Hello, I just relocated to Berlin a few months ago. Soon, my shipment, including bike and trainer will make it over here as well. I am wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of local cycling group or give any tips or wants to meet up for an outdoor ride anytime?
Can’t wait to get back to training after almost 6 months of complete stop!
Appreciate the help,
Giorgio
Generally, there’s a lot going on in Berlin. Currently, not so much on a group ride level due to Covid restrictions.
Classic meeting spots are Kronprinzessinnenweg (Krone), Tempelhofer Feld, Ostkrone.
Mailing list with announcements for group rides (predominantly German messages, though):
https://www.rennradtraining.de/
Rapha Clubhouse offers many rides (primarily for RCC members, I suppose).
Standert shop rides: Berlin, Germany Club | Standert Bicycles on Strava
Flux RC cycling club:
https://www.fluxmusic.de/flux-kosmos/flux-rc
And many smaller groups/clubs that you might find on Strava or get to know once you’ve been riding in Berlin for a while.
Not sure what can be found on Facebook since I don’t use it.
CX/Gravel:
Thanks @Kofi. I will certainly check these out in the meantime. Appreciate it.
Welcome in Berlin! There are so many great roads around the city, smooth asphalt as far as the eye can see (but oh so flat 
) You’ll love it!
It’s quiet on the group ride front for now as said above, but quite a lot of rides to chose from in normal times.
Additional resources:
Thank you @dmalanda, I appreciate it. I look forward to the next few months when maybe people will start getting together again and going for some rides, Covid permitting.
Maybe see you then, and yes, the roads are spectacular. The first purchase was a used 80 euro bike which has been my transportation system thus far, regardless of distance!
Thanks, Happy New Year!
I’m not local, but a friend of mine sometimes takes part at the “Standert” Bicycle Thursday Rides: https://standert.de/pages/feierabendrunde-2020 (Not atm because of covid restrictions, but hopefully in spring again). Probably a good spot to link up with like-minded folks. They also have a few routes on their page: Ride Solo | Standert Bicycles | Berlin
Have fun and welcome to Germany!
Chris
Thursday Standert rides tend to be pretty much full gas. I’ve crossed paths with them several times and they were flying. “Competitive” atmosphere, you know what I mean. AFAIK their Saturday rides are more relaxed.
Aspire (bike rental) used to organize nice saturday rides with a more friendly/relaxed mindset. Brewdog brewery (Mitte) took over two years ago and the rides finish with a beer there and a prize draw for a beer. There is a MeetUp group for those.
Check also Listnride, Tortuga Cycles and [pedal]. They all have Strava groups and upcoming rides are posted there.
You will love Berlin and all it has to offer cycling wise, despite being almost as flat as a pancake.
OK. Just to update this with my research:
So as somebody with not a lot of availability (I can’t jump on every ride), it seems more or less I have to become a Rapha member because they organize 3+ road rides / week.
I’d love to find a good independent social bike club here with a mix of skill levels and Germans/non-Germans but it seems such a thing does not exist?
(The gravel club does pretty regular rides around here and I enjoy that but I’m looking for road specifically.)
You may have already gone down this route, but if not it is always worth a quick search for “Berlin, Fahrrad, Verein” - this should bring up cycling clubs in Berlin and then you can go through the various websites and see what you find. This is how I found groups in Bonn when I moved here.
A Verein is the general term for sports clubs and organisations, so the above search terms should bring up anything connected to bikes. Hope that helps!
I’m also in the same boat having just moved to Berlin
I joined the Standert ride a few weeks ago. Pretty fun but full gas. Everyone is attacking everyone once you get out of the city.
Haven’t found much else yet, or figured out the German road racing deal. From the official website further above doesn’t seem to be many races near Berlin…. But I suspect I’m just looking in the wrong place
Hello Sammy. I joined a local group of guys and go weekly on the weekend. Some stronger than others of course, avg 120km rides.
Connect with me on Strava or let me know if you’d like to join and we can take it offline.
Unfortunately not much of a racing scene here in Berlin, was hoping for me crits.
Giorgio
@SammyG There’s 8Bar that does weekly rides. 8Bar also has fixedgear crit happening in September.
FluxRc
Berlin, Germany Club | FLUX RC on Strava < they have events posted on the Strava page.
@Giorgio_Orlandi am in the same boat here… I was really hoping for crits but haven’t found much since I moved to berlin in Nov21… Are you happy for me to reach out on Strava and connect there?
Hi, yes, feel free to connect via Strava. Looking forward to riding outdoors soon!
Make sure to only ride an S-Works, only wear Pas Normal Studios kit, and always have a camera strapped to your back 
@Giorgio_Orlandi whats your strava? Im also looking for berlin riding buddies
Look for International Cycling Berlin group on Strava
Thanks. Will join
Be careful of any group rides heading for France via Belgium…