The seven best gravel Tours in the Ruhr area and Bergisches Land

Mountain Biking Collection by GIANT Germany

Tours

36:36 h

278 mi

18,650 ft

The Ruhr area and its surroundings and not necessarily the first places that spring to mind when you think about proper gravel Tours. But we can promise you one thing – you’ve been missing out if you think that way! And hey, we should know. Our German headquarters is located between Düsseldorf and Wuppertal, right in the middle of the gravel fun that we present in this Collection. We show you the seven best gravel Tours in our region and take you to the Neander Valley, the Bergisches Land low mountain range, the Elfringhauser Schweiz countryside, and the hilly landscape along the Ruhr.

All routes are designed as day Tours, perfect for a weekend ride. To get to the start, you can take the car or – even easier – arrive directly by train. All of the Tours start at a train station and are very accessible. By the way: If you need a small service done on your bike, you can include the two GIANT stores in Düsseldorf and Essen into one of the routes. Why not visit your bike shop, pick up any spare parts or just grab a coffee and then head on your Tour?

You don't need to travel far to find the perfect gravel ride. With this Collection, we provide you with plenty of material to have a great time on your GIANT Revolt (giant-bicycles.com/de/bikes-revolt-advanced-2021) or on your Liv Devote (liv-cycling.com/de/bikes-devote-advanced-2021) in your area.

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Tours & Highlights

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Im Süden der Ruhr – Graveltouren im Ruhrgebiet und im Bergischen Land
Difficult
04:41
36.6 mi
7.8 mph
2,250 ft
2,250 ft
Expert gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.
This tour starts in the middle of Essen at the main train station and is therefore ideal for you if you are not from Essen and still do not feel like traveling by car. So from the train you switch directly to your bike and if you like, you can pay a visit to the Giant dealer Fahrrad Schlitzer. This would…
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Rund um Remscheid – Graveltouren im Ruhrgebiet und im Bergischen Land
Difficult
05:45
39.3 mi
6.8 mph
3,700 ft
3,675 ft
Expert gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.
From Cologne, Essen or Düsseldorf you can quickly reach Wuppertal by train and thus on the edge of the Bergisches Land, where the finest gravel is already waiting for you. This tour starts at the “Zoologischer Garten” train station and takes you up and down around Remscheid. "Exotic" highlights are included…
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Ins Neandertal – Graveltouren im Ruhrgebiet und im Bergischen Land
Difficult
04:02
30.7 mi
7.6 mph
1,250 ft
1,275 ft
Expert gravel ride. Good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.
This tour takes you to the famous Neandertal. But the memory of our ancestors is by no means the only highlight that awaits you on the beautiful gravel circuit with only a few meters of altitude ...

You start in Erkrath at the S-Bahn station, which you can reach very quickly from Düsseldorf (8 minutes…
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Die Elfringhauser Schweiz – Graveltouren im Ruhrgebiet und im Bergischen Land
Difficult
04:32
30.3 mi
6.7 mph
3,400 ft
3,400 ft
Expert gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.
South of the Ruhr between Hattingen, Wuppertal, Sprockhövel and Velbert lies Elfringhauser Schweiz, which, with its hilly, green landscape, is an excellent place for extensive gravel tours. The starting point of the tour is the beautiful Ruhrpottstadt Hattingen. It is easy to reach (by S-Bahn) and a…
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Zur 6-Seen-Platte – Graveltouren im Ruhrgebiet und im Bergischen Land
Difficult
05:11
40.7 mi
7.8 mph
1,625 ft
1,625 ft
Expert gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.
This quite long gravel tour starts right outside the gates of Düsseldorf, but it does not contain any notable gradients, so that you can make good progress. It takes you to the southern outskirts of Duisburg and although you are never far away from urban areas and traffic routes, it feels like a little…
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Entlang der Ruhr – Graveltouren im Ruhrgebiet und im Bergischen Land
Difficult
07:33
59.8 mi
7.9 mph
3,850 ft
4,100 ft
Expert mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.
There is the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path, which follows the Ruhr on mostly paved paths from its source in Winterberg to its confluence with the Rhine near Duisburg. Inspired by this, the gravel bike magazine "lifeCYCLE" opened up and created a version of the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path on unpaved roads that is…
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Zur Wiege des Gravels – Graveltouren im Ruhrgebiet und im Bergischen Land
Difficult
04:51
40.2 mi
8.3 mph
2,600 ft
2,600 ft
Expert gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.
The Flandersbach lime works is located in Wülfrath. It is the largest lime works in Europe, which has been mining limestone around Wülrath since 1903 and processing it into lime in huge rotary kilns. But not all of the rock can be used for this. Material that cannot be burned is sold as gravel, among…
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