On August 12, the Silk Road Mountain Race will start. Riders from 17 nations will set out to finish the 1,900km long and over 37,000 meters high race. Besides the climatic conditions, the challenges at high altitude and in changing weather and temperatures between 40 degrees plus and minus 15 degrees, the mental strength will…
Let me start by explaining the shortcuts in the headline: SRMR 19 = Silk Road Mountain Race 2019 AMR 20 = Atlas Mountain Race 2020 TD 21 = Tour Divide 2021 And that basically tells you what it’s all about: I took a closer look at the bikes of the participants in the above-mentioned…
Note: Restrap and Tailfin provided both the racks and bags for this review. In my Bikeanalytics breakdown of the Trans Balkan Race 2026, I came across a number I didn’t expect: 41 percent of participants are riding with a rear rack. Of those, 23 percent alone are on a Tailfin system. The trend is even…
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While the first part of the evaluation covered the type questions, type of bike, wheel sizes, tyres and brakes, we are now delving deeper. Because now we are looking at gears, drivetrain, bearings, saddle and bags. And once again, please note: due to the multiple answer options for some questions, the total is more than…
When it comes to riding and having fun off-road, gravel bikes have clearly evolved in recent years from a “marketing trend” to a great all-round bike for most tours in the forest and on tarmac. And that’s a good thing. The classic mountain bike has also modernised and is being ridden more and more in…
Tobias and I made it and conquered the 1,860 km and around 33,000 HM at this year’s Silk Road Mountain Race as team “Salsaletten”. And you really have to say conquered, because it was very hard and exhausting work. After 13.5 days we arrived happily at the finish in Balykchy at Lake Issyl Kul. We…