The Human Fish Cycling story began in 2016, when we organized the first gravel race in the region. Over the past decade, we’ve delivered 15 diverse cycling events, including four multi-day stage races, as well as several more relaxed community rides and gatherings.
Today, Human Fish Cycling builds on this extensive experience to focus primarily on gravel and bikepacking adventures, laid-back cycling exploration, and epic cycling holidays and tours. Our approach is all about connection—between riders, landscapes, and unforgettable journeys on two wheels.
In today’s fast-paced world, experiencing backroads and remote places has become something truly special. We are driven—almost obsessed—by the idea of creating genuinely unique cycling routes, far from main roads and busy traffic.
Our routes and experiences are designed to take you back to the essence—to authentic landscapes, raw nature, and a truly immersive sense of place. This is cycling stripped down to what really matters: movement, connection, and discovery.
Our cycling playground is wherever we feel at home. We ride across the most beautiful gravel roads of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Carinthia, and the Carnic Alps, as well as along the stunning gravel networks that stretch across Slovenia. Istria holds a special place in our hearts, and we feel equally at home riding the Croatian coast all the way to Dubrovnik. We also love cycling through Bosnia and Herzegovina, seamlessly connecting routes that continue onward into Montenegro.
Over the years, this has added up to thousands of kilometers of diverse gravel roads—from wide high-mountain military tracks to stone-lined coastal paths by the sea. We value local connections and feel most at ease wherever nature is beautiful and life slows down just enough to step away from everyday noise.
This is our space to ride—authentic, remote, and deeply connected to the landscapes we love.
The beauty of everyday life is that everyone carries their own story. Ours is a simple one—we love cycling, we love exploring by bike, we love spending time together, and we genuinely care about the world around us, especially the environment.
That’s why we’ve, in a way, adopted the unique human fish—the olm—an extraordinary creature native to the Slovenian Karst. This is the land of the Postojna Cave, its natural home, and a place where you’ll also find some of the finest gravel roads in the region—and beyond.
It was here, in this fascinating world of karst caves and hidden backroads, that everything began. From there, our journeys carried us far and wide—but we kept the name Human Fish, a symbol of where we come from, what inspires us, and how our story continues to flow.
Our idea is humble – to create and deliver delightful cycling events, filled with the most beautiful moments on remote roads in extraordinary natural settings. This is what we do, and we do it wholeheartedly and with great enthusiasm.
