About Marion
Marion Dziwnik is one of the most versatile athletes in long-distance cycling, with successes in races such as Badlands, theTraka 360, and the Atlas Mountain Race. Besides competitive cycling, she loves bikepacking and regularly publishes travel articles in renowned cycling magazines. Outside of cycling, she holds a PhD in mathematics and works as a research manager at the Fraunhofer Society.
ARTICLE BY Marion
Bikepacking in the Ruhr area?
Admittedly, it wasn't the first destination that came to mind. Instead of Alpine panoramas or coastal roads: mine shafts, urban gravel riding, and slag heap hopping? Sounds unusual at first. But that's precisely what piqued our curiosity. Three days and 330 kilometers later, it's clear: the radrevier.ruhr region surprises – with an infrastructure that seems tailor-made for gravel riding, and a […]