Top events 2025: Doing good at the Hohler Buckel charity event - Besi & Friends

The event is a social gathering that focuses on the common goal: twelve hours of altitude metres and collecting donations for people with neurological and autoimmune diseases. Recumbent bikes, racing bikes, MTBs or e-bikes - any bike is permitted and anyone can take part. "Hohler Buckel" is a meeting place for friends and supporters of Besi & Friends. The latter is a successful project that was founded by Andreas Beseler after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He discovered how well the racing bike helped him to keep MS at bay, and his project became a source of encouragement for people with health restrictions.

"Hohler Buckel" runs over twelve hours - when registering, you can either specify a fixed donation amount or a donation for the kilometres/metres of altitude covered. The route leads over the hump and back again at the turning point after around 7.5 kilometres. The road is not closed to public traffic. Sporting ambitions can be realised on this day as well as a purely fun start in the service of a good cause. The event is well organised: Transponders are used to measure time and altitude, and a wide range of (sports) catering is available to fortify the participants. Last year, an impressive 75,000 euros were collected in donations. The record of one participant was 7000 metres in altitude.

That's why you have to be there

Cycling together for a good cause brings people together

• Date: 29 June
• Start location: Alzenau-Hörstein (Bavaria)
• Route: 12 hours, 15 km/350 m elevation gain
• Cost: Donation of your choice

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