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As we started to plan the campaign we immediately had this beautiful nature-romantic bikepacking atmosphere in mind.
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Packing your bags, getting out of town, out of all the stress.
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Like back to nature. Building a small camp, making a fire, stuff like that.
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But now it's already October and it's getting cold out there
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and this morning I almost needed gloves to ride to work
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therefore it was difficult for us to find somebody for the shoot. Nobody on the team was keen
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to sleep in the woods for the Erdgeschoss campaign.
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Definintely not me.
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Yes, me neither.
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That's why we needed to find somebody esle who would do it for us.
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Julien aka 8000 Watt: MORSCHE! (local slang for "Good morning", mostly used by Julien)
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Let's say we found someone and from there we just let it flow...
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Of course I'll have to do a chainring control first.
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Look at those sick paint jobs!
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The Wattner*innen will love it.
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Which one should I take?
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I don't care, flip a coin.
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Great, you want a coffee?
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Sure, no problem.
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(Funky electronic music playing while some great new features of the Erdgeschoss are being displayed)
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Alright, I'm ready, time2abfahrt with the Erdgeschoss. Vamos!
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The Erdgeschoss is built up and I'll ride out
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from Berlin into the nature. Time2Abfahrt as we say.
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With the Erdgeschoss. Let's go.
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Well, and then he just rolled off.
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What do you mean, just rolled off? That wasn't the plan.
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The actual plan was that we head out by car
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to take some nice photos and then take it from there
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but now he's gone and we had to quickly jump in the car to catch him.
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Wo geht's hin? Was ist der Plan?
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Irgendwo im Norden gibt's einen super schönen See.
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Ok, cool. Falls wir dich verlieren treffen wir uns an einem Café oder so.
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Ich habe meinen eigenen Kaffee, also alles entspannt.
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An dem Punkt dachte ich das ganze wäre eine dumme Idee. Ernsthaft.
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I knew Julien wouldn't let us down. We just had to find him - somewhere out in the sticks in Brandenburg.
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Alright, 8000 Watt, I left Berlin
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up North through Pankow. Now I'm somewhere in the middle of nature
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as you see. Until now the Erdgeschoss didn't disappoint
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therefore I would say full force. It's moist but I have grip.
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Out of the bushes, back on gravel.
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As I said I'm somewhere up North close to Biesenthal.
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Looked familiar, super quiet, awesome weather
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and as mentioned great grip.
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I've got 47C tires
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the handlebar has a good width, not too wide like a giant ship
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and I have to say compared to my punisher aka the Pfadfinder this feels even lighter
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it's stainless steel with a carbon fork.
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So let's keep going, full force ahead.
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This is just so much fun.
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This is - not to say "tank style" - but it's such a solid ride.
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No matter if it's sand like in Morocco
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or paths through the fields like here.
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Safe! Let him have it!
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As you see I'm on the right course
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wanted to golf today anyway
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with the Erdgeschoss from hole 8000
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let's see how it handles on these nice lawns.
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I'm in the middle of the forest as you see, time to turn the light on, let's go
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Headlights, 8000 Watt, let him have it!
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uhm, exactly, let's keep going, I still have grip
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sometimes it feels like I have a, what's the name?
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Not shock absorber, a suspension
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because I guess I have around 29psi in those tires
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and it's just so super smooth, very enjoyable.
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Therefore, guys, we keep going.
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Soon I should be
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at my spot, called something like Bernsteinsee.
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The last meters through the sand.
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Ha, there he is.
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Woah, sick, sick, sick. Left town
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bam bam, through the woods, up down, mega
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From then there wasn't really much to do other then to take some nice photos,
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let Julien build up his tent
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and then wish him a good but most likely pretty cold night.
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We got this, it's a wrap. And it has started raining so this kind of sucks
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we'll drive back to Berlin.
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Ok, I'll crawl into my tent and I'll see you in the next days
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Alright, then have fun or so.
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Alright, I finally arrived
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the Erdgeschoss got me here perfectly through the woods and fields as you saw
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I'm in the tent now and will make some food, something warm of course
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then will snuggle up into my sleeping bag
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and of course will dream of the big chainring.
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Thanks for tuning in!
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I wish you a great night and see you next time.
