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Food supplements and cooking equipment |
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Under certain conditions, when riding on tough trails through hot deserts, or in high altitude, your body needs to be resupplied with vitamins and a fast acting and easy digestable form of energy. Ultra Buffer and Ultra Bar support the body (muscles and brain) with the necessary vitamins and energy during riding, whereas Ultra Refresher is helping to regenerate quickly for full performance the following day. |
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Yes, cooking is the most important event on tour - therefore we carry the reliable Primus MultiFuel EX and the Primus Etapower MF expedition stove and a set of stainless steel pots. |
Bike and bike components |
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The
bike is the central part of equipment. It needs to be robust and allow
to mount front and rear racks. The ROTOR Komet is a CroMo steel frame bike designed for touring in remote regions. So far, it has worked really well for us during off-road touring in Tibet, Morocco and Siberia. |
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Rohloff's
new gearing system, the Speedhub 500/14 is excellent for tough
conditions of sandy and muddy roads. It is basically free of maintenance.
The biggest advantage is that extremely fast gear changing is possible.
In addition, we use the SLT-99 chain. |
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Seat
post suspension significantly increases riding comfort on rough and
corrogated roads. The new version of Airwings suspended seat
posts, "Evolution", is very robust especially on
rough terrain. |
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Tires
are one very important piece of equipment for bicycle touring. With
the wrong tires, your tour can become a real pain... Marathon XR
is a legendary and truely reliable tire for long distance bicycle
touring and has good protection against puctures and wear-off. On the road bike we now use the Marathon Supreme, which is specially designed for good grip and low resistance also on wet roads. The new tire Smart Sam is a powerful mountain bike tire for traveling on tough gravel roads or in sand, but it runs also very well on paved roads. Equally important, we are very satisfied |
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Suspension
forks require special front racks not dirctly applying weight to the
suspended parts of the wheel. The faiv Hoogar and HoogarPlus
luggage rack is fixed at the top of the fork and has a moving connection
lower down, near the axle. So the luggage is transported smoothly,
unaffected by the terrain, as the front wheel is able to rise and
fall unhindered. When it is fully loaded, the rack increases the effectiveness
of the suspension. |
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Robust
handle bar, bar ends, and stem from X-tas-Y, kindly provided
by Humpert
GmbH. |
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We
use the reliable bicycle computer BC1200 for our road bike
and the new BC2006MHR with combined functions during hiking
and cycling. In addition, air pumps Telescope Jet (mini pump)
and Alpha Jet (floor mini pump) are our companions on tour
an during road bike competitions. |
Bike trailer |
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A
really light weight single wheel trailer that is especially suitable
for touring rough road conditions and in remote regions where there
are no roads at all. The great advantage is the big wheel that makes
it easier to ride over obstacles. |
  we have used the following trailers: 
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When
travleing to remote regions, or to hot deserts, the amount of supplies
or water to be transported may exceed the space available in panniers.
Instead of building high on the rear rack, the one-wheeled BOB-Yak
trailer is the ideal cargo trailer. It follows the bicycle track
exactly and keeps the center of gravity low for bike and rider. It
can load up to 40kg and is absolutely compatible with difficult trails.
A new suspended version is now available: The BOB-Ibex with
a suspended wheel. It follows very smooth and does not bounce anymore
- ideal for rough terrain (see
review article). |
Panniers and camping equipment |
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Keeping
your stuff dry is extremely important, especially if you are riding
in the rain all day and are looking forward to dry clothing and sleeping
bag for the night. Ortlieb Front Roller and Back Roller
panniers are tight for water and dust. The Quick Lock system1
holding the bags on the racks is very powerful, even when riding on
rough trails. In addition, the Rack-Pack XL ideally fits into
the BOB-Yak and BOB-Ibex trailer and keeps stuff dry even on wet and
muddy roads. |
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Excellent
and well-designed tents either with PU or silicone outer fabric. We
are using the model Zatara as a free-standing two-person tent
which is leight weight and robust. The mdoel Akjer is our robust expedition winter tent with snow flaps for mountaineering. |
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The Thermarest ProLitePlus
serves us very well during bike tours and mountaineering. |
Clothing and Accessories |
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Die Firma Alpina, ein in der Wintersportszene bekannter
Betrieb aus Südbayern, ist auf die Herstellung von exzellenten Brillen
für den Outdoor- und Skibereich spezialisiert. Die TURBO GT Brillen
schützen unsere Augen und Gesichter gegen die Kälte und Sturm, gegen
harte UV- und IR-Strahlung, sowie gegen zu viel Licht, was in sonnigen
Schnee-Landschaften immer der Fall ist. Alpina, a company from South Bavaria, provided us with professional snow goggles Turbo GT. We highly appreciate this protection in cold and "white" environments during winter touring and high altitude mountaineering. Under these conditions, proper UV- and IR protection is essential. |
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We
love the Sealskinz waterproof socks, they are great to use
with sandals - all year round, and they turned out to be also dust-proof!
In addition, we also use SealSkinz cold weather gloves and
winter hat. |
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Great
mountain boots with lots of thoughtful details. We are using the Top
Trek Alpine model. |
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Cascade designs supplied us with
the snow shoes Lightning Ascent. They are light weight
and have good grip, ideal for mounaineering. |
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Light
weight and strong ice axe, crampons and harness
for mountaineering. |
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Here we want to thank those who supported us with their materials and advice.