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.
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…
