Register now for the upcoming GBI 2012 which will take place from the 10th to the 17th June 2012. We will cycle with a limit of 400 people from more than 20 countries in eight days from Oslo to Düsseldorf and raise more than quarter of a million Euros! Your registration will be confirmed once you will have raised your first € 200.- fund! Register now!
December 2011
Welcome at Global Biking Initiative e.V.
The Global Biking Initiative e.V. was founded early 2009 after a very successful first GBI where more than 50 people cycled in six days from Düsseldorf in Germany to Newbury in the UK. Those cyclists raised with this event more than € 23.000.- for various charities around the world.
Since then we organise every year a larger cycling tour across Europe with participants from all over the world and with the objective to raise as much fund as possible for different charities. These GBI events are supported by Sponsors to enable the participants to focus on raising fund.
In 2009 e.g. 200 participants cycled from Milan over the Alps to Düsseldorf and raised more than € 100.000.-, in 2010 more than 260 people managed the tour from Prague to Düsseldorf and handed at the end a check of € 211.000.- over to the charities and in 2011 265 cyclists from 18 countries raised more than quarter of a million (263.000.-) for the good cause.
Enjoy your visit on our online presense. Find out more about our organisation, our recent events or our global footprint or the charities we are supporting around the globe!
New GBI Country Norway
We have taken a new country on board. Carsten Wiecek will take care of Norway and work on developing the GBI community in our most northern country so far. We look forward to meeting you all in your home country when we start in Oslo this summer!
February 2012
Find a Sponsor
The costs of a GBI are covered by sponsors. You as a GBI participant are warmly welcomed to participate in the sponsoring acquisition. For each succesfull sponsoring agreement will we donate in your name a certain amount to your local charity! Find out more!
January 2012
New GBI Country Champion for UK
We have finaly found a new Country Champion for the UK! Kareem Sharawi has moved to the UK and has kindly agreed to take care of developing the GBI in Great Britain. We know Kareem from recent GBI tours and we wish him all the best and great moments in organising all relevant activities and logistics in the UK for the coming tours.
December 2011
€ 5.000.- Donation to Lichtblicke e.V.
The Global Biking Initiative e.V. hands over 5.000.- Euros at Antenne Düsseldorf to Lichtblicke e.V.. Lichtblicke supports children, teenagers and young adults from families in financial problems. Antenne Düsseldorf interviewed Michael and Dirk and broadcasted the interview about the donation and the GBI 2012 in the radio. Foto: Dirk Rheydt, Michael Mennicken (Antenne Düsseldorf) and Michael Hufelschulte
December 2011
Donation Check Handover
Our patron Ms. Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft hands over our donation check to Markus Seidel from Off-Road-Kids and Heike Vongehr from the Kindertafel Düsseldorf. € 65.000.- has been donated so far to these two by the German GBI team supported charities. TV stations RTL and Center-TV as well as media representatives from local newspapers were there as well.
September 2011
Alberto Contador visits GBI
The spanish cyclist Alberto Contador, who has won all three large cycling competitions of this world (Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Giro d’Italia), visited our Sponsor Vodafone and was talking - amongs other topics - about the Global Biking Initiative.
Jorge Sanchez Flores, our GBI Country Champion for Spain, had the chance to talk to him.
September 2011
New GBI Country Champion for Qatar
Rachael Mayo-Smith, the GBI Country Champion for Qatar, will not be able to join us next year. The date in June 2012 clashes with the shareholders annual general meeting which she is responsible for. She had therefore to take the decision to hand over her GBI responsibilities to another experienced GBI participant. Thank you very much Rachael for your great contribution for 2011 and make it happen that for the first time cyclists from Qatar flew to Europe to cycle with us!
Eamonn Condon, an Irish college, but now working for VF Qatar, has kindly agreed to taking over from Rachel. He is in charge with immediately effect and will be single point of contact for all requests in Qatar going forward. Eamonnn, many thanks for your support and all the best for your future as GBI Country Champion
August 2011
New GBI Country Champion for Ireland
El Capitan, Stephen Bray, a great supporter of the GBI has left the organisation committee! Thank you for all the effort you have invested in bringing half Ireland over to Amsterdam. You did an incredibly job and without you - making a real personal difference - the GBI 2011 had not been as it was. Many, many thanks Stephen! And I hope you will join us in the future - you are always more than welcome to join us :-)
Edwards and Colm tossed a coin and Ed was the lucky winner. Edward will cover all the Country Champion activities for Ireland in the future and we wish him all the best, good luck and a great time, working for the GBI! Great, having you on board!
August 2011
Raise fund for the GBI
The GBI takes place once a year. But what about the Rest of the year? Use your cycling or any other event to raise fund for the GBI. We can support you onsite with tents, resources, etc. Or become a regular financial supporter and collect your donation during the complete year for your next GBI.
Find out more! Dirk Rheydt is more than happy to answer all your questions concerning this ways of raising fund.
July 2011
New GBI Country Champion for Spain
Antonio Sanchez, a great supporter of the GBI, is going to leave the organisation commitee. Many thanks for all the effort you have invested in bringing half Spain over to Prag in 2010 and to Amsterdam in 2011. You did an incredibly job and without you - making a real personal difference - the GBI 2010 and 2011 had not been as it was.
Jorge Sanchez (not his brother) has been with us in 2010 and in 2011 and he will be in charge for all Spanish participants as single point of contact. Going forward, Jorge will liaise with the Spanish charity, will take care that sponsoring will be covered and will be the first point of contact for all Spanish participants. We wish you great success in you new role and look forward to see you and your team in 2012 in Oslo - again!
July 2011
Vacancies
We are looking for more support! Currently there are a few vacancies as Accounting Clerk or supporters. Do the job profiles fit your CV? Have you always thought that you would like to invest some time in charity and good cause and you would like to use your professional experience to help others?
Another champion who gives over his responsibility to a successor.Ben Chini has organised the Dutch aspects of the GBI for two years and has finished his engagement with a great opening event in Amsterdam in 2011 - together with his collegue Sander van der Zander. Many thanks Ben for your never ending support and effort to develop the GBI further.
Koen Stoer is with immediate effect in charge as GBI country champion for the Netherlands and has already stated his objectives to turn up with a lot more Dutch participants next year than in 2011! We wish you all the best and success to achieve this goal!
May 2011
New GBI Country Champion for Egypt
Time for change! After a very sucesfull GBI 2011 where 32 collegues from Egypt joined the ride and raised more than 42.000.- € for Alashanek ya balady, the country champion Mohamed Moshref, who organised all this, is going to take on a new business challenge in Germany. He has therefore handed over his responsibilities to Aiman Elsayed who will drive the GBI idea in Egypt going forward.
Aiman, welcome on Board! You know the GBI very well from previous tours and we all look forward to work with you over the coming months!
