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About wunnspeed

What does one say here. Hmmm. First, I'm a "trailing spouse". Kera, my wife, works hard and keeps us afloat. I work... not nearly as hard and contribute enough to let us have fun. I'm an English Teacher (English as a Second Language) here in Germany. It's an amazingly rewarding thing to do. I'd never have believed it until I'd tried it. I also make bikepacking bags under the name SpoK Bags. Just search for us in Flickr. We're adventure nuts (i.e. cycling, travel, life, friends, etc.). We attempt to live each day as fully as we can manage.

2012 Munich City Bike Marathon is in the bag

Just after the neutral start As in every year for the last 5 or so, I went and participated in the Munich City Bike Marathon. It’s always my first race of the season and even though I usually end the … Continue reading

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BWR Rocked SiS 2011

Well, last weekend was our favorite annual trip to SiS in Weidenthal, Rheinlandpfälz, Germany. If you don’t know where that is, start at Kaiserslautern, go east to Frankenstein (yes, it really exists) and keep going until you hit Weidenthal. It’s … Continue reading

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Tegernsee Marathon 2011 or How to have one of the worst days on a bike ever!

As someone who’s ridden and raced bikes for 16 years now, I’ve had my share of bad days (i.e. dehydration during a Flint Hills Death Ride at 100+ degrees, bonking during a race in Mid-Missouri so badly a team mate … Continue reading

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CBM 2011 – Back in the saddle and doing well

So, after nearly 9 months since my literally neck breaking accident, I’ve been training and now racing. The first race of the year was the München City Bike Marathon. It just so happened that I was test riding (doing some … Continue reading

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Crema Cycles Rocks the Berlin Bike Show

One of our sponsors Crema Cycles was at the Berlin Bike Show this past week and in the coverage by Fahrrad (that’s a bike to you english speakers) News, Ken and our friend Basti where in the very first photo … Continue reading

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New Uniforms are here!

So… after waiting for awhile, the new uniforms are here. Done fantastically by our friend and sponsor Biciclista.it they look great! I’ll try to add a couple more photos tonight when I have time. I’ll also be starting to pack … Continue reading

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24 Hours of Finale 2010, my report… Michael

So, there’s this race…. it’s called the 24 Hours of Finale. For me, it’s about a 7-9 hour drive from München/Munich to the shores of the Mediterranean a few short kilometers from France and worth every second of it. The … Continue reading

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The Loooooong road ahead…. our team and the Tour Divide race

Our little (and growing) international team sports some pretty decent talent. None of us are pros but we do o.k. Mat & Jochen in Switzerland, Jelle & David in Holland, Ed in Italy a couple of the guys in France … Continue reading

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Growing and Changing in 2010

This post is loooooong overdue… As some of you know, 2009 was a big year for us in many ways. We added a few new members from various parts of Europe. Those new members went on to do some pretty … Continue reading

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Andre’s First

So this was it. My first mountain bike race. OK, I did a couple of 24 hour races back in the states, SSWC 2005 and of course SiS. But this is different. It is my first race as a member … Continue reading

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