[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…
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…
[infobox maintitle=”Note:” subtitle=”At my request, CosmicSports has provided a Salsa Cutthroat test bike. For this I say thank you! And point out to you that it is or can be advertising. You know this…” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] So this test report is not objective, because I oute myself already now as a…
[infobox maintitle=”Note:” subtitle=”Decathlon Germany provided me with the Bikepacking bags for a test at my request. Therefore, this is advertising, mes amis!” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] When I got to ride the Riverside Touring 920 bike last year, Riverside told me that they were also working on a Bikepacking bag line. And if…
A few weeks ago I received an email from 8bar, a bike manufacturer from Berlin, in which a new bike was announced: If you are once again with your gravel bike on bikepacking tour and no longer want to go on trails, because you prefer to ride with your 40mm tires road, then you should…
[infobox maintitle=”Please Note:” subtitle=”At my request, Böttcher provided me with a test bike. I also received a lot of information from the Böttcher team and was able to visit the company headquarters in Heide. Therefore, this is advertising, but you know that…” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] I can make it short: The Böttcher…
[infobox maintitle=”Note:” subtitle=”I have been connected with Ortlieb for a long time and we always exchange ideas about products and prototypes. That’s why I got the Handlebar QR for a pre-test and then raffled one off. That’s why this is also advertising.” bg=”gray” color=”black” opacity=”off” space=”30″ link=”no link”] Almost a year ago, Ortlieb approached me…
Five years ago, I was at the Eurobike trade fair, where I saw the stand of a company I didn’t know at the time, which presented a new hub gear: Kindernay. At that time, the world was still firmly in Rohloff’s hands, Pinion was slowly becoming an alternative for gearbox fans and, from my point…
Welcome to the bicycle blog tour in (late) summer! This time with lots of articles, podcasts and videos, e.g. about Bikepacking Deutschland Association, the Velominati rules, a tour from Hamburg to Munich and once across Iceland, an overview of fork bags and the true story behind the gravel bike hype. And again: to prevent copyright…
Finally, tomorrow is the day and we fly to Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. I’m really looking forward to this country, not only because it’s the 52nd one I’m travelling through by bike, but especially because of the fabulous mountain landscapes and the obviously very hospitable people. Together with Tobias, I am now venturing on…
Finally, holiday and finally out again. I can’t complain, because during the height of the pandemic I got out on my bike again and again. But a change of scenery is something different. Last autumn we discovered the Harz mountains for ourselves. And so, without further ado, we booked a holiday home in this beautiful…
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…
If you are interested in cycling off the beaten track, you will certainly be familiar with the Orbit360 series. Also this year, many endurance and gravel enthusiasts have scouted great routes all over the country and since the end of May, the hunt for best times or simply beautiful moments on the Orbit laps is…