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We’re happy to invite you to the next 8bar TALKS on February 10th: Family Adventures 🚲👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

We all know what it feels like to pack your bags and head out on a bikepacking adventure.
But what does a bikepacking challenge with kids look like?

Our speakers and .nshuti will share stories from their special family journeys:
From Berlin to Bamberg with children — moving house by bike — and an ultradistance route Munich–Milan with a child.

📍 Location: 8bar Showroom, Köpenicker Str. 100, Berlin
🕕 Doors Open: 18:30 (13.02)
🗣 Language: GERMAN
⏳ Talk Duration: 1–1.5h + Q&A
🚫 No registration needed! Seating is limited – first come, first served.

Come by, get inspired, and bring your questions!

Last reminder 🚨
This 13.01.26 at 18:30, , .maya.pants.on.fire and .myk are taking the stage for a special 🎙️

Come hear their story up close: what it really means to push three bikes through the Himalayas, from pure joy to real challenges and everything in between.

📍 8bar Showroom · Köpenicker Str. 100, Berlin
🕡 Doors open: 18:30
🗣 Language: English
⏳ Talk: 1–1.5 h + Q&A
🚫 No registration needed — limited seats, first come, first served

Can’t make it to Berlin?
We’ll film the talk and publish it on the 8bar YouTube channel next week 🎥

🚨 GRAVELO BERLIN x DÜSSELDORF Postponed! 🚴‍♀️🌧️ + a tasty surprise!

Dear Community,

due to the forecasted stormy weather, we unfortunately have to postpone two of our rides – Berlin & Düsseldorf.
New dates are already up on Strava and our website:
📍 Berlin: November 1st – the 8bar Community Crew can’t wait to ride with you!
📍 Düsseldorf: November 16th – together with our friends from .
And now for some good news! 🎉

8bar GRAVELO BERLIN x :
Our friends from Die Vegane Fleischerei Berlin will serve a delicious vegan goulash at our showroom for everyone who finishes the 100km Gravel ride. 😋
Only for registered riders — Registration for the Berlin ride closes tomorrow evening!

If you’ve already signed up but can’t make it, please drop us a quick message.
Thanks for your understanding, and we wish you all a wonderful weekend! 🍂

Your 8bar Community Team

2025 – that was something special! 🙌

And with yesterday’s closing party, we proved it once again! What can we say… we’ve grown even closer as a community and are already super excited for next year and the new season.

Congrats to the TOP 10 and the giveaway winners! 🏆
Huge thanks to our sponsors — , , , and — as well as our amazing ride leaders and, of course, all of you, the participants of our rides!

And for some great memories, just check out photos 📸

Your 8bar Community Team 💛

Dear Community! Tomorrow, October 7th from 6:30 PM 🎉

Our big Closing Party 2025 will take place in our showroom in Berlin – and we warmly invite all of you to come together one more time!

At the entrance, you’ll find a list where everyone who has joined at least 5 of our rides can sign up. By doing so, you’ll have the chance to take part in the raffle for amazing prizes from our sponsors , , and .

We’ll also be celebrating and honoring our TOP 10 Riders 2025 in the Overall and FLINTA categories.

Enjoy snacks, soft drinks, and , with the perfect sound atmosphere curated by DJ 🎶

But most importantly: let’s spend time together, chat, and wrap up the season in good company!

We’re looking forward to seeing you! 💙🚴


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Hard to believe, but with yesterday’s ride we wrapped up our for 2025! 🚴💨

A few numbers from this season:

* 24 rides in total – 6 in each of the 4 directions
* 488 riders joined throughout the season
* 100 of you showed up more than 5 times 🙌
* Our ride leader team grew to 13 amazing people this year

We want to congratulate the Top 10 Riders and the Top 10 FLINTA Riders! You showed strong legs and incredible consistency this season – and that definitely deserves some small rewards. Overall, we truly feel that our 8bar CRR 2025 season was a big success! 💥

A special thank you goes to our ride leaders for their support and commitment:
Fast Pace: Björn, Stefan, Peter, Mathias, Ref & Patricia
Party Pace: Max, Maya, Simon, Daniel, Kasia, Jhonathan & Tatiana

And of course, thank you to all riders who joined us this season! 💚

We’re excited to see you all at our Season Closing Party on October 7th! 🎉
Everyone who joined more than 5 rides this year will get the chance to win prizes from our sponsors , , and . Always cold beer from 🤙🏼
Plus: enjoy music from our guest DJ, drinks, and good vibes all night long.

See you at the party – or in the new 2026 season! 🌟

Yesterday’s was very challenging, but also truly meaningful.
We had all been watching the weather forecast closely and knew it wouldn’t be easy. But — despite the conditions, almost all of the 65 riders who started made it to our showroom, where we — the and the — were waiting for them!

There were 27 hot pizzas, drinks, small gifts from KASK, and Italo Disco playing through the speakers. We’re grateful for this wonderful evening and for the amazing, supportive community that has grown around us this season.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all next week for our last ride of the 2025 season — and we’re already feeling a little sad that the season is clearly coming to an end…

Our friends from will be joining the DIY this year 🙌
They have invited their community to ride the trails in the stunning Bohemian-Saxon Switzerland as well.
They will set up their tent at the campground on Friday afternoon 👌
You are welcome to join them for an afternoon ride at 3pm and make plans with other riders for Saturday at 10 am.
There will also be a DJ playing on Saturday night 🪩

Disclaimer: 8bar is not an organizer of the DIY Bohemian Border Bash Camp 2025.


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Our ride leader .steden had an unforgettable experience at race last weekend 🙌 It was his first fixed gear crit of the year — and his first time racing this legendary event.
Here’s his story about how the Sunday unfolded:

“Krass! First fixed crit of the year — and then my very first time at This is not Brooklyn?!!! How crazy was that! The weather was amazing, the atmosphere even better, and the race itself hot, hot, hot!

In qualifying I went straight up against the Kolibri boys and studied their tactics. Crossing the line in third got me into the A final. Then came the wait — but honestly, time flew by with so much going on. I even helped stir up the road race, and before I knew it, it was already time for the final.

3…2…1… start attack! One lap full gas, hoping to shrink the group early. First we were four, then another 4–5 bridged. Attacks came left and right, especially from and .ai___ of the .bande .

Halfway through, I launched a sneaky move and got a gap. Only Kai could close, with Falco blocking the chase. From then on it was heads down, trading turns. Five laps later, the chase was cracked, and it turned into a two-man poker game.

It all came down to the last corner. After Kai’s final strong attack, I managed to dive into the inside line. One sprint later — it was done. Victory! 🏆

What a night with .cc — huge thanks! See you again next year ;)”