Allgäu Gravel
Tours, enjoyment & favourite places on the edge of the Alps - by Ines Thoma & Max Schumann
The Allgäu is Germany's most popular cycling region. Located close to the metropolis of Munich, it promises maximum fun on road and gravel with its 700 kilometre-long cycle network. The two bike pros Ines Thoma and Max Schumann got on their gravel bikes in their home region and present the most beautiful tours in Füssen, Immenstadt, Kempten, Lindau, Memmingen, Oberstaufen and Oberstdorf in their book.
For each region, the two provide valuable information on the cycling infrastructure and present three elaborate tours with varying degrees of difficulty. They also explore the culinary and cultural highlights off the bike. This includes a visit to a cheese dairy on a Sennalp and a guided tour of the Kluftinger town of Kempten.
- With information on difficulty level and suitability for families
- GPS data and overview map of the regions
- Special pages matching the respective district
- Pages: 160
- Format: 21.3 x 24.1 cm
- Photos and illustrations: 346
- Price: 29,90 Euro
About the fields
Gravel biking in France and Belgium: On the trail of the toughest bike race of all time - by Max Marquardt
A gravel bike adventure through France and Belgium, steeped in history, from the vineyards of the Vosges to the windswept Atlantic coast. The "Tour of the Battlefields", which was organised once only in 1919, is largely forgotten today. But its story is told as the toughest stage race of all time.
Journalist and author Max Marquardt follows in his footsteps on a gravel bike. Stage by stage, he sets off to discover the scenic and culinary delights of today. Time and again, he takes his eyes off the road and explores restaurants, cafés and sights. A journey of discovery in the best sense of the word.
- The battlefields tour through the eyes of gravel bikers
- Scenic and culinary treasures along the historic stages from 1919
- Richly illustrated and inspiring landscapes
- Pages: 256
- Format: 24.5 x 30.6 cm
- Price 49,90 Euro
Brägel saves the world
"Radschlag" with Brägel: 30 years of cult columns by Jürgen Löhle
For over 30 years, sports journalist Jürgen Löhle has been delighting readers of Europe's biggest cycling magazine with his TOUR column "Radschlag". Starting with his first story "Kurz und flach" ("Short and flat") and ending with "Chat Tschie-Pie-Was?" ("Chat Tschie-Pie-What?"), this volume brings together the best 50 stories about the cult figure "Brägel", his quirks, his friends and his sport. Cornelia von Seidlein lovingly illustrates all the stories with a twinkle in her eye - including portraits of his cycling group.
- Over 30 years of cult columns by Jürgen Löhle
- The best 50 stories about the cult figure "Brägel" and cycling
- Humorous illustrations by Cornelia von Seidlein
- Pages: 288
- Format: 14.8 x 22.8 cm
- Photos and illustrations: 54
- Price: 24,90 Euro
1942 - The Tour de France that wasn't one
Between resistance and collaboration - by Étienne Bonamy
In the middle of the war summer of 1942, the German occupying forces and the French collaborators launched the "Circuit de France". It was intended as a kind of Tour de France, which had not taken place since 1940. From 28 September to 4 October, 72 riders from France, Belgium and Italy set off on the 1,650-kilometre route in six stages. Designed in a hurry, it was a round trip from Paris to Paris, through a France divided by the demarcation line.
Anyone who has ever ridden a bike knows that nothing in life is flat. - René Fallet, franc. Writer (1927 - 1983)
The riders lacked everything during this improvised "tour de force": material, food and, above all, motivation. One of them was Émile Idée, one of the best French cyclists at the time. Étienne Bonamy tells his story and that of the other competitors in a moving way. He describes a race that took place between resistance and collaboration, the black market and blackmail, personal and political interests, occupied and free zones. A multi-faceted novel that captures the politics of the era and the role of sport and the press in an authoritarian regime.
