11 for 2023: Interesting and Inspiring Allroad Bikes for the New Year
As I do every year, I have a few bike inspirations for you for 2023. These are bikes for bike…
Bikepacking
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…
Harz Solo
Often good stories begin with the fact that it was planned differently. So also this case. Actually, Tobias and I…
Bikeanalytics: Evaluation Bikes Atlas Mountain Race 2022
This morning this year’s and second Atlas Mountain Race started in Morocco. 135 riders are now on their way through…
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…
An old friend – On the road in the Weserbergland Region
In the fall of 1989, two school friends were working on their bicycles in a cellar in Leipzig Connewitz, while…
Bikeanalytics: Evaluation Bikes Silk Road Mountain Race 2022
On August 12, the Silk Road Mountain Race will start. Riders from 17 nations will set out to finish the…
N+Update: My Salsa Fargo Titanium 2022
Three years ago I built up a Salsa Fargo as my Bikepacking bike for all purposes. Since then I have…
Eurobike 2022: My selection of novelties
It’ s just time again and the Eurobike has opened its doors in Frankfurt. I can not be directly on…
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…
Bikepacking Know-How: How to build a roadbook
Unfortunately, due to Corona, I can’t compete in the Bohemian Border Bash Race (BBBR) that started this weekend. But this…
My next Bikepacking adventure: A trip around Bohemia
In a few days the time has come: On Friday, May 28th the Bohemian Border Bash Race starts and I’m…
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…