A bike ride to celebrate Goethe’s Faust

Chapeau! Epic.

Fantastic,really enjoyable adventure thanks for sharing

Another quite remarkable cycling adventure; thanks for taking us along!
Regarding the "did I cheat?" question well, only you can answer that because only you are answerable to it, but my penny halfpenny's worth is that you most certainly didn't.

I see you changed Hutchinson Sectors and have new fenders. They look stylish. Are you happy with the change? Thanks for a new, great episode. All the best

spski brought me here x

A long time subscriber to this channel, I read a novel Oblamov passed on by my sister who studied the Russian language. I happened to work with an Immigrant who was a military doctor during their invasion of Afganistan. I mentioned the book to him and he explained, the book was incorporated into Russian lexicon. Basically it means, : don't be Oblamoveskya. Don't be that Aristocrat who lost a vast fortune and his health through laziness and excess. Funny how the world works. You can learn quite a bit if you just listen because nobody knows as much as everybody! Great video. Pass it on. Oddly, the Russian navy docked a ship in San Francisco bay 1812 war, hiding from the British navy. Locals supplied the crew and ship during that time because there was basically no naval defence for that city. England had just burned the White house. His story checks out! Strange world indeed!

Congratulations. It looks like a great adventure.

Well, I throughly enjoyed this one. The story telling is very good. I wonder if you teach for a living?

Every one of these trips is a modern masterpiece. Truly inspiring. Well done Chief.

What a ride!! Glad you weren't broken by the mountain.
From the look of that detour you earned that train ride, it's not like you made a pact with the devil.

Es lebe, wer sich tapfer hält!😈 …und du hast dich tapfer gehalten! Wahnsinnig, dass du das geschafft hast und schade, dass ich nicht wissen konnte wann du den Berg erklimmst, ich hätte dir Kuchen und Cola gereicht, der Brocken ist doch in Sichtweite, nicht wirklich fern und auch lange nicht so fern wie er dir an dem Tag war! Wir mussten den Faust in der Schule lesen und es war gewiss keine Freude, heute ist das allerdings nicht mehr ganz so schlimm und du hast das beste draus gemacht 💪🤩👍. Der Brocken hat übrigens einen schlechteren Ruf als das was er zeigt, ja es gibt viele Tage des Nebels, was aber nicht bedeutet, dass er sich den ganzen Tag versteckt. Wenn ich hier in Braunschweig die Straße verlasse, kann ich ihn oft sehen und er zeigt sich oft hinter der diesigen Luft ganz unverwechselbar und sieht doch so nah aus. Früher habe ich eine Zeit lang in Goslar gelebt und bin oft als Feierabendrunde den Brocken hinauf gefahren und wenn die letzte Brockenbahn längst ins Tal hinab gefahren ist, wird der Brocken richtig schick. Nach all deinen epischen Fahrten war diese die logische Folge und ich habe mich richtig gefreut, dass du durch die verhexten Wälder gefahren bist, die es mal wieder nicht sehr leicht hatten, hat doch die Dürren den Wald dem Borkenkäfer preis gegeben. Liebe Grüße und allzeit gute Fahrt!

Long live those who hold on bravely!😈 …and you held on bravely! It's amazing that you managed that and it's a shame I couldn't have known when you would climb the mountain. I would have given you cake and a Coke. The Brocken is within sight, not really far away and nowhere near as far away as it seemed to you that day! We had to read Faust at school and it certainly wasn't fun, but today it's not so bad and you made the best of it 💪🤩👍. By the way, the Brocken has a worse reputation than it shows. Yes, there are many days of fog, but that doesn't mean that it hides all day. When I leave the road here in Braunschweig, I can often see it and it is often unmistakable behind the hazy air and yet looks so close. I used to live in Goslar for a while and often rode up the Brocken as an after-work ride. When the last Brockenbahn has long since descended into the valley, the Brocken becomes truly magnificent. After all your epic rides, this one was the logical next, and I was really pleased that you rode through the enchanted forests, which once again had a tough time, as the drought had left the forest vulnerable to the bark beetles. Best wishes and safe travels!

Another fabulous cycling adventure – thinking the missing ferry may have crossed the river styx, the diversion the penance of purgatory !!!

Have you ever made it to Spain or Portugal? Cool beaches and castles..??

What a ride, and something to add to my reading list. There's no shame in taking a little train ride when fate throws a spanner in the works. Overall it's a small percentage. Ride on my friend ✊

Another amazing adventure my friend. Hope you manage to attain the Brevet Stamp from the missed Control.
Looking forward to your next one 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😉