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Review Road

New ROSE SHAVE FFX 2026 in Review: How Much Aero Does a Modern Race Bike Really Need?

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Review Road

SRAM RED AXS vs. Rival AXS: How Much Difference Do High-End Groupsets Really Make?

SRAM Rival vs SRAM Red 2025 Test Review WEB 7997 2000x500
DOWNTOWN E-Gravel Review

New BULLS MACHETE EVO
SX 2 2026 on Test: An E-Gravel Bike Between Leisure and Off-Road

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Insider

Design & Innovation Award 2026 – The Oscars of the Bike and Outdoor Industries

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Gravel Review

New 2026 Megamo West on Review – Wild West or Gravel-Racing?

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Insider

Brixen Papers #11: The Panic Paradox

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Feature Issue #031

From bike punk to global player? – a visit to MEGAMO

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Insider

Brixen Papers #10: Defining Goals – Choosing Direction Before Acceleration. Action Required!

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New ROSE SHAVE FFX 2026 in Review: How Much Aero Does a Modern Race Bike Really Need?

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Rose Shave FFX 2026 Test Review WEB 17 1 810x540
Bulls Machete EVO SX 2026 Test Review WEB 3635 375x195
DOWNTOWN E-Gravel Review

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Gravel Review

New 2026 Megamo West on Review – Wild West or Gravel-Racing?

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OPEN U.P.PER. CONCE.PT 2025 on Review – The Concept Bike Behind OPEN’s New Gravel Generation

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Gravel Review

Trek CheckOUT 2026 on Review – Gravel Fully on Steroids?

22.12.2025
Allroad Rose Scott Cannondale Test GF WEB 7338 375x195
Issue #031 Review

Allroad is Dead, Long Live Allroad! Three Bikes Face a Reality Check

18.12.2025
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Group tests

Issue #030 Review

Three High-End GPS Bike Computers on Test – Garmin Edge 1050, Wahoo ELEMNT ACE and Hammerhead Karoo Go Head-to-Head

27.11.2025
by Jan Richter
Fahrradcomputer Test Wahoo Ace Garmin 1050 Hammerhead Karoo 2025 Test Review WEB 2164 810x540
Issue #030 Review

Electric Mini Pump Group Test – Gimmick or Game-Changer?

23.09.2025
by Christoph Staudinger
Akku Luftpumpe Test 2025 Test Review WEB 7216 810x540
Issue #030 Review Road

The 13 best road bike tires head to head. Reviewing the best tubeless and clincher tires for road bikes

16.09.2025
by Jan Richter
Der beste Rennrad Reifen 2025 Test Review WEB 4004 810x540
DOWNTOWN E-Gravel Review

9 Electric Gravel Bikes in Our Big Group Test – The Best Electric Gravel Bikes for Daily Rides and Epic Adventures

05.08.2025
by Jan Richter
E Gravel Bike Test Review 2025 WEB 2176 810x540
Gravel Issue #029 Review

12 Gravel Race Bikes on Review – The Best Gravel Bikes of 2025 in Direct Comparison

24.07.2025
by Jan Richter
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DOWNTOWN Lifestyle

Bubbly Without the Buzz – 16 Non-Alcoholic Sparklings on Test

10.11.2025
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08.04.2025
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01.12.2025
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DOWNTOWN

9 Electric Gravel Bikes in Our Big Review – The Best Electric Gravel Bikes for Daily Rides and Epic Adventures

30.04.2025
Beam me up, Scotty

Know how

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Know How

Lost in the Jungle of Road Bike Tires? – Your Ultimate Guide to choosing the right rubber.

04.03.2025
Short Crank Curiosity 2024 Test Review WEB 8553 375x195
Issue #028 Know How

Short cranks on drop bars? – Discovering the appeal of going shorter

14.01.2025
Hookless 2024 Test Review WEB 5990 375x195
Issue #027 Know How

Hookless rims – How dangerous are they really?

12.09.2024

Tours & Travel

Inspiration Tours & Travel

ISBITEN – Bitten by the ice

30.04.2025
by Daniel Geiger
ISBITEN Gravel im Winter 2025 WEB 0115 810x540
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Issue #028 Tours & Travel

Pushing Boundaries – Sebastian Breuer on Ultra-Distance Gravel Routes

17.12.2024
Lauf Elja Iceland Test Review Icebike 114 375x195
Tours & Travel

Blown away by Iceland – with the new Lauf Elja

25.09.2024
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Issue #025 Tours & Travel

Can we still adventure? – A trans-Alp gravel ride 20 years later

05.12.2023
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Features

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28.10.2025
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22.07.2025
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The Art of Speed with the Canyon Aeroad– Carpe Noctem

18.02.2025

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