RADventure – Monika Sattler

09 Jan

The RADventure with Cyclingtips – the online cycling magazine

Posted 9. January 2017 By Monika Sattler

I am heading soon off to Europe. So it is time to say goodbye. During my time in Melbourne, I met incredible people including the Cyclingtips Team. Not only are they...

15 Dec

How to burn your energy during the Three Peaks Challenge – Falls Creek

Posted 15. December 2016 By Monika Sattler

Three Peaks Challenge. 235km. 4000m of elevation. In under 13 hours. The numbers themselves suggest a tough cycling event but what happens at the 200km mark is what makes this ride...

05 Dec

How to make a 300km gravel ride even tougher – 8 flats and 2 bikes at Jam for Jamieson

Posted 5. December 2016 By Monika Sattler

A 300km ride by itself is a big day out. Throw in 7500m of vertical gain and that all on gravel, it promises an epic ride. It would have been a...

01 Dec

Less than 24 hours to go: Join me virtually for the 300km (186mi) Jam for Jamieson gravel event

Posted 1. December 2016 By Monika Sattler

Join me virtually this Saturday for the 300km Jam for Jamieson gravel ride: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0LIZZ8ZE9FjIipl60u1zhu3mYfcGxuZiP All participants: (My dot is called “Mon”) https://spotwalla.com/locationViewer.php?id=397 Start time: Melbourne: 4:00am Saturday, Dec 3rd Munich: 6:00pm Friday, Dec 2nd...

20 Nov

Everesting: 177 repeats without going crazy

Posted 20. November 2016 By Monika Sattler

Everesting is all about repeating the same hill over and over until you reach a vertical gain of 8848m. I am not a big fan of repeats. But I decided to...

10 Nov

How biketouring gets more adventurous and a lot cheaper

Posted 10. November 2016 By Monika Sattler

One of the things I love about cycling is its community – you could talk to any cyclist and have something to talk about. This is especially the case for biketouring....

30 Oct

6 Top rides in the Victorian Alps, Australia

Posted 30. October 2016 By Monika Sattler

About a 4 hour drive from Melbourne and you are in the Victorian Alps. Bright, a very popular mountain town, lies in the middle of great climbs that give cyclists plenty...

18 Oct

Have you ridden 8848m/29028ft in one go yet?

Posted 18. October 2016 By Monika Sattler

In the recent past, a new kind of challenge has crept onto the bucket lists of hard-core cyclists who love pushing their own limits: Everesting. The term coined by Andy van...

30 Sep

3 Touristic rides in and near Melbourne

Posted 30. September 2016 By Monika Sattler

Scenic Ride in Melbourne hugging the coastal line: Click on the button to load the content from www.strava.com. Load content Ride out to Warburton via the Olinda dirt track, head up...

08 Jun

6 top cycling routes in the Appennine mountains in Italy

Posted 8. June 2016 By Monika Sattler

For a lot of cyclists, riding in Italy means climbing Passio di Giau, Stelvio or Passio di Gavia, all in the Italian Alps. And exactly that was my plan when I...