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BIKE 5/2021 - available from 6 April. Order the current BIKE home delivery free of charge or read the digital edition in the BIKE app for iOS or Android. Particularly favourable and convenient reading BIKE subscription. Here are the top topics of this issue:
Test and technology
New products: Sram GX AXS - affordable wireless shifting
With 1 x 12, Sram buried the front derailleur five years ago. The wireless GX AXS is now set to herald the end of the Bowden cable. The price of the new, cable-free mid-range model is high. But is it enough for a major shifting revolution?
Test hardtails: The new entry-level class up to 1700 euros
Inexpensive hardtails have long been seen as a gateway drug to the sport of biking. Today, they offer more variety than ever. Can the former bait for beginners also swim with the big fish?
Test disc brakes: Ten trail stoppers compared
Two or four pistons? Thick or thin discs? With or without cooling plates? Light riders have plenty of choice when it comes to disc brakes. Heavier riders need to take a closer look and find out in our test what they can use to indulge in the thrill of the deep without hesitation.
Weight record holders: The fastest bikes from four categories tested
Mountain bikes always ride better downhill, but all too often suffer from excess weight. However, there are also companies that have not lost sight of functional lightweight construction. We have tracked down and tested the lightest production bikes in the world from four categories.
Focus on ergonomics
Handlebars, stem, grips - These three points have a significant influence Stance and driving dynamics when mountain biking. We show you how to avoid misalignments and adapt the cockpit perfectly to your needs in Part 2 of our large ergonomics series.
Contents: Ergonomics focus, Part 2 - Cockpit
- The perfect cockpit: Handlebars, stem, grips - how to find the optimum setting
- Pain therapy: Numb fingers, cramped shoulders - finally relaxed biking again
- The best handles: We tested 20 models from the Race, Trail and Ergo categories
Service
Buying advice for beginners: How to get started with your new hobby
Hardtail or fully? Mail order or specialised dealer? And what do stack and reach mean? Beginners are quickly overwhelmed when buying a bike. We provide the answers to the important questions.
Fitness: Targeted success after the winter
Corona makes season planning difficult. So set yourself goals! We'll tell you how to get the season off to the best possible start - regardless of whether you trained hard during the winter or preferred to "regenerate" for a few months.
Travel and tours
La Grave: Freeride world in the French Alps
They come from all over the world and refuse to accept modern technology and edgeless flow trails. The bike hippies of La Grave have created their own freeride world in the middle of the French Alps. Adventurer Harald Philipp visited the commune at the foot of La Meije.
Parents and children first: bike areas for the whole family
Corona may not yet allow for a big family holiday this summer. But there are plenty of bike spots in and around Germany that are fun for even the smallest rascals. We show you the best spots for the whole family, including the potential for adventure all around.
News
Magazine
- Ride green: BIKE builds the 100 per cent ecological MTB
- Riding technique - mastering extreme uphills
- The event industry is suffering from corona - is the big event death looming?
Entertainment: Biking and partnership
Biking and relationship - does that work? For some, the Mountain bike passion of the partner Reason for separationfor the others, the shared hobby is Relationship cement. We show you where the pitfalls are and how to reach the summit of bliss.
Content: Biking and relationships - feelings of happiness & pitfalls
- Journal: The ups and downs of a shared hobby
- Double interview: Biking with or without a partner? Two women, two philosophies
- Psychology: Tips to prevent mountain biking from becoming a relationship killer
Contents: BIKE 5/2021 at a glance
All bikes in the magazine
Fullys
- Canondale Scalpel Carbon SE LTD
- Last Tarvo
- Stoll T2
Hardtails
- Bulls Copperhead 3S 29
- Cannondale Trail SE 1
- Canyon Grand Canyon 8
- Ghost Nirvana Tour SF Universal
- Giant XTC SLR 29 1
- Mondraker Podium Carbon RR SL
- Radon Jealous AL 8.0 HD
- Specialised Chisel Comp
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Have fun with the new issue,
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