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BIKE 6/2021 - available from 4 May. 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:
Extra: Tour Special Saarland XXL
Saarland is neither large nor does it have any mountains worth mentioning. Nevertheless, the bike spots of St. Ingbert, Neunkirchen, Perl, Freisen and Ottweiler could not be more different. What unites them: a love of beautiful curves.
Test and technology
Novelties: Liteville, Pivot, Wilier, and Ghost in the first ride test
After more than 40 years, the mountain bike seems to be as good as perfected. Nevertheless, bikes continue to stand out from the crowd thanks to innovations and clever details.
Test All Mountains: eight bikes around 4500 euros for the big adventure
All-mountain bikes should actually cover all types of mountain biking. However, with the current developments in the price range around 4500 euros, their range of use is becoming more and more limited. A comparison of eight supposed all-rounders.
Focus on suspension
Modernity MTB suspensions take the fear out of even the toughest terrain - and let bikers float like on clouds. Forks and dampers are probably the most important components for riding fun in rough terrain. We show you the latest developments in suspension elements and help you to achieve the optimum Setup.
Focus on MTB suspension: Contents
- Chassis analysis - what can Mondraker's MIND system do?
- In the test: 120 mm forks
- System question: Upside-down or right-side-up?
- Plus: Setup tips
Travel and tours
Livigno: Bike weekend with overnight stay in a mini hut
Bike park, high mountain trails and a simple bed in a baitel right on the mountain. Tour author Andreas Kern travelled to Livigno with two mates for a real men's weekend.
Routing apps: what tour portals like Komoot and Co. can do.
Quickly downloaded to your mobile phone, uncomplicated and inexpensive: more and more bikers are being guided by tour apps such as Komoot and Outdooractive. However, the digital guides with routing function and voice navigation still have their pitfalls in practice.
News
Magazine
- Right on trend: biking fun is not a question of body weight
- Manuel Fumic on his strategy for the 2021 Olympics
- My world: UCI off-road manager Simon Burney
Focus on ergonomics
The legs are the motor when cycling. Only when Feet, shoes and pedals are ideally adapted to your personal needs, the drive will run smoothly. We show you how to optimise your pedalling power and avoid misalignments. Part 3 of our ergonomics series.
Content: Ergonomics focus, Part 3 - Feet and pedals
- Our legs are our motor: How to optimise the power to the pedal
- Everything at your feet: Shoes, soles, pedals - efficient and pain-free with the right setup
- Pedal test: 20 models from the Flat, Enduro and Race categories in a big comparison
Service and entertainment
Fitter with biking: Endurance, strength, nutrition, mental strength
Mountain bikes are not only fun machines, but also something like mobile fitness centres. More power. More endurance. Less weight. We tell you how to get in shape in no time on tour.
LOVE TRAILS - RESPECT RULES: Reportage Spot-Legalisation
The spot was a bike paradise at its best, but illegal. Unfortunately, that's usually the case in Germany. You're more likely to get permission for a shopping centre than a bike park. Nevertheless, the clique from a small town in the West Palatinate decided to attempt the almost impossible.
Contents: BIKE 6/2021 at a glance
All bikes in the magazine
Fullys
- Canyon Spectral 29 CF 8.0
- Ghost Lector SF 2020
- Giant Trance X Advanced Pro 2
- Lapierre Zesty AM 6.9 CF
- Last Glen (V2)
- Liteville 301 MK15 Pro
- Pivot Trail 429 Pro XO1
- Propain Hugene
- Radon Slide Trail 10.0 HD
- Rocky Mountain Instinct C50 Tour
- Scott Genius 920
- Wilier Urta SLR
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