8 augustus, 2023
The Candy Bomber
Memory is such an important thing. To remember the past to ride that path towards future. To be thankful for this present and not to repeat old mistakes.
To connect the three dimensions, just like Gunnar Fehlau connects the air and the ground. Turning a painful past into a bright and inspiring present.
Or is it the other way round?
The story of Gail Halvorsen, just three years after the end of the Second World War inspires this uncertain present.
The three years following 1945 were not actually easy, years when even the Allied countries coexisting in Germany started to show irreconciliable differences.
Berliners were starting to give up hope, the roads were blocked and the only connection for the city was the sky. Planes, planes and more planes were soaring through the sky night and day, following just three different routes.
One day something happened, a very important something, a something which would change many lives. One day, a bunch of small parachutes landed in Mercedes Wild’s schoolyard.
There were packages attached containing something way more valuable than all the gold in the world: chocolate.
A small detail can become a movement, anyone can make history, History in capital letters.
Gunnar knows well how much details mean.
Get to know the bike from this Pachamama
Terra M20i TEAM
Adaptable for every stretch of the 640km Candy B. Graveller route. Terra glides over the ageing concrete and is agile enough for the deepest, root-filled forests of the region.
Inspired by History, Fehlau came out with a gravel route to follow, on the ground, just the same trails left by those planes in 1948.
Through forests, roads and dust, just Terra could rise to the challenge.
The definition of gravel riding may change by city, state or country, but Terra is adaptable and ready to go.
Terra M20i TEAM
Clever integration and features adapted to your needs, and the extremely rideable gravel geometry is comfortable and precise no matter where you go.
Gunnar is proud of the small movement which has emerged.
Now, anyone who follows his route replicates Gail’s feat: everyone carries a small package with chocolate and candy for the little Berliners.
A perfect bike for the Candy B Graveller, a tribute to History, to hope and to small details.
Gail died last year, and he is deeply missed. Mercedes and the postwar kids will never forget the American who brought hope. Gail would be proud of Gunnar, his spirit remains.
If only in this uncertain future the only bombs landing on our backyards were Candy Bombs.
Enjoy the route