CAKE Kalk Data “Longest Distance Ever on an Electrical Bike”

Once we consider data damaged by bikes, we usually consider the machines which have been round longer, with extra time to evolve for the neighborhood.

The primary file that involves thoughts, for me, is an ongoing one; the 400mph pace file being battled out on Yorkshire turf by Man Martin and Venture 100. 

Man Martin about to have a pace sandwich in Yorkshire, the place he and Venture 100 are gunning to interrupt the 400mph world file.

But, as a lot as historical past’s gasoline chapter boasts extra heft for the pound, there’s little question that her zero-emission chapter can also be quickly increasing.

Milestones are milestones, no matter what you experience – and that features a current achievement unlocked for a girl by the title of Sinje Gottwald.

She’s CAKE’s gross sales/account supervisor. 

Sinje Gottwald, CAKE’s gross sales/account supervisor, astride a Kalk as she breaks a brand new file for “longest distance ever on an electrical motorbike.” Media sourced from CAKE’s Fb web page.

In accordance with Alex Whitworth’s protection on VisorDown, Gottwald simply broke a file for “the longest distance ever on an electrical motorbike.” 

“My dream was to see the world with my very own eyes,” contributes the gross sales supervisor. 

“Regardless of how a lot I study locations, seeing and experiencing them myself will at all times give me a greater understanding. This, I really feel, is especially the case for Africa.”

A CAKE Kalk in entrance of an indication. Media sourced from CAKE’s Fb web page.

After a (very) eventful firm dinner in the course of the fall of 2021, Sinje’s place as CAKE’s gross sales supervisor was briefly swapped for “area tester and Africa Explorer” – a task that had her swinging a leg over a CAKE Kalk AP (one of many extra unassuming electrical machines in our trade) and crossing the African continent lengthwise, from Spain. 

The gal ended up logging over 13,000km in 124 days – all and not using a sew of technical help for the Kalk AP, we would add. 

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Curious how the CAKE Kalk AP carried out mid-situ? 

Sinje Gottwald, CAKE’s gross sales/account supervisor, behind a Kalk as she breaks a brand new file for “longest distance ever on an electrical motorbike.” Media sourced from CAKE’s Fb web page.

“Upkeep was nearly zero, adjusting and lubing the chain was principally it,” contributes Sinje. 

“Cake says that lower than 140 costs have been required to finish the journey, which totaled 13,000km (8,000 miles) in the long run.”

“Now as she is thru (and sure, we now have been anxious), it’s extraordinarily rewarding that [Sinje] and the bike arrived in excellent form,” provides CAKE’s CEO, Stefan Ytterborn. 

CAKE’s Kalk lugging a bit o’ baggage. Media sourced from CAKE’s Fb web page.

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*Media sourced from CAKE’s Fb Web page and Venture 100’s Fb web page*