A few months ago, we posted to Instagram promising our community that if we got 300 comments, we’d take the Cake Bikes, new Duffle bags, and one random Db Black member on a road trip. It didn’t take too long for that comment goal to be reached, so we started planning the roadtrip.
We asked the community whether they wanted us to do the roady in a cold or warm destination, and the majority voted for warm, but then we thought about arriving at the High Five Festival. It wasn’t exactly a ‘hot’ climate, but it wasn’t freezing either so we thought it could work. The timing couldn’t have been better - we could set off from Innsbruck the week before the event and get in in time to help out with the weekend in Annecy. All we had to do was pick our Db Black Member, and after a quick randomized selection, Michael was prepped to join us on the road.
The Cake Bikes were delivered to Innsbruck, our duffle bags were packed, and everything was ready for the roadtrip to begin. We had a rough idea of where exactly we needed to finish up each day, but other than that we were happy to be plan-less. After minimal admin, Philipp, our content specialist, Michael or ‘Mihi’ as we called him, and myself were ready to hit the road.
Tin speaking - This trip for me was one of the best work weeks I’ve had. It may sound obvious as my job was to be out of the office and on the road for six days, but I get to do that a lot in my role and this one was definitely different. Yes, we could have done this route a lot quicker - in a car, driving from Innsbruck to Annecy only takes eight hours - but where’s the fun in that? Instead, we decided to ride 792 kms on electric bikes, which needed two hours of charging every 80kms.