Mankei Views: The Friendship Manifesto

Some things are too good to be true but this is the real deal with bikes and cars out for a dance on the mountain, chasing dreams, and discovering new perspectives. Watch the film featuring

🏎️ @fat.international
🚴‍♂️ @iamspecialized
🦾 @sramroad
🛞 @zippspeed
💍 @porsche
👙 @bbuc_co

and the many nice folks who joined for the 2025 Giro di Mankei 👯

#Watch the Film About Having Fun on the Grossglockner

watch the giro film!

  • FAT Giro di Mankei: Racing Dream Dance Battle Edition p/b SRAM

    the giro team break bread on top of the mountain

Enjoy an alpine adventure presented with our friends at FAT International and directed by Manes Duerr. We hope it reminds you to live the racing dream by chasing the things you enjoy with unexpected friends. Special thanks to Ferdi, Ben, Joni, Marco, Basti; the team behind the scenes for making it happen; and the nice riders who ascended Austria's tallest mountain together.

Rolling out from Zell am See

  • The world's greatest commentator gets excited at the start line
  • racing dream team members ruby, vivian, and adam receive a warm welcome at the start
    Racing Dream Team members Ruby, Vivien, and Adam enjoy a smile at the start
  • riders at the start line leaving in a blur
  • racing dream team director coco with a megaphone, stopwatch, and team edition 911 dakar isparked alongside
    Team Director Coco with a megaphone, stopwatch, and FAT Unicorn 911 Dakar

#Celebrating the Third Edition of What Now?

Giro di Mankei began as a late night tale at Hotel am Brillantengrund where a friend from our group ride thought of another friend, wondering if we could join forces.

Great things have brilliant reasons from different backgrounds, but we didn't expect friends on four wheels to sync up. They dream of racing, they love the views as we do, why not break bread? We planned an ascent to the FAT Mankei Hütte and the rest fell into place.

After a snowy cancellation last year this edition took a new format as a Racing Dream Dance Battle, where teams ride as a unit and enjoy the grooves together instead of chasing of individual glory. The new faces were stellar, the weather was perfect, and the other road-goers shared good energy to turn the cranks over with a smile.

Riding to Mankei

  • joe and adam from the team as seen from the team car, somewhere on the mountain
  • mankei riders heading past the soon-to-be-infmaous Thorn on the Horn segment
  • Commentator Tom Thorn takes a look at the competition from the ridge above
  • racing dream team captain brack gets some support from team director coco
  • Julia enjoying a team edition specialized aethos with the latest SRAM AXS, Zipp 454s, and all the fixings
    Julia enjoying a team edition Specialized Aethos with the latest SRAM AXS, Zipp 454s, and all the fixings oh lala
  • some excitement from the crowd
  • a sunny day on the Grossglockner, between the ridges of rock and grass is a road winding past a remote hut
  • Issi ascending with her partner Felix, amongst the best domestiques of the day
  • Ferdi and Marvin sitting on a wooden fence cheerin gon the riders
  • The FAT Mankei Hütte atop the Grossglockner, on a sunny day with a nice group of cyclists filling the parking spaces
    Up on the Grossglockner in a quiet saddle is a warm hütte where all are welcome, four wheels and even two.
  • Mankei riders comparing Strava times or something, at least they're smiling
  • Julia and Coco interviewing with commentator Jeff Thorne
  • Racing Dream team members with the FAT GT3RS team car, plus nice bikes

#Different Vehicles, One Racing Dream

Riding is like dancing, especially after a night out, it's about movement and groove. Lights sparkling through the trees, feet on the pedals, hearts beating as one — it's an #outdoordisco.

Likewise finding fun, flow, and fantasy is a matter of getting out there not which vehicle you prefer. The roads are for people who live to explore, it's not two or four wheels because we're often the same person. Bikes vs cars is a false binary instilled in us by the marketing powers that be, so be kind to one another.

The Racing Dream is one to discover yourself at any speed whether it's in a go kart, gravel bike, or Le Mans hypercar... aren't we feeling the same thing?

Coming Soon

  • adam looking through red binoculars while standing next to his bike, wearing racing dream kit

  • Coming Soon

    More from the Giro and Racing Dream III

#With many thanks to

Our friends at FAT International, Specialized, SRAM, Zipp, and Porsche
Photography by Clemens Fantur
Videography by Manes Deurr, Michael Schindegger, and Distillery
Produced by Marvin and Ferdi
Made possible by Helena, Nico, and Patrick

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