PROJECTS
Welcome to our projects section
Here you will find a whole host of interesting journeys, events and one off creations we've had the pleasure of being involved in.
2024
HOUSE BLEND is a video-series presenting dedicated Bombtrack core-shops spread all over the planet. If you are looking for one of our models: we can strongly recommend each and every store we present here with an episode, showcasing a special build based on one of our frames.
When it comes to the thrill of offroad drop-bar racing, Cyclocross is the ultimate. For the season 2024 / 2025 the team we have been supporting for years is entering the global arena of UCI world cup races!
Sofiane gave an interesting insight into endurance racing at Red Bull. Take a click and have a watch if you've ever wondered what it is all about.
2023
Amongst all the off-road cycling events within the area, the Veneto Trail definitly stands out. An absolute breathtaking route, which was very obviously setup by a very passionate cyclist for like-minded passionate cyclists. While doing another company outing and physically riding the Trail for the second time in 2022, with every pedal stroke we could actually feel the dedication again and again that went into this project.
It’s probably one of most fascinating movies we have released so far: Gaëlle Bojko riding Lake Baikal at -30° Celsius.. - all self-filmed and self-edited. After winning the bikepacking.com award back in 2021, Portland’s renowned “Filmed By Bike” festival, such as the french “Escape” festival decided to take Gaëlle’s masterpiece into their shortlist aswell.
This one is a highly recommended video-series for everyone who is into it, deep into it. Our dear friend Fish rode the “Silk Road Mountain Race” back in 2018, actually the very 1st edition of the race that has got so much attention in the meantime. Fish met several riders along the way and reported from one of the hardest editions of the race ever. Take a click - have a watch!
2022
Let there be rock! When it comes to the different disciplines of offroad bicycle racing, it is a Cyclocross in particular that has ever fascinated us. Dig into our competitive local racing series of 8 races, with having all our fun in the forefront.
Despite his abrupt death in August 2021, longtime bike tourer Iohan Gueorguiev from Bulgaria / Canada is still an inspiration to many bikepackers out there. And will probably be forever, as he has ever been to Federico Cabrera. Shocked by the loss Fede decided to tribute a ride to him, 6 months after the notification of Iohan’s passing had made its round last year Fede hit the road.
In May 2022 we cycled and enjoyed the anual Tucany Trail event. With us 3.000 starters, the trail’s record and at the same time it became the world’s biggest bikepacking event. With us our family member Andy Cox - builder of the European Divide Trail - and rather on the road all alone, all the time. Read his thoughts about this year’s Tuscany Trail here.
Everyone has a friend who’s ridden it all, who you trust no matter what. Imagine if they started making bikes and components? Off-road aficionados Bombtrack decided to do just that – utilising their years of experience producing premium off - road adventure bikes, they created SEIDO.
The Dolomites are undoubtedly one of the most spectacular areas of the Alps. Unbelievably beautiful and rocky mountaintops are sparkled along the route, paired with tremendous views and fascinating trails that will probably stay in your mind forever.
Cyclist Magazin chose our “Bombtrack at the 3peaks Cyclocross” movie as part of their film festival-tour, taking place in 16 cities of 3 different countries this month.
Lucas Brunelle got inspired by our HOOK EXT TI. Worth a watch, worth a listen. Take a click and get inspired too, even though you rather might get irritated? Probably.
2021
Our personal highlites in 2021 can probably be counted on five fingers - but the The Dirty Boar Gravel Ride in the High Fens of Belgium has definitly been one of them. What a great day out, what a bunch of nice people spreading good vibes. What a ride! Take a click at video above and get a feel for it.
2021 was a difficult year for events, if they happened at all. The open wideness of the Italian Tuscany, in combination with a strict Corona policy at registration, allowed the Trail to happen under pretty save conditions though. Take a click at the official aftermovie!
bikepacking.com just awarded one of the best movies we’ve ever released. Gaëlle’s WHITEOUT got what it deserved and has been voted for “best cinematography / editing 2021”.
