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Ride on a bike to WHY - Hackers on a bike page
Welcome to the bike planning page for **WHY2025**!
Whether you're a seasoned cyclist or just up for a fun, eco-friendly adventure, this is the place to team up with others who want to ride to camp. Organizing bike groups can make the journey safer, more social, and way more fun.
Use this page to: - Find others biking from your area - Coordinate departure times and routes - Plan meetup points along the way - Share tips, tools, or places to stay en route
= 🚦 How to Join
- Add your **name/handle**, **starting location**, and **preferred date/time** of departure below, etc in the table bellow
- If a group from your area already exists (check the first column), feel free to join them or start your own thread if not.
Who will bike from where
| Group | Who | Where from | Planning | Route | Contact/Signalgroup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht | user:Fish | Utrecht 52°04'15.8"N 5°05'11.9"E | August 7th (start) 08:00 - 16:00 | Probably a direct ride with enough coffee/lunch breakes to enjoy the ride, GPS files: File:Hackers on a bike UTRECHT routeplanner.7z | Signal group Utrecht <- this was pretty useless, you never accepted any join requests! |
| user:Elwebman | I will arrive by train to Alkmaar and go by bike from Alkmaar Train Station | August 8th around 09:00 | |||
| user:Hudson | Cargo bike ride with gear from near Amsterdam Centraal | Aug 7 afternoon | Natuurroute (Fietsersbond) | ||
| NRW | user:Lukas | I will start from Bonn and continue via (almost) Cologne, Venlo and Nijmegen | August 6th in the morning until I'm there (late on the 7th or early on the 8th) | I have a tried and tested route up to Amsterdam (with gravel sections). If someone wants to join it's easiest to just contact me for meeting options and times. Total distance is about 340 km. | Signal Group NRW |
| NRW2 | user:Harryr | Bochum / Düsseldorf | I will start from Bochum on the 5th afternoon and from near Düsseldorf on the 6th in the morning. | Matrix: @harryr:ccc.ac ; Signal: @harryr42 | |
| NRW2 | user:hanemile | Düsseldorf | Starting in Düsseldorf on the 6th in the morning. | tbd. 2 Day Gravel | Matrix: @hanemile:matrix.org ; Signal: @hanemile.1337 |
| NRW3 | user:Katzazi | Cologne | probably August 3rd around 9:00 (not fixed) | not finalized, via Venlo, Nijmegen, Ede - I aim for 2 days with my gravel bike | Mastodon: @katzazi@chaos.social |
| Ostpott | user:thegcat | Near Dortmund | Probably August 3rd pre-noon, scenic route | via Dülmen (sleep on camping ground) - somewhere between Doetinchem and Apeldoorn - Lelystad | @thegcat@kif.rocks |
| BaWü | user:madonius | Mannheim | August 5th at around 9:00 or 10:00 and ride through in one go ^^' | komoot Link | Mastodon: @madonius@chaos.social Matrix: @madonius:entropia.de |
| NRW4 | user:Scatty | Aachen | August 5th or 6th | via Helmond & Utrecht, but not yet finalized, but with one overnight stop to recharge | Mastodon: @scatty@23.social, Signal: scatty.36, Matrix: @scatty:tchncs.de |
| NRW ? | user:Flauschzelle | Münster | probably starting on August 4th | details tbd, aiming for 4 days of about 60-80 km each, trying to stay on asphalt, I'll be pulling a rather heavy trailer and going quite slow if the ground is not smooth enough | Mastodon: @flauschzelle@chaos.social, Signal: kiki.976 |
| Bayern | user:Fraxinas | Aschaffenburg | starting on August 2nd | 5 nights, 90-110km per day | Mastodon: @fraxinas@chaos.social |
| Hessen | user:Imarok | Darmstadt | starting 2025-08-02T16:00+02:00 | 5 nights, 120 km per day, passing Aachen, Eindhoven, Utrecht, Amsterdam, | Matrix: @imarok:matrix.org |