Everything in the frame: My new Gramm Custom Full Frame Bag
Sometime comes the moment when it becomes personal and you flirt with an individual and adapted to the bike frame…
Test & Reviews
Outdoor Research Helium Bivy in practice: How good is the ultra-light bivy sack?
If you’re into Bikepacking, you’ll sooner or later come to the question of overnight stays or camping. And then it’s…
No abstinence, no sacrifice! Test ride with the Ghost Asket Advanced Gravel bike
Voluntary abstinence for a higher goal – this is how an ascetic life is defined. And the Ghost Asket is…
High beam at the touch of a button: test ride with the Busch+Müller IQ-XM Speed
Prologue When it comes to light on the bike, I rather rely on hub dynamo-powered lamps. Currently, I ride a…
Click and go: Test ride with the Ortlieb Quick Rack
Bikepacking was originally seen as the light version of bicycle travel: the bags strapped to the frame, tied down so…
One for Gravel & Travel: Test ride with the Tout Terrain Vasco GT 28
I have to admit it right away: I am a Tout Terrain fan. That comes from my time when I…
British understatement: Test ride with the Brooks Scape Bikepacking bags
Many of you know Brooks, of course, especially because of the saddles. They enjoy an almost legendary reputation, especially among…
Style on gravel: Test ride with the Urwahn Waldwiesel
You have to look twice, because the Urwahn Waldwiesel is everything but a normal gravel bike. This frame shape, the…
Top on the top tube: test ride with the Ortlieb Fuel Pack
More than a year ago ORTLIEB sent me the prototype of a new top tube bag. And I was very…
Tires for bikepacking: My practical experience & what I rely on
Bicycle tires are always a very individual thing: If you look away from laboratory measurements, the performance of a bicycle…
Bikepacking & Ergonomics: Test ride with Ergon Allroad Saddle, CF Seatpost, BT Gravel Handlebar Tape & Orthocell Pads
Ergon you certainly know and I have actually “always” used Ergon products on the touring bike. They are known to…
Today I have a Rose for you: test ride with the Rose Backroad Gravelbike
I first noticed the Rose Backroad 2018 at the Silk Road Mountain Race. There it was ridden through the mountains…
Bikepacking in a rush: test ride with the Ortlieb Seat-Pack QR
N+1 is generally understood to be the law of nature that it always needs another, new bike. Be that as…
Dare more MTB: Test ride with the Surly Corner Bar
As you know, I like to try out new things myself, true to the motto: Better to know than to…
Smart double pack: test ride with the Ortlieb Vario PS
While it is mostly about bikepacking equipment and bikes here, it is once again time for a product that fits…