BREAKFAST
BREAKFAST & DINNER
Time: 8-10:30 and 18-20:30
Location: TiB HQ
For ECMC, the Fläming Kitchen will be cooking with us for the championship. They’re a vegetarian/vegan action kitchen, focused on using cooking to support political and alternative projects whilst saving vegetables. They work with fresh, ecological produce that is often deemed “wonky”, “too short, too thick, too long, too big” and doesn’t make it into the supermarket shelves. Every vegetable is sexy!
REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION & STARTER PACK PICK-UP
Time: 10-12, 18-20
Location: TiB HQ
Registration for ECMC is open. If you've registered, you can pick up your starter pack.
If you haven't registered online already, come and do it in person.
AWAREMESS BRIEFING
AWAREMESS BRIEFING
Time: 10:30-11
Location: TiB HQ
The Awaremess meeting is for everybody involved in the Awaremess team – or thinking about it. The briefing will
explain exactly what’s needed, how you’ll be supported, and when. If you aren’t yet involved with Awaremess and and would like to be (or are curious), you’re invited to join this meeting.
Find out more about Awaremess and ECMC 2026 at the beginning of this booklet, and about Awaremess generally at: awaremess.org
DISPOCAT
DISPO CAT
Time: 11-13:30
Location: TiB HQ
A Dispocat is about racing and coordi- nating together. You’re not only routing yourself around the city from A to B, but you’re working as effectively a small company in your team with an active dispatcher. One person will be respon- sible for dispatching, and will direct you around the city as you go up against other teams.
Registration is 11-11:30, riding 11:30-13:30.
This event is open to all, even if you aren't registered for the overall ECMC event. To join, please talk to an Orga Team member on site.
exhibition
EXHIBITION
Time: 11-20:30
Location: Satellit, Weinstrasse 11
Running on Friday and Saturday, explore an exhibition of pictures, spokecards, manifests, and posters. For starters, Berlin has one of the longest-running alleycats in the world and we’re looking forward to sharing some memories with you.
Johnny poses with a book for illustrative effect.
This event is open to all, even if you aren't registered for the overall ECMC event. To join, please talk to an Orga Team member on site.
TRIANGLE-BERG SPRINTS
TRIANGLE-BERG SPRINTS
Time: 14-16
Location: Starting from TiB HQ
Berlin’s highest peaks are 114.7 and 122 meters. Despite this seemingly low number, Bergsprints or “hill sprints” will still fi nd a way to challenge you. Expect a “Triangle Sprint” format within this: a short distance two-checkpoint race contre la montre.
This event is open to all, even if you aren't registered for the overall ECMC event. To join, please talk to an Orga Team member on site.
TRACK GAMES
TRACK GAMES
Time: 16-18
Location: Tempelhofer Feld
ABC London are leading our Track Games. The agenda? “Play silly games, win silly prizes.” These London specialists have conferred to bring you a line-up of track games, with an agenda under wraps - but here are some quick explanations you might want if this is your first time playing:
Trackstand:
Keep your bike stationary whilst performing increasingly challenging requests, ranging from rubbing your head and tummy to taking your shoes off and your feet off the pedals.
Footdown:
Compete in a tight and increasingly shrinking circle, doing your best to stay on your bike as other competitors make it challenging. The last person to put their foot on the
ground wins.
Skid Competition:
Just how does one leave the longest skid mark? We hope to solve that this weekend.
This event is open to all, even if you aren't registered for the overall ECMC event. To join, please talk to an Orga Team member on site.
ABC or Associated Bicycle Couriers of London - is a collective of current and former bicycle messengers, friends, and supporters based in London. ABC was created as a way to look out for one another, pool our resources, andbuild something positive together — anetwork that can support, represent,and celebrate the people who keep thecity moving. Find out more about them at @abc__ldn or @abccourierslondon.com
COOP CYCLE & ABC
Open workshop
Open workshop on Cooperativism in the courier community, its wonders and how-tos:
Time: 18-19
Location: TiB HQ
Federate couriers! This workshop is open for all company structures (not just collectives)
CoopCycle and ABC want to get in touch with you and discuss the benefits and challenges of collective work and building networks on a syndicalist basis. In this moderated workshop, we’ll explore common problems and solutions, exchange ideas and hopefully all take away a few tips to apply to our daily work. Every collective tackles challenges differently, and every company has its own way of working: let’s share our experiences and network!
Duration: approx. 90 mins
Bring along: a pen & a good appetite for exchange!
With: Aubin (CoopCycle/Corbo) & Lolo (ABC/Pony Syndikat)
CoopCycle is a European network of courier-owned cooperatives that mutualises tools and knowledges. Find out more at @coopcycle and coopcycle.org.
ABC was founded at ECMC 2023 in Budapest to provide support to the member collectives and structures across Europe. It not only focuses on courier cooperatives, but also welcomes bicycle collectives with their own workshops, and co-ops focusing on political work. Want to join or find out more about ABC? Get in touch at: abc@allcouriersarebeautiful.com
main Race
checkpointer briefing
MAIN RACE CHECKPOINTER
BRIEFING
Time: 19-19:20
Location: TiB HQ
Involved in a checkpoint on Saturday or Sunday's main race? Come get briefed and ensure you've got all the info.
FAHRWERK WTNBIA+ MONOPOLY CAT
FAHRWERK WTNBIA+ MONOPOLY CAT
Time: 19:30-23
Location: Fahrwerk Kurier*innenkollektiv, Am Treptower Park 17, 12435 (down the ramp)
This WTNBIA+ monopoly cat relies on the roll of a dice – or draw of a tarot card in this card - to decide where you’ll be riding. Hosted by Fahrwerk, the Monopolycat will start from their head- quarters in Treptower Park. You’ll get to know a local park quite intimately, and then riders are invited for drinks (donation-based) and food (gluten and soy- free options) afterwards at Fahrwerk, too.
This event is open to all WTNBIA+, even if you aren't registered for the overall ECMC event. To join, please talk to an Orga Team member on site.
Fahrkwerk Kurier*innenkollektiv is a 15-year-strong self-organised courier collective, founded in 2009. They make important decisions by consensus, together and without hierarchy, at plenary meetings. You might recognise them by a distinctive purple colour. Rumour has it that they have new merch out for ECMC too. Find more about them @fahrwerk_berlin or fahrwerk-berlin.de
QUIZ
4-hour-league QUIZ
Time: 20-21:30
Location: TiB HQ
The 4-hour-League Berlin warmly invites you to a pub quiz featuring historical, interesting and utterly trivial anecdotes from the international labour movement. No preparation needed – just pop along (on your own or in teams)! Please note the quiz is not four-hours-long. The 4-hour-League Berlin are the Berlin chapter of an alliance of political groups in various cities across Germany who are working together to achieve a radical reduction in working hours to four hours per day with full monetary and staffing compensation financed by capital
This event is open to all, even if you aren't registered for the overall ECMC event. To join, please talk to an Orga Team member on site.
Park DJ
PARK DJ
Time: 21:30 until late
Location: Insel der Jugend
Insel der Jugend is a scenic island by Treptower Park. Park DJ is somewhat self explanatory.
Please wrap up warm as this event is outdoors.
This event is open to all.