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Special News: Of our 2800km this time from Enschede to the Northkap we did as of today already 54% = 1512km !!

Backstage Information: Short story about the bikers weights. Every morning the same process - what should we wear and what do we leave in Frank. For me it doesn't matter too much - my total biking weight is 120kg. For Klaus it doesn't matter either, because he weights nearly nothing (91kg). For Stefan this is a big deal. Yesterday (as an example) he decided to not use socks, no windproof undershirt and no rain jacket. He carries only powerbars and Snickers for the energy. This day he saved about 645g !! His superlight Simplon bike weights nearly nothing and his personal weight is highly optimized. In total he is light like a feather. Every hill he drives in front to demonstrate his feather capabilities. I think he weights only half of me .... 😃😜

Starting point (A): SFC Kininkaanlähde, Kankaanpää

Ending point (B): Camping Seinäjoki

The weather god is with us and delivers warm to very warm weather. In the morning we had already 20oC and now its more about 26oC. This is the reason why we start ar 6:30am and try to be at the Camping site between 1pm to 2pm. This gives us the opportunity to relax, cook or/and repair Frank or other things. Maybe I find the time one day to show you our repair list....

Today the cold bath in the river was clearly the highlight.

Looking foward to see you tomorrow!

Hei hei!!

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Ein Wort mit den meisten ä ....



Breakfast place for coffee and icecreme - we did not notice that this icecreme has 3.8% Alcohol... but it was good!!














Sauna is always part of a good camping site


Good Kitchen!



Comments

  1. Peter TiedemannJuly 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM

    Safe riding and hopefully no accidents! (Collision with reindeer)

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  2. AnonymousJuly 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM

    Thanks for the daily informative and entertaining posts and for the great pictures. Have a safe and good trip for the remaining 46% of the route. Jürgen with Christa

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  3. NorbertJuly 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM

    Welcome!! Thank you for the great wishes!!

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