When it comes to the different disciplines of bicycle racing, it is Cyclocross in particular that has fascinated us over the last years. In 2021, we teamed up with the cycling association NRW for the fourth time and combined 8 Cyclocross races to a local, small Cyclocross Cup: the “BOMBTRACK NRW-CROSS-CUP”.
For the first time, outdoor adventure specialists Columbia Sportswear and off- / any-road bicycle manufacturer Bombtrack Bicycle Co. unite to create a range of technical shirts for riding over gravel, mud, and everything in between.
The European Divide Trail is a continent spanning collection of trails linking the far edges of Europe together. On its way following off road tracks and trails, traffic free cycle routes and small bits of single track, with various minor roads along the way.
Gaëlle Bojko’s love of riding through snowy landscapes led her to push and pedal her loaded bike across Siberia’s Lake Baikal in the dead of winter.
2019-2020
Lost Captures follows Matty and Clare bikepacking through Norway, from Bergen, as they re-trace the tracks of Matty's Grandfather, Bob, who toured Scandinavia by bike in the 1950s.
It’s impressive how relevant our inner circles have become recently to our everyday lives during the pandemic. Why not take the available time and all of its possibilities to improve upon our family ties and relations, where it’s needed or wanted.
Federico Cabrera left his career in Foreign Trade to follow his passion for photography. So far Fede had been on the road for 6 years with his little personal project called "Their Only Portrait", riding more than 30.000 kilometers, donating 500+ printed portraits, and 350 solar lamps & water filters through South America.
How is it racing a Cyclocross World Cup, and how is it possible to make it to the starting line of the world’s best Cyclocrosser at all? We accompanied Gosse to the UCI World Cup in Bern (CH) and tried to find out what it is all about.
In 2019 Gaëlle and her ARISE TOUR bike headed out for an staggering loop around Europe. From the heat of southern Spain to the frozen coast of Scandinavia, while traversing the Carpathians somewhere in the middle, home to brown bears and wolves.
Second City Divide is a bike-packing route between Glasgow and Manchester; two proud Second Cities linked by, if you look carefully, some of the UK'S best all-road riding.
Whilst the US is known for its endless trails of Hero Gravel, the UK is probably better known for its "briddleways" and - of course - its complimentary mud. Kielder Forest in the North East of the UK is the exception though.
The Tuscany Trail, an event that has grown to be one of the biggest bikepacking events certainly in Europe if not internationally, was to be the destination for the Bombtrack team trip in June, 2019.
The Dirty Boar is not a race (although time-measured and a result list is made), rather a social off-road / gravel ride of 170km with an elevation gain of 2.700m. The event is mostly about meeting like minded bike enthusiasts from all over Europe and enjoying the beautiful landscape you might not have seen yet, and an experience you won’t forget.
Our anual Groundwork event is an opportunity for everyone involved in Bombtrack to come together and catch-up, be that the employees, the global team of riders, shops, distributors and various befriend media contributors.
In 2017, Marc Maurer flew to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and cycled a meandering path to the northeast toward Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, riding dirt roads through vast swaths of both countries along the way.
The toughest cyclocross race in the world. Staged in the Yorkshire Dales National Park since 1961 the Three Peaks is a grandparent to every adventure race that’s come after.
2016-2018
... one first, everybody else second! In 2018 the mekka of Cyclocross was inviting for the SSCXEC and its local habits: Welcome to Belgium!
The Dirty Reiver is an off-road cycling challenge at the boardering area of England and Scotland. The ride is based on the gravel grinder format found predominantly in the mid-west of America.
The Dirty Boar is not a race (although time-measured and a result list is made), rather a social off-road / gravel ride of 170km with an elevation gain of 2.700m. The event is mostly about meeting like minded bike enthusiasts from all over Europe and enjoying the beautiful landscape you might not have seen yet, and an experience you won’t forget.
Groundwork. Bombtrack’s annual get together. An opportunity for the family to meet up, ride bikes and make plans for the coming year.
The Hope 1000 is an unsupported cylce-event traversing the Swiss Alpes, following the traditional bikepacking events' guidelines and the code of honour apply.
In September 2017 the second edition of our anual GROUNDWORK event took place. This time we swapped rural France for something a little more closer to home, actually so close to home it was only a stone’s throw from our office in Cologne.
