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Heuer LongDistance 2023 - Advance notice

Our LongDistance event this year is Stuttgart to Vienna with a distance of approx. 700 km.
First of all, Heuer LongDistance is not a race, we ride for fun and stick to the rules below.

Heuer LongDistance SelfSupported - Stuttgart - Vienna - 700+

We want to offer the event to a larger field of participants for the first time in its fourth edition.
LongDistace is ambitious cycling together. Whatever LongDistance means for the individual.

Our initiator and co-organizer René would like to ride the route from Stuttgart to Vienna non-stop within 24 hours again next year. Rene has many years of experience in the long distance sector. Race around Austria, non-stop Stuttgart to Hamburg, Stuttgart to Berlin or this year LongDistance Fixed from Stuttgart to Paris in under 24 hours. Fixed means a fixed gear like on the race track, only one gear ratio and no freewheel. Always close to the performance limit.

Start is in Stuttgart (Heuer Radsport, Buchenteich 3, 73773 Aichwald), then leads to the Alb and goes along the Danube to Vienna.
The route is pre-planned, about 750 km long and will have 3,500 hm . The final Route suggestion will be published after our test drive in April . It will be online with a roadbook two or three weeks before the start. We appreciate any suggestions and ideas from you.

Event details:

Our framework conditions are briefly outlined here:

  • Opening on 13.05.2023 from 12 noon
    Pasta party and briefing at HEUER Radsport
  • Start of the first participants at 3 p.m.
    Pleasure riders with a stage goal of approx. 100 km per day
  • Start of the remaining participants
    in groups or alone according to your own schedule
  • Meeting of all participants 40 km before the center of Vienna
  • Joint arrival 20.05.2023 3-4 p.m.
    in the center of Vienna, every finisher is celebrated together
  • We organize:
  • Tracking of all participants via app (dot-watching)
  • We take one piece of hand luggage for each participant to Vienna
  • We organize the return transport of the bike
  • We try to negotiate special conditions with local hotels
  • We create a roadbook
  • We'll come up with a few more ideas. Let us surprise you!

Please book your own return journey and hotel.

Conditions for participation:

- It's not a race, we ride according to the highway code.
- Each participant rides at their own risk and expense.
- We recommend (require) the wearing of a suitable helmet and the fitting of suitable lighting for night riding.
- we do it all for fun and for the love of cycling
- Health and fun are the key to this event.