Click below for reports about long-distance rides, both off-road and on,  that I have done on my tandems or single bikes. I provide these reports to show that tandem teams are capable of riding off-road and to give you information about some of the more popular cycling events in and around Germany:

• 1997 Black Forest Ultra MTB Marathon at Kirchzarten on my Sakae hardtail single

• 1998 Black Forest Ultra MTB Marathon at Kirchzarten on my Santana off-road tandem (with a female stoker)
• 1998 St. Wendel MTB Marathon on a Tandem Technology hardtail tandem (with a male stoker)

• 1999 Garmisch Classics MTB Marathon on my Santana off-road tandem (first ride with the Votec suspension fork - with a female stoker)
• 1999 Black Forest Ultra MTB Marathon at Kirchzarten on my Santana off-road tandem (first ride with the Formula disk brake - with a female stoker)
• 1999 Alpirsbach road bike marathon on my Santana road tandem (with a female stoker)
• 1999 Seiffen MTB Marathon on a Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem (with a male stoker)
• 1999 Furtwangen MTB marathon on my Santana off-road tandem (with a female stoker)
• 1999 St. Wendel MTB Marathon again on the Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem (with a male stoker)

• 2000 Tandem road race at Gippingen (Switzerland) on my Santana road tandem (with a male stoker)
• 2000 "Warsteiner" Marathon Garda-Trentino (Italy) on my Santana off-road tandem (with a female stoker)
• 2000 Black Forest Ultra MTB Marathon at Kirchzarten on the Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem (with a female stoker)
• 2000 Seiffen MTB Marathon on my Specialized full-suspension single
• 2000 Odenwald Bike Marathon on the Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem (with a male stoker)

• 2001 Snow Rider at Altensteig, Germany on my Specialized full-suspension single (Black Forest; February 11, 2001 - 54 km, 1300 Hm)
• "Warsteiner" Marathon at Garda-Trentino, Italy, on my new Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem (with a male stoker)
• 2001 Spessart Bike Marathon at Frammersbach on my new Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem (with a male stoker)
• A week of vacationing at Lago di Garda, Italy, with my still rather new Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem
• Black Forest Ultra MTB Marathon at Kirchzarten near Freiburg, Germany (Black Forest; June 24, 2001 - 116 km, 3550 Hm)
• TransAlp Challenge from Mittenwald (Germany) to Riva del Garda (Italy) (July 21-28, 2001 - 663 km, 22000 Hm) on my Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem (with a female stoker)
• Schwarzwald Bike Marathon at Furtwangen on my new Tandem Technology full-suspension tandem (with a male stoker)