- Moving novel by French sports journalist Étienne Bonamy, who met Émile Idée, the only surviving participant in the race at the time, while researching his book
- A look at the fascinating connection between sport, politics and the press in an era characterised by authoritarian regimes
- Pages: 240
- Format: 14.3 x 22.1 cm
- Price: 22,00 Euro
See the world for just a moment
Heinz Stücke. 51 years of non-stop cycling. 648,000 kilometres. 196 countries. - by Carina Wolfram and Heinz Stücke (photographer)
What is it like to spend your entire adult life on the road? Heinz Stücke from Hövelhof has experienced it. He was 22 years old when he left his home village in East Westphalia with his saddlebags packed and 73 when he returned for the first time. The incredible story of a nomadic life. Heinz Stücke travelled the world by bike for 51 years.
He covered an incredible 648,000 kilometres and saw all 196 countries in the world. At 18, Stücke circumnavigated the Mediterranean, signed on as a sailor on a ship and secretly went ashore on the Russian coast to cycle to Moscow and Vladivostok. He was repeatedly arrested by the militia and sent westwards on a train, but he always got off and travelled his own way through the Soviet Union.
Heinz Stücke told these and many other stories in long conversations with author Carina Wolfram, resulting in a book about an almost unbelievable life on the road.
- The book contains numerous photographs by Heinz Stücke from over 50 years of travelling the world
- Current Netflix documentary about Heinz Stücke: "The man who wanted to see it all"
- With foreword by Dennis Kailing - known from the Netflix documentary "Better world than never"
- Pages: 160
- Format: 17.2 x 24.8 cm
- Photos and illustrations: 150
- Price: 29,90 Euro
Epic
Extraordinary stage winners of the Tour de France - by Thomas Olsthoorn
Winning a stage in the world's most important cycling race is the holy grail of cycling and means eternal glory. Every professional dreams of it, but only a few actually succeed. In this book, Thomas Olsthoorn tells the stories of memorable stage winners from the last ten years. The cycling journalist introduces male and female mountain goats, sprinters, domestiques and top riders from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Among them are Marcel Kittel, Christophe Laporte, Thomas De Gendt, John Degenkolb, Mathieu van der Poel, Annemiek van Vleuten, Fabio Jakobsen and Marianne Vos, all of whom are real high-calibre riders from the international peloton. But we will also meet lesser-known names and athletes who have literally had to travel a long way to experience their moment of glory in France.
- Tour de France stage winners and how they got there
- Top drivers from Germany, the Netherlands, France and Belgium
- Pages: 208
- Format: 14.5 x 22.1 cm
- Price: 22,00 Euro
Bike 2025 - Calendar
Power biking in front of fantastic scenery
This calendar is a new highlight for bikers every month! Rugged rock massifs, rapid descents or dreamy mountain landscapes form an impressive backdrop for spectacular jumps and boundless biking. For many people, the combination of nature, challenging exercise and sophisticated technology is what makes mountain biking so appealing. The "BIKE" calendar encourages viewers to get their mountain bikes out of the cellar and get pedalling themselves.
- Pages: 14
- Format: 46.3 x 56.1 cm
- Price: 29,90 Euro
Freeride 2025 Calendar
Freeriding is cult
Freeriding is mountain biking with tricks, daredevil stunts and an extra dose of adrenaline. More and more bike enthusiasts are enjoying this extreme form of cycling. Freeriding has become a cult sport. This action-packed fun sport is developing rapidly and has been growing in popularity for years. Steep descents in alpine terrain or over trails and whips in the middle of the rainforest. Freeriders are looking for a challenge, with their pulse always at the limit.
- Pages: 14
- Format: 46.3 x 56.1 cm
- Price: 29,90 Euro
TOUR 2025 Calendar
The fascination of racing bikes
The fascination of road cycling. The "TOUR - The Fascination of Road Cycling" calendar shows the most beautiful cycling images from popular road cycling regions: Whether idyllic low mountain landscapes, dreamlike wooded hills, spectacular heights, steep mountain passes or nasty gravel tracks - the routes for racing cyclists are already extremely varied in Europe.
Every year, amateur cyclists seek the challenge of exploring unknown regions on their racing bikes and working their way through every kilometre themselves. It's a great way to get out and about at the weekend or on holiday and get to know the country and its people, or simply to enjoy the peace and quiet and the natural surroundings while cycling. The photos in this calendar present the most beautiful pictures of "everyman" on the road and make you want to explore new road bike routes yourself.
- Pages: 14
- Format: 46.2 x 56.1 cm
- Price: 29,90 Euro
Marc Strucken
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