Bandwagon in the Father Land

Bandwagon claims to bring the cycling experience around the globe, so i did my part on a recent work trip to germany. A while back I picked up lenz bike that does it all. Ss, gears, fs and packable. A $12 suitcase and frankenstein rocky mountain bike box are all it took to set myself up to be able to ride when i travel.

My trips to germany usually occur in the december-february time frame and the weather sucks. This one happened to show up on the may calendar and put me in southwest germany in a region called the rhein-pfalz. On past visits i've run on some local trails that leave from town, so i did a bit of research and discovered that the region is loaded with bikeable routes through the woods. I sniffed out the primo single track for my free time over the weekend and did some after work exploration during the week.

The f trail in rodalben is one of the more popular singletrack routes in the area. 29 miles of rolling terrain on a trail that circumnavigates the town. It was so much fun i rode it twice while i was there. The first time was the full loop and the next days was some exploration on "tour 1" of the Pfalzerwald MTB routes with the south half of the f trail to finish up.

F trail in Rodalben. F stands for something, but i was thinking freaking fantastic

The terrain reminded me a lot of the east coast riding i've done minus the roots and rocks. I think the germans groom these trails.

My other rides were in the local woods near the town of landstuhl. The whole region is loaded with what we'd call logging roads and other maintained double tracks through the woods. I think a bike tourist/bike packer would be in heaven in pfalzerwald.

Head into the woods and see what you see.

Bikes are cool, and bikes that you can take with you are extra cool.