If you’re into Bikepacking, you’ll sooner or later come to the question of overnight stays or camping. And then it’s not far and you’re faced with the decision between tent or bivy sack (or tarp or hammock, but we’ll leave that aside). I’m actually a classic “tent person” and will remain so – that is…
[infobox maintitle=”Notice:” subtitle=”The Pressedienst Fahrrad has provided me with the Ghost bike for a test on my request and Ghost has provided me with information about the bike. Thus, this is advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] Voluntary abstinence for a higher goal – this is how an ascetic life is defined. And the…
[infobox maintitle=”Please note:” subtitle=”Busch+Müller/Pressedienst Fahrrad has provided me at my request the lamp for a test. Therefore, this is advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] Prologue When it comes to light on the bike, I rather rely on hub dynamo-powered lamps. Currently, I ride a not German Road Traffic Licensing Regulations-approved combination of the…
[infobox maintitle=”Please note:” subtitle=”I have been in regular contact and exchange with Ortlieb for many years, which allows me to test new products in advance and also to give feedback from time to time. That’s why this is also advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] Bikepacking was originally seen as the light version of…
[infobox maintitle=”Please note:” subtitle=”Tout Terrain provided me with a Vasco as a test bike at my request. This is advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] I have to admit it right away: I am a Tout Terrain fan. That comes from my time when I did more classic bike tours around the world. My…
[infobox maintitle=”Please note:” subtitle=”Brooks provided me with the bags for a test at my request. Therefore, this is also advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] Many of you know Brooks, of course, especially because of the saddles. They enjoy an almost legendary reputation, especially among touring cyclists. The B17 is probably one of the…
[infobox maintitle=”Note:” subtitle=”Urwahn has provided me with the Waldwiesel for a test. This is advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] You have to look twice, because the Urwahn Waldwiesel is everything but a normal gravel bike. This frame shape, the S-shaped seat stay, the missing seat tube. It is in any case a statement,…
[infobox maintitle=”Note:” subtitle=”I already have a longer cooperation with ORTLIEB and so I always get the opportunity to test new products. Like the new ORTLIEB Fuel-Pack. So that’ s advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] More than a year ago ORTLIEB sent me the prototype of a new top tube bag. And I was…
Bicycle tires are always a very individual thing: If you look away from laboratory measurements, the performance of a bicycle tire is always a question of personal riding style, air pressure, load, the type of preferred surface and your own driving sensitivity. And so it happens that one or the other makes completely different experiences…
[infobox maintitle=”Notice:” subtitle=”This is advertising as RTI Sports & Ergon provided me with the products reviewed here and allowed me to ride them. Thanks for that!” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] Ergon you certainly know and I have actually “always” used Ergon products on the touring bike. They are known to me mainly by…
[infobox maintitle=”Note:” subtitle=”The test bike was provided to me at my request by Rose Bikes. Thus, this is also advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] I first noticed the Rose Backroad 2018 at the Silk Road Mountain Race. There it was ridden through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan for a final test before market launch….
[infobox maintitle=”Note” subtitle=”I already have a longer collaboration with Ortlieb and I always get so times the opportunity to test prototypes. Like the Seat-Pack QR, which is now released. Therefore, this is also advertising. ” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] N+1 is generally understood to be the law of nature that it always needs…
As you know, I like to try out new things myself, true to the motto: Better to know than to think. And this includes the following project. I have been planning for some time the conversion of my shifting on the Fargo and would like to attach an electronic shifting here. More specifically, a SRAM…
[infobox maintitle=”Note:” subtitle=”At my request, Pressedienst Fahrrad and Ortlieb have provided me with the Vario PS bag for a test. Thank you! With that said, this is also advertising. ” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] While it is mostly about bikepacking equipment and bikes here, it is once again time for a product that…
When I first became interested in bikepacking, there was one bike in particular that excited me: the Surly ECR. Unfortunately, the Americans stopped the production of the ECR after 8 years at the end of 2021. But there were already rumours that Surly was working on a new bike and when the first pictures appeared…