool? 

Was very far, to cross, the Atlantic Ocean, the fish stayed calm, but was in motion, and rang-up the boss

Thus, the fox went home, found its place  among the human race somehow alone.

 

(text on the back of the autograph???)

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Eastern 2026: Artemis II (NASA) flys, to a pink full moon on SAT (...)

Folks,

 in all the years of looking to the moon, and may be was of the launch of Artmenis II on 1st of April, too, priming, that was broadcasted on YT on the NASA's official broadcast channel live - and still it is, the mission to fly and sourround the moon takes 10 days - well, interested in the moon and full moon I did not need a calendar and just got a feeling of by the light in the nights. 

Does a candle burn like that in open space e.g. in the Orion spacecraft? And shines pink?

The surprise came when I posted a treck of Boris Brejcha wirth the full moon in, but somewhere in the desert with camels and crusaders in? First. And then second, the recognition came of the picture shows an middle-age town or castle somewhere in the desert, yes, and the full moon. Thus third, I thought I made bull shit of having posted full moon despite of there isn't, full moon, from my point of view. Thus, I dot a little nervous an deleted that post. Then I went online and checked.  The doubble-surprise came as of was not only a feeling of the nightskies light and time-span feeling of the last time, but true. It is written of 4th of April in the internet of a pink full moon in Germany and I felt relief of me, I, was right with my feeling, looked out of the windows, checked the whole night sky, because I didn' t see the moon, where it should be, and thus deleted that post completely. Here is the upload again, sound nice, no wonder, but a masterpiece from Boris Brejcha.

Be flame!

In the morning of that the following Sunday I woke up like for usual a quater past 5 a.m.. No more thinking of it all. However, the light falling through a small gap of the window to directly to where I was sleeping was somehow bright and I remembered there was something. And in deed, surprise again, it was the moon, not like said at the horizon at 9 p.m. the day before, but now, on Sunday. And it is not pink as of there isn't a big lake or the sea, but the forrest to see, and thus that might be the explanation I did not  be a witness of that specatcle the day before, once again, as of the trees are too much high and there is no water for reflections. All in all I cannot confirm and the picture might be my evidence of the moon is not pink. Likewise Auroa Borealis was faked by comoputer and the mass-media and people shared like crazy on facebook. The moon can be orange, true, or dark orange, with beige, or even red, but pink I never heard before. My fault? 

Keep your eyes and ears open and do better believe in yourself.

 Moon's set on Sunday. Not moon's rise, but still.

If the full moon at Eastern, on Saturday was arising in pink I can neither confirm nor disconfirm. But moon's set wasn't, for 100.00% sure. And that is why I believe in I myself, thus science, sport, music, art and politics, people and trends, not so in religion. And if, then, well, I am flexible of.

What I am sure in of an other phenomena. Please listen. That is another story, but hooked to it all. A meteor fell down on a Monday the area of Nuremberg had been eye-witnessed by 400 people. I was one of them, sitting outdoor that evening some very few years ago at round about 22.00 p.m. in Germany, too, and saw the meteor clearly diving from the North-West to the South-West sparkling green. In the local news it was written it had been orange. You do not believe? You can check this in their archieve.

At least the web and space watch in Nuremberg did report honestly. Here you can check validad my version: green meteor in the sky

Anyway, have a nice Sunday and do not think of rabbits. At least I do, because I do not need to be told of the rabbit colours eggs and kids need to search them in the garden e.g. likewise  others drink red wine and eat small biscuits as a symbol of the blood and body of Jesus. That is totally mentally ill, cannibalism and vampirism, canibalism we had on the Earth. lastly seen among soldiers in Stalingrad. But who knows? Thus, the full moon arises in pink last Shabbat, yesterday, in Germany, for sure, I believe so, yes.

Cheers, 

Mike.