Adventure Cycling Association

Legendary German touring cyclist Heinz Stücke spent more than 50 years cycling nearly 650,000 kilometers. He passed away on July 22, 2026. Here is a bit of his story.

This article first appeared in the May 2022 issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine.  It felt like another world, crisscrossing Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asian republics just a few years after the ...