When we test, we do it right. Everything you can read here has been thoroughly tested on our tours for our lifeCYCLE magazine. Hundreds of kilometres have gone into every single one of our reviews. Therefore, you can read about our real experiences with bicycles and cycling accessories. We don’t do huge comparison tests, just in-depth bike reviews. Because sometimes less is more.
If you’ve landed here, then you’ve probably stumbled across the topic of chain wax for your bike drive. And now you’re asking yourself: Which is actually better – chain oil or chain wax? In this blog article, we get to the bottom of this question. With the information in this article, you can then decide for yourself whether chain oil or chain wax is the better alternative for you.
Some products are so simple that you ask yourself: Why didn’t someone think of this 20 years ago? The Win Wings from Ass-Savers are one such product. They are for anyone who doesn’t fancy a full pack of mudguards but still wants to have a dry backside when it’s raining cats and dogs outside. Last year, Ass Savers introduced the ingeniously simple (gravel) splash guard. Now there is an update.
SIDI stands for top quality and has earned a good reputation especially in the road and MTB sector. We wanted to know if the MTB Dust is a good gravel shoe from Sidi. And we wanted to know: How sustainable is the Italian shoe specialist?
A world where everything is organic, fair, high quality, cool AND cheap – wouldn’t that be nice? That’s what Johann and Viktor from Stockholm thought when they founded their brand CHPO. The goal: high-quality, cool equipment that doesn’t cost the earth. We take a closer look and try to find out whether the concept works.
In our Maxxis Gravel tyre test, Martin takes a look at the Maxxis Rambler and the Maxxis Receptor and tells you which of the two tyres is his first choice.
“Old” mountain bikers know Rocky Mountain. The Canadian brand is a true mountain bike pioneer and known for absolute high-end bikes. Rocky has always been on the “harder” side of MTB sport: when we think of Rocky Mountain, we immediately have images of daredevil jumps and breathtaking North Shore trails in the Canadian forests in our minds. So by Rocky standards, the Gravel Bike itself is a lamblike ride, isn’t it?
In our Deuter bikepacking bag test, we took a close look at the new Cabezon bikepacking bags on the road …
Mini bike with maxi load: in our Bergamont Hans-E review, we take a close look at the new compact bike out of the German city of Hamburg. What Can the Mini Cargobike Do in Everyday Life? And: Can you also go on a bikepacking trip with it?
Your bike has been stolen. Now what? The chance of ever seeing it again is rather low. Unless … there was a way to “locate” it. Just as the Knog Scout Bike Alarm & Finder, a modern GPS bike tracker, promises.
A drop bar for mountain bikes? With the new Beast Hybrid Bar, the Dresden-based carbon specialist has exactly that in its program. What the new noble MTB drop bar can do and whether the principle makes sense, you will learn in our Beast Hybrid Bar Test.
Can a mechanical disc brake ever be an equal alternative to a hydraulic braking system? This was the question I asked myself – more forced than voluntary. This was due to the supply problems in the bicycle world, which did not stop at individual accessories in the trade. In other words: the new brake system that I actually wanted to build on my “bike for life” was simply not available. After a long search, I decided to expand my “search radius” to mechanical systems… You can find out which brake it was and how satisfied I am with it in this article.
Handmade in Germany, with Pinion transmission and Gates belt drive, the Nicolai Argon GX Gravelbike promises a special bikepacking adventure. In our detailed test you will find out where we have been with the noble bike and why not only we had a lot of fun…
