KotlinConf 2026: Munich :tada:

# kotlinconf

[hfhbd]

KotlinConf 2026: Munich 🎉

[jw]

Oh, excellent. I'm so glad it's moving around again.

[jw]

Any dates?

[Morten Nygaard Åsnes]

Exact dates where not given, but around the same time as this year

[Arjan van Wieringen]

Excellent! Direct train for me

[eenriquelopez]

Nice! Bike ride for me 😀

[louiscad]

@eenriquelopez Yay! Where will you be starting the trip from? @mbonnin and I are thinking about (recumbent) cycling from the French/Swiss border next to Geneva. If you're coming from West of Munich and timing matches, we could do part of trip together.

[eenriquelopez]

I live very much in the center of Munich. But happy to join you from Switzerland. Maybe somewhere near the Konstanz lake, how many KM do you cover per day?

[mbonnin]

Sounds like I'll need your e-assist thing @louiscad ;-)

[eenriquelopez]

So, if you are stopping in St Gallen, Konstanz, or Friedrichshafen, I can go the day before with the bike, meet you there, and then go to Munich together. I guess I can do up to 160 km per day with the bike? Not sure how much you are riding at once.

[louiscad]

Bimotal Elevate will help you tackle elevation, @mbonnin 😉

[louiscad]

Oh, you're just next! I don't want to drag you into a double détour 😅

[louiscad]

I was hinting at 160km a day to Martin, but I have a hard time convincing him that over 100km is doable for him 😅
The recumbent bike will surely help, and the Bimotal Elevate e-assist can also help, but we might do less, which would mean a bunch of days.

The entire one way trip is just over 600km, with a bit less than 3000m elevation overall.

[eenriquelopez]

Ok, let’s catch up when the time comes, but happy to join. That area is beautiful for biking too.

[eenriquelopez]

As a rule of thumb, one hour of car driving = one day of biking.

[louiscad]

For long distance, with an average bike and average rider, I'd say 🙂
Like, 160kph average is not quite common by car, for instance, but 160km per day cycling is quite above average already

[eenriquelopez]

Yeah, with more training and eBikes or Gravels pro then you can adjust more.

[eenriquelopez]

Like, 160kph average is not quite common by car

Well, in Germany it is probably the average autobahn speed 😅

[louiscad]

It seems like it's 125km/h according to this German webpage, and Gemini says it's 141km/h on unlimited speed sections.

[Arjan van Wieringen]

Baustelle though 😂