Trace the route. Credit the frame.

Official route sources

• Alb‑Crossing — Schwäbische Alb official portal
  Used for the approximate 370 km distance, 7,000 m ascent, six-stage suggestion and overall technical/physical description.
• Stoneman Miriquidi — official route portal
  Used for the 162 km distance, 4,400 m ascent, two-country and nine-summit overview.
• Trans Bayerwald — official route portal
  Used for the paired route concept, seven-stage format, directions, distances and ascent figures.
• Rennsteig Radweg — official destination page
  Used for the 195 km distance, endpoints, route relationship and waymark description.
• Radroutenplaner Thüringen — public route planner
  Linked as the live mapping resource referenced by the official Rennsteig page.

Image credits and licences

The site serves resized and compressed JPEG derivatives. No creator is presented as endorsing this project. “Regional illustration” means the photograph does not document the named route itself.

• Radfahrer auf dem Alb-Crossing — Alburlaub, CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on the home, about and Alb-Crossing pages.
• Stoneman Miriquidi, Route — Aagnverglaser, CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on the routes hub and Stoneman dossier.
• Donau-Regen Radweg – panoramio — Willi Heidelbach, CC BY-SA 3.0. Regional Bavarian Forest illustration; not presented as Trans Bayerwald documentation.
• Ilm-Rennsteig-Radweg bei Möhrenbach — Gaertner090468, CC BY-SA 3.0. Regional illustration; not presented as the full Rennsteig Radweg.
• Mārtiņš Blūms — 2018 UEC European Mountain Bike Championships — Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0. Category illustration; no test or endorsement implied.
• Cube Mountain ebike (50198895002) — Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0. Category illustration; no test or endorsement implied.
• CAT700 2019 Bikepacking en bicicleta de gravel — Pacopac, CC BY-SA 4.0. Category illustration; no setup recommendation implied.
• Touring bicycle in Union Station, Portland — Loneshieling, CC BY-SA 4.0. Category illustration photographed in the United States, not Germany.

Editorial sources

The bicycle files explain general mechanical and fit trade-offs and make no proprietary test claims. They should be used as a shortlist framework alongside the current manufacturer manual, rated capacities, a qualified bicycle shop where needed and a real ride on the intended setup.