Over 15 years ago, I bought a Gudereit LC-R thanks to the hint of some friend. I learned a lot using it, so selling it also marks the end of an emotional relationship. Unfortunately, usage dropped significantly (read as: near zero) as I moved from Karlsruhe to Weissach, a quite hilly region, which triggered me to buy a Möve Voyager (and BTW, Möve unfortunately became insolvent last autumn).
Back to 2010. What did I do with the LC-R?
- Oder-Neiße-Cycleway.
- Black forest trips. Before this bike, I always avoided hills. With this bike, I entered the black forest numerous time, including a few standard tours:
- Take the urban railway to Forbach, then heading up to Rote Lache by bike, then down to Baden-Baden and then back to Karlsruhe using Deutsche Bahn.
- Take the urban railway to Baiersbronn, then heading up to Obertal-Buhlbach to help solving some trout issues, then further up to the Ruhestein pass, then down to Achern and then back to Karlsruhe using Deutsche Bahn.
- Numerous visits to the Bienwaldmühle restaurant. In case you are looking for an excellent kitchen with traditional german dishes, this is one of the N°1 places to go. You won’t regret!
- Numerous visits to Wissembourg. For the countless concerts, I mainly used a car, but I’ve often been there by bike as well. Don’t miss to visit Daniel Rebert.
- Strasbourg several times.
- Various biking trip along former railway lines.
- Countless further tours.
The bike quickly payed off. Former bikes of the 600 € class usually gave up after about 3 years. The Gudereit was about triple times the price, but did last much longer, avoiding a lot of stress during tours. Two years ago, I needed to replace a lot of parts – which means it served extremely well for about 12 years.
The LC-R was purchased by a guy of Monnem who will continue using it as a city bike. Beloved LC-R: You served me extremely well. Thanks for all the reliable service.