Chainreaction – Bike convoy for ukraine

The Bike Tour

We offer the tour in two variants – as a stage ride with rescue vehicles as support cars and as an official brevet with a time limit. Both variants follow the same route.

The stage ride starts on July 5, 2025, in Munich. Registration is expected to open in February/early March and will be managed by our friends at Ara Munich/Upper Bavaria.

The brevet variant starts on July 8, 2025, in Munich. Registration is expected to open on January 1, 2025.

You can find information about brevet registration and the route here on the Ara Munich/Upper Bavaria website. We’ll keep you updated.

The route to the Ukrainian border leads from Munich to Passau, then continues to Linz and Vienna, passing close by Bratislava. After a short section through Slovakia, we continue through the Czech Republic into Poland. There, we’ll hopefully be riding with a tailwind eastward, through Krakow’s historic old town, and onward via Tarnow to the border at Przemysl, in eastern Poland. This is where the official brevet ends.

We hope that we’ll be able to cross the border and, accompanied by the ambulances, continue riding to Lviv. Members of the Lviv Bicycle Club would welcome us on the Ukrainian side of the border and escort us to the city. Whether and how many of us will be able to ride this last stretch through Ukraine in summer 2025 depends on the situation next year, which we cannot plan for at this time.

The route is being planned by Jörg Kurzke, an experienced brevet rider and long-distance cyclist who has been organizing wonderful brevets with ARA Munich / Upper Bavaria (aramuc.de) for years. At the end of October, Jörg set out to scout and explore the route by bike.

The brevet will be organized according to the rules of the Audax Club Parisien and hosted by Ara Munich / Upper Bavaria. The number of participants is limited, and registration is expected to open in early January.

The convoy version, without a time limit, will be divided into six stages, each roughly 200 kilometers long. The ambulances will be primarily deployed along this tour or waiting at predefined points. They will also serve as support and escort vehicles, meaning we can carry some luggage and transport food.

We want to show that we stand for our freedom and the freedom of the people of Ukraine.

Along the way, we want to meet as many people as possible, exchange ideas, push our limits together, and make a statement – a statement of what is possible when we all come together and collaborate. We want to show that we stand for our freedom and the freedom of the people of Ukraine. We feel this freedom on our bikes. We will never give it up!

We cannot yet say if everyone will be able to join the convoy tour without a time limit. We hope to inspire as many cyclists as possible, but it is unclear if any legal hurdles may impose limitations.

What we can already say with certainty: No one has to ride the entire route. We’re also happy if you join the Chainreaction Bikeconvoy peloton for a few kilometers, a few hours, a stage, or a few days. This is about visibility and making a statement – one that can’t be ignored, creating powerful emotions and unforgettable images.

The route is deliberately designed to allow easy joining or exiting along the way – in Passau, Linz, Vienna, Krakow, and elsewhere.
We’ll keep you updated here. As soon as things become more concrete, we’ll update the information about the bike and ambulance tour.