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Bart rides with you
Your guide is also your mechanic, with WorldTour experience. If you have a mechanical problem, someone is there to assess your bike and help work out a solution.
Småland · Sweden · April – September 2027
Your guide is your mechanic, too.
Four days of gravel in Småland, with Bart on the bike and Els at the service vehicle. Discover the roads with us. We guide the ride and help when your bike needs attention.
Explore the camp and register your interest. Joining the waiting list is not a booking.
Bart
your guide and mechanic
Els
service vehicle at agreed stops
Spare parts
available to buy for repairs
Spare wheels
for Shimano and SRAM
Bart
your guide and mechanic
Els
service vehicle at agreed stops
Spare parts
available to buy for repairs
Spare wheels
for Shimano and SRAM
Start · finish · service
Spilhammars Camping
Every BVR Gravel ride starts and finishes with Johan at Spilhammars Camping, by the lake in Mariannelund. This is where the service car waits, where we have coffee before we roll out and where your bike gets checked after the ride. Book your own pitch, cabin or holiday cottage at the camping — and sleep right at the start line.
More places to stay in the area, via the official tourism sites of Eksjö and Vimmerby: Visit Eksjö ↗ · Vimmerby ↗
BVR GRAVEL
Enjoy the ride. Have support at hand.
Two people with clear roles: Bart rides with you as your guide and mechanic. Els supports you from the service vehicle at agreed points along the route.
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Els is ready at the vehicle
Your clothing bag, food and drinks travel with us. At the agreed service stops, refuel, add a layer and take a moment to catch your breath.
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Parts for repairs along the way
The service vehicle carries repair parts for sale. Replacement parts are charged separately, so you know what is part of the support and what costs extra.
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Spare wheels for Shimano and SRAM
We carry spare wheels for both systems. Compatibility also depends on your cassette, axle and brake rotor. Include your bike specification in your enquiry so we can discuss it beforehand.
See everything else included
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Your clothing bag
Hand in your bag in the morning. If it gets cold or starts to rain, you change into something fresh or warmer on the road.
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Nutrition
Gels, bars and more. You take what you need, at every pass.
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Drinks
Sports drink, soft drinks, coffee and tea. When it is really cold and the weather is bad, there is hot soup.
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Parts for repairs along the way
The service vehicle carries repair parts for sale. Replacement parts are charged separately, so you know what is part of the support and what costs extra.
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Spare wheels for Shimano and SRAM
We carry spare wheels for both systems. Compatibility also depends on your cassette, axle and brake rotor. Include your bike specification in your enquiry so we can discuss it beforehand.
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Recovery shake at the finish
With your name on it: vanilla, chocolate or coffee. You pick your flavour when you book.
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Bike clean and check after every ride
After the ride, we clean and check your bike. We discuss any necessary repairs and chargeable replacement parts with you.
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First aid
Els has 25 years of experience as a care worker and can always give first aid. The first-aid kit rides along in the car.
When things go wrong
With a mechanical problem, we first assess what is safe and technically possible. The service vehicle supports agreed stops and cannot be everywhere at once. An accident or urgent incident takes priority.
Two Strava segments per route
Every route has two segments, both uphill. Not compulsory — ride them flat out if you like. On the closing night we announce the winner of the weekend.
The closing night
The closing evening is one of the three included dinners: a lakeside barbecue in good weather, or pizza and drinks if it rains. We also announce the winner of the optional Strava segments.
SMÅLAND
This is where you will ride.
Honest about the level
These are not easy routes. Come with a solid base fitness.
Småland is not flat. Our routes go up and down all day, with short, punchy climbs of 6 to 16 percent. No long cols, but hill after hill — four days in a row. Make sure you arrive well trained: then you'll enjoy every kilometre instead of counting them.
Constantly up and down
Short, steep stretches of 6 to 16 percent follow one another, on gravel too. You don't need to be a climber, but your legs need to be used to kicking again and again.
Four days in a row
Almost anyone can do one long ride. Four days back to back takes a solid base. If you ride regularly — several days in a row — in the weeks before, you'll get the most out of the weekend.
There's always a way out
At every stop at the service car you choose again: the full loop, a shorter route back to Spilhammars, or a ride back in the service car. Out on the road, Bart shows you where you can cut it short. Nobody gets left behind and nobody has to prove anything.
Not sure your level fits? Send us a message about what you ride now. We'll tell you honestly whether this weekend suits you.
THIS IS SMÅLAND
Forests, lakes and gravel. Choose a stay in nature.
Expect a different cycling holiday from a stay with cafés and amenities around the corner in Calpe, Mallorca or Girona. Our focus is gravel riding in rural Småland: peace, space and nature.
