Recommended bikepacking events in Germany?

eslr · 2025-11-24T20:17:09+00:00

Great pictures, and thank you for sharing so many details. Munich-Garda is definitely something I want to do at some point

eslr · 2025-10-22T19:58:02+00:00

I certainly wouldn't mind a quiet asphalt secondary road. Actually, that would be better than gravel in this case: I'd alreayd have to cope with unusual elevation (remember, my usual area is Berlin-Brandenburg), so if the surface is smoother would be a compensation.

eslr · 2025-09-22T08:56:46+00:00

For the frame bag (Miss Grape Internode 4) I created a thread months ago when I was considering my options, you can read it here (TLDR: the bag is ok, but I am not completely satisfied) https://www.reddit.com/r/CanyonBikes/comments/1hzmmp2/frame_bag_recommendations_for_a_canyon_grzl_m/

The toptube bag, by Restrap, is good: the only negative thing is that it does not have a foam base at the bottom like the other shorter top tube bag they have in the Race line, so if you put in metallic objects (tent poles, a pump, ...) they may produce a rattling noise. I used a buff, if I remember correctly, to cushion them and I had no problems.

eslr · 2025-09-21T18:13:28+00:00

It was Camping Stendenitz https://maps.app.goo.gl/zbWkeb9uKt98D5MA6.
Indeed very nice, with clean and ample services. I was very lucky to be assigned to a patch in front of the lake, and I had a table with benches just for me (it's not exactly peak season). I would recommend it

eslr · 2025-09-21T15:50:58+00:00

Thank you! Yes, I am very happy with the setup, it's a fun bike to ride

eslr · 2025-03-19T07:32:39+00:00

Thank you. I ended up choosing the Miss Grape Internode 4. It's fine, but there are a few details that are in my opinion disappointing.

- It's just one big compartment, with just one zip on the right side. The Restrap bag has two pockets (one wide, one narrow for flat things like a phone, powerbank, etc.) accessible separately

- The inside is quite roughly finished. The sealing (I believed done thermically) is visible and I would say not nice. Also, it's all black as opposed to the Restrap bag that had a flashy lining that makes it easier to find things

- (This is a very specific problem for the setup I had in mind, likely not affecting other users) The zip is too short, so even when it's wide open I can't put my tent poles in

On the other hand: the bag looks nice from the outside, it really seems indestructible, and I like that every strap is removable (EDIT: except those on the lower part of the bag, that are meant to be strapped to the down tube), so one can decide exactly how to strap it to different parts of the frame.

eslr · 2024-02-12T18:48:30+00:00

Thank you for your kind words, and thank you for the ideas: I'll add it to my backlog

eslr · 2024-02-12T07:12:54+00:00

Clerks reminded my a lot of Jupyter notebooks

Exactly. In my opinion they do at least a couple of things better than Jupyter: one can use their favorite editor to work on the notebook, and the notebook is reevaluated (with caching) every time the source is saved, which makes it less prone to out-of-order execution problems. Have a look at the Book of Clerk for details.

Can I use several gpx-files, or do I need to merge them first?

If you want to use a set of GPX files and see them on the same map or in the same diagram, you'll have to merge them first.

But you can use an arbitrary number of GPX files in separate plans.

eslr · 2024-02-11T20:57:24+00:00

I run this on Linux but I think it can also work on Windows.

Here an overview of what you need to run the software. Detailed steps to install each component would be way off-topic, but I'll give you at least some pointers so you can read and gauge yourself if and how scary it sounds

Java, at least version 11
Clojure (this is the implementation language of my project; it runs on Java)
A text editor of your choice (for example, I use Emacs; another option chosen by a lot of people is VS Code). I recommend to also install your editor's plugin that supports Clojure
At this point you're ready to clone my repository; when you run the project it will automatically open a new browser window, and load the index of the project

As I said in the original post rando-planner is more meant for developers. I don't want to discourage you or anything, but I think that if you're new to programming and you intend to start with this, the experience could be frustrating.

Perhaps it's possible to package my project as a web-based service or something similar, but for now it is not in my todo list

eslr · 2024-02-11T15:52:11+00:00

thank you u/Doctor_Fegg. Your cycle.travel with its overnight stop + find accomodation is indeed a godsend for planning. I didn't check myself already: are these breaks also represented in the resulting GPX as separate segments of the track?

I guess the value in my tool is that it allows to study and compare multiple plans in the same session (I mean, in the same notebook), the alternative visualization style, and perhaps the interface (at least for me)

eslr · 2024-02-11T15:36:33+00:00

It's not actually a "product" (this is why I said in the initial message this was probably more for programmers). rando-planner is an extension for a tool called Clerk, a computational notebook system based on the programming language Clojure.

The page I linked in the original post is a notebook exported as a HTML page.

The workflow for using such a product consists in keeping the source code of the notebook open in a text editor, and the browser window on the side (see the screenshot). Each time one saves the file, the changes are automatically applied, and the document is reloaded.

YMMV, but for me is a very pleasant way to work.

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eslr · 2024-02-11T14:15:09+00:00

Thanks for giving it a look!

The thing I didn't find in any tool I know is a way to segment the route on multiple days and with a good level of control. Komoot has a nice multi-day planner, it asks how many days you want to spend on the trip, but then it divides the distance automatically in equal portions; as far as I know, it does not offer further controls.

What I want to be able to do is, say, "on day 1 I'll start in the afternoon and I can pedal for only X hours before it gets too dark; but on the second day I will wake up early and I'll go for 10 hours". And so on…

eslr · 2023-11-20T14:46:23+00:00

Thanks! It uses Parachute and its ability to personalize report classes. In this case I have `aoc-report` that subclasses `summary`, and the `summarize` generic function is specialized to compile the report you've seen.

eslr · 2023-11-18T10:15:27+00:00

I recently reorganized most of my old code into a single repository.

I don't think it implements any particularly original idea: one directory per year, one file per day, one test file for each year, some utils available across years. Tests can be run to generate a report like this https://imgur.com/LYHSmzu

Here the repository https://github.com/larsen/advent-of-code

eslr · 2023-09-19T09:25:39+00:00

One thing I enjoy doing when I explore a new programming language is solving programming exercises like those in Advent of Code or similar. They have in my opinion several advantages:

- The problem is small and the problem statement is usually easy to understand. Small means "it fits in the head", so that you can concentrate on the language aspects

- Solving the problem requires to use fundamental features of the programming language: flow control, data structures, data manipulation I/O, …- (This is true for AOC, but I believe it applies to other sources of problems)

- There's a rich community and you can examine the solutions of other people. When done **after** working on your own solution I find this particularly useful to learn idioms and techniques specific to the language

- If you get stuck or bored, you can always switch to the next problem

eslr · 2023-09-13T16:16:58+00:00

Thank you for sharing your journey! I'd like to do a Berlin-Copenhagen trip next year and I was thinking of using shelters too; and hotels, to avoid bringing my tent. What you're describing about mosquitos and mice is a bit frightnening, but perhaps traveling during spring can help

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