CUSTOM CHROME EUROPE Bolt On And Ride Tour Rhein Time – Germany’s most romantic ride! Cologne and the Hohenzollern Railway bridge with the Cathedral at sunset, as seen from the east river shore in Deutz.
CUSTOM CHROME EUROPE PRESS RELEASE - PUBLICATION FREE OF CHARGE ALL IMAGES: Cologne is always worth a visit, be it INTERMOT or for a private tour into the cities rich history. The 2nd CCE tour visited the „Gents of Cologne“ in the heart of the shopping district. The „Kustom Life Run“ proceeded north while the CCE Team returned to Grolsheim the fast way: Autobahn A 61. But less than five weeks later, CCE returned for the 2018 edition of the INTERMOT in full force, now all „Bolt On And Ride“ bikes only on display. Riding through Bell back to Mendig, a spectacular panorama opens: The complete Neuwied basin lies ahead, the Maifeld plain to the south and the defining reason of this view hidden behind the wooded rim to the north: Lake Laach. Passing Obermendig and again the A 61 Autobahn, you soon reach the rim of the lake and the Benedictine Monastery which sits on its shore. A scenic setting for centuries, today a popular tourist destination and thanks to our scientific explorations in recent years, also the reason for the fertile earth in Maifeld and Neu- wied Basin: You are entering the caldera of one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in Middle Europe, happening only 12.000+ years ago. In geological time scale, the blink of an eye. The eruption has been dated to about 10.930 b.c. and is said to have lasted only a few days. It completely devastated a huge area and dropped massive layers of volcanic ashes onto the Maifeld and Neuwied. Pyroclastic currents streamed down the Brohl valley and into the Neuwied Basin, both felled trees, plants and tephra rock where blown into Rhein and Mosel river,
