BIG BASH | #BIGBASH2022

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It's a race! If you are looking for a challenge, look no further. 307km long Big Bash will test your physical and psychical strength all right. Don't feel like racing? No worries. Just pack your tent and enjoy the beautiful scenery at your own pace. Big Bash is part of #BBBC2022. We will welcome you to the Camp on Thursday, September 8, and we will party with you on Saturday night, September 10, 2022.

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All Big Bash riders will be baring a satelite tracker so we and your loved once will be able to track your progress on Follow My Challenge. 

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PRIZES 

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Raffle or all finishers: Wahoo Element Bolt, €350 worth cycling computer; 3x Lezyne Digital Floor Drive Pro Pump, 2x Lezyne Sport Gravel Floor Drive Pump, sponsored by SPORT IMPORT GmbH. 

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What is provided?

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• Two nights camping (Thursday & Saturday) You'll be out riding through Friday night!

• Thursday and Saturday buffet dinner, Friday and Sunday buffet breakfast

• Nutrition pack from Chimpanzee Nutrition

• The route (a . GPX track to follow)

• Komoot complete map package

• Saturday party with food and bands

• Woven roundel

• Some beer

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What to bring?

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• A bike suitable for the mixed-surface road & gravel event

• Helmet (mandatory)

• GPS devise. You will need it to follow the route

• Powerbank or additional battery backup

• All necessary items to be self-sufficient on the route. Stuff like tools & spares, a pump, tubes, patches, chain link, etc. This is a self-supported ride!

• Lights with plenty of juice to get you through the night. Sunset is 7:29 PM, sunrise at 6:31 AM eleven hours later.

• Tent and sleeping bag, sleeping mat

• Spoon, fork, bowl (This is very important. We will not provide plastic utensils)

• Personal items

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The plan: 

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• 307km; 5170m up; 5170m down, highest point 1012m; lowest point 120m; 1x ferry crossing. ​

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Thursday, September 8

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• 4 - 9 PM Arrival. You will set your tent up, register, and kick back. Your tent will be waiting for you when you come back, sometime on Saturday.

• 6 - 7 PM Dinner & beers with the gang

• 9 PM mandatory meeting by the fire

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Friday, September 9

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• 6:30 Buffet breakfast 

• 8 AM Start of the #BIGBASH2022 

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Saturday, September 10

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• Sign in Komoot tent upon your arrival. Tracker drop off.

• We will be waiting for you with open arms and with a cold beer in hand. First, you'll get some rest so you can party later in the evening. Then, we will be ready to hear your stories.

• 6 - 9 PM Buffet dinner

• 8 PM Party Time! 

• 9 PM Bonfire and the signature Medieval Party

• 9:30 PM #BIGBASH2022 Ceremony 

• 10 PM more live music and DJ and beer 

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Sunday, September 11

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• 8 AM Breakfast Buffet

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Registration fee: €150

Satelite tracker rental fee: €40 

Location:  Bohemian - Saxony Switzerland National Park;  50.8547019N, 14.3579331E (Germany 🇩🇪 / Czech Republic 🇨🇿 )

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Airports:  Berlin, Dresden, Prague 

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Arriving by train:

Trains from Dresden (Germany) or Decin (Czechia) stop at Schöna station. Take the ferry (50m from the station, €2.50) across the river Elbe/Labe. You will find yourself in Hrensko. Follow the road into the woods. It is only 11.6km long ride.

International trains from Berlin or Prague stop in Bad Schandau. You can cycle from the train station to the event. It is 22km long ride. There is a ferry service from Bad Schandau to Hrensko as well. More information here: http://www.ovps.de/Verkehrsmittel/Schiff/Fahrplan-und-Tarife/4193/

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From Berlin

By car - 2:45h

By train - 2:20h

From Dresden

By car - 0:50h

By train - 0:44h

From Prague

By car - 1:43h

By train - 1:47h

From Munich

By car - 4:30h

By train - 6:30h

From Bonn

By car - 6:00h

By train - 7:40h

Thank you to Martin Rak Photography @martinrakphoto for the beautiful landscape pictures,  

Jesper Jonsson @jeppemedkniven for the roundel illustration.

Picture gallery bellow from Dan Zoubek @dan_zoubek

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