Bring a car or hire one
Your accommodation, our meeting point, shops and restaurants can be some distance apart. Plan to use your own car or a hire car outside the rides. The service vehicle supports the rides; transfers are not included.
Start and finish: Spilhammars Camping
All routes start and finish in the car park at Spilhammars Camping in Mariannelund. This is our fixed meeting, start and finish point. We brief the group here before departure and arrange the agreed support after the ride.
Choose your own accommodation
Book directly with a campsite, cabin, guesthouse or hotel. Check the distance to our meeting point beforehand. Three dinners including the closing evening, and fika, are part of the camp; arrange accommodation, breakfast and travel yourself.
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How would you like to ride with us?
Join a gravel camp, come with your club or discuss a stay for your team. We talk through your experience and expectations beforehand to work out what fits.
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Gravel camp
Four guided riding days · routes of approximately 50 to 110 km. With Bart as guide and mechanic, and Els at the service vehicle.
Explore the gravel camp
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Clubs
A weekend or a week for your club. Email first.
Send a request
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Teams
2 to 6 riders, Monday to Wednesday or longer. Tailored proposal.
Send a request
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Why here, why like this
The service car rides for you
On the route where everyone passes, and again at the finish. Bag, nutrition, drinks, shop, two spare wheelsets.
Yellow signposts, no forest trails
Public gravel roads with the yellow signposts and wide skogsbilvägar. No singletrack, no carrying your bike.
No mountains, a thousand hills
The rolling landscape is about more than counting kilometres. We adapt the ride to the group and the conditions.
After the ride: shake, bike clean, the lake, dinner
A shake with your name on it, your bike cleaned and checked while you swim, dinner together at seven.
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Four days, this is what they look like
No brochure talk — this is what happens at 11 am, at 3 pm and at 7 pm.
Thursday
Arrive and learn to read the roads
- morning · Arrival. By car after an evening departure from Belgium or the Netherlands, or by plane via Linköping, Jönköping, Växjö or Kalmar. You check in yourself at your stuga, campsite or hotel.
- 11:00 · Meet in the car park at Spilhammars Camping in Mariannelund: coffee, your clothing bag and named bottles, a bike check by Bart and an introduction to the four days.
- 15:00 · Opening ride, easy, to learn to read the roads. The service car stands halfway at Filmbyn, with Els: coffee, tea and Swedish pastry.
- 17:30 · Clean and check of every bike, recovery shake with your name.
Friday
The first full day
- 08:30 · Briefing and departure, cloverleaf from our meeting and service point. Bart at the front, Els with the car.
- en route · The car stands twice on the route, where everyone passes: rain bag and dry layer, gels and bars, sports drink, coffee, soup when it's cold, and the shop for whoever breaks something. Fika at Filmbyn between the loops: coffee, tea and Swedish pastry.
- arrival · Shake, clean, inspection. Small repairs happen right away while you go into the lake.
Saturday
The queen stage
- 08:30 · Briefing and departure. The hardest leaf of the weekend, with the climbs that have a name.
- en route · Two passes of the car with Els, fika at Filmbyn, and the two Strava segments of the day for those who want them.
- arrival · Shake, clean, inspection. Whatever needs replacing gets replaced tonight.
Sunday
The final and the closing night
- 08:30 · Departure for the shortest of the three full days, with the two segments that decide the winner of the weekend. Not compulsory, but fun.
- en route · The car stands with Els where you pass; fika at Filmbyn between the loops.
- arrival · Last clean and check — everything gone over before the drive home.
- 19:00 · Closing night: barbecue by the lake, pizza and drinks in bad weather. Winner of the segments, group photo, and your name on the first-season list if you're in for 2027.
Monday
Home
- 08:00 · If you leave later, ask Bart whether a gentle recovery ride is possible.
- then · Depart at your own pace. You check out at your stuga, campsite or hotel.
Routes of approximately 50 to 110 km. We adapt the daily distance, pace and stops to the group, weather and road conditions. This is a route range, not a fixed distance to complete every day.
Dinner is included, the bed is not
Fika and three dinners are included. The closing evening is one of those three: a lakeside barbecue in good weather, or pizza and drinks if it rains. Arrange accommodation and breakfast directly with your accommodation provider.
How would you like to ride with us?
Join a gravel camp, come with your club or discuss a stay for your team. We talk through your experience and expectations beforehand to work out what fits.
Pick your weekend →Four days of riding together. Care for you and your bike.
Guided rides, service vehicle support, technical help, ride food and drinks, recovery shakes, bike cleaning and checks, fika and three dinners including the closing evening. You choose and book your own accommodation.
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Rumskulla · Mariannelund · Vimmerby
Red cottages, lakes, endless gravel roads through pine and birch forest. Katthult and Bullerbyn are on our leaves — you ride, the family is on holiday too.