We are happy to announce that Herrn Ruldolph Scharping will be supporting the auction of the 24 Carat gold-plated Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 gear hub as Patron. Seeing as he is the president of the "Bund Deutscher Radfahrer" (German cyclists club), we feel that he is the ideal Patron for this campaign and we are overwhelmed to have his support.

Further information over Rudolph Scharping can be found on Wikipedia.