Tobias “Tobsen” Cordes is an enthusiastic person through-and-through: most well known for playing the bass in German based band “Seeed”. We listened attentively the moment he began telling us about the current increasing in the number of people who are not taking huge amounts of time to go fishing in faraway places - but rather prefer to spend their time peacefully fishing in the city.
The Haute Route is the first global series of multi-day cycling events for amateurs. Whether it’s in Colorado’s Rockies, the French Alps, Pyrenees or Italian Dolomites, these are the highest, toughest and most prestigious amateur cycling events in the world.
Taking in some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, the HT550 is an unsupported race the pushes riders to the limit due to it's unrivalled terrain.
The Dirty Boar is not a race (although time-measured and a result list is made), rather a social off-road / gravel ride of 170km with an elevation gain of 2.700m. The event is mostly about meeting like minded bike enthusiasts from all over Europe and enjoying the beautiful landscape you might not have seen yet, and an experience you won’t forget.
If you don’t feel comfortable with all the hundreds of participants at other bikepacking challenges, the Romagna Bike Trail might be your thing. With an amount around +30 participants the RBT is rather an informal event among like-minded – you definitely won’t leave the event without great chats you had, and probably without making new friends.
Stefan “Fish” Vis and his Bombtrack “NEEDLE” bike at Rad Race’s “Last Man Standing” in Berlin, March 2017. Fish got 3rd out of 140 starters!
NL Crit Series was founded on March 7th 2015 at Django’s Bikeshop in Haarlem by a various group of passionate people from within the cycling and fixed gear racing community.
This special build is ready to rule the road, but at the same time addresses the connoisseurs among us, hungry for a bike combining a timeless look with the latest technical achievements.
Clement Stawicki (France) and Joachim Rosenlund (Norway) competing against the clock at the world's biggest bikepacking event - the "Tuscany Trail" (Italy).
The “Torino – Nice Rally” is not a race, it is rather food for your soul: an adventure with friends and a memorable experience.
October 2016 saw the first ever Groundwork event, held at “La Chateau de Gressoux” in the Franche-Comtéregion of France. The event was a meeting, and indeed a ‘thank you’ to those that helped and still work to build Bombtrack into the brand it is today.
In its 3rd year, it was great to have the European Championchips in Singlespeed Cyclocross (SSCX) come to our home country, Germany. What a blast we had!
This custom build Arise was built in collaboration with Berlin Bicycle Week. The bike was in part to promote the Single Speed Cyclocross European Championships that were happening during the event.
The “Baja Divide” is a new but already established 2.735km long off-pavement bikepacking route, starting in San Diego, USA and following the length of the Baja California Peninsula all the way to San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.
2014-2015
The TCR really harks back to the origins of bike racing, where riders would set out alone, with a thirst for adventure, discovery and the challenges of speed and distance set only by themselves.
A video documentary following Stefan “Fish” Vis and his HOOK bike riding the famous cobble stones of one of the five road racing monuments “Paris – Roubaix” and its public event prior to the pro-race the next day.
LSYM is a journey and photographic expedition by Che Chorley, taking in the spectacular landscape of southern Australia.
The guys of the Rad Pack were on their way round a loop of Iceland, and with them are no less than 8 of our gravel and CX bikes.
Stefan “Fish “ Vis racing our TEMPEST steel roadbike in german road crit classic “Rund um den Eigelstein”, Cologne.
Riding every single kilometer from Warsaw to Helsinki, on a fixed gear. There's no other way for the Hardbrakers.
The Single Speed Cyclocross European Championship is always a highlight for us in the anual calendar... let the madness begin!
The opportunity to work on a collaboration project doesn’t come along very often, so when Adidas approached us about producing a limited number of fixed/track bikes we couldn’t believe it.
Bike Transalp is really an endurance mountain bike event, and so turning up with 35c tires and a drop bar, it certainly set tongues wagging.
September, 1st 2014 the guys from Rad Race and Aurora Collective took off from Hamburg to Oslo. We loaned a HOOK and a geared ARISE – and we were excited hot this worked out as a travelbike!