BIKE 9/2021 with 48 pages Enduro Special extra - available from 3 August. Order the current BIKE home delivery free of charge or read the digital edition in the BIKE app for iOS or Android. A particularly favourable and convenient experience BIKE subscription. Here are the top topics of this issue:
Free: 48 pages extra booklet Gravel
Nothing must, everything can: You can use the Gravelbike You can race hard on gravel tracks - but you don't have to. You can circumnavigate the world with it, but the uncomplicated weekend tour is also great fun. Just do it is the motto! We dedicate a 48-page special issue to gravel bikes.
Gravel Special: Contents
- PHOTOSTORY One bike - many possibilities: The gravel bike opens up new freedoms
- CATEGORIES The gravel bike compared to a road bike, mountain bike and trekking bike
- TEST: BIKES AROUND 2500 EURO Lots of good things in the mid-range: ten bikes in comparison
- TYRES & COMPONENTS Special parts for the rough stuff
- TEST: BIKES UP TO 1500 EURO Take a closer look: the qualities of three affordable bikes
- TYPES Five bikers and their enthusiasm for gravel biking
- EQUIPMENT Proven products for big and small adventures
- GRAVEL SHOES Do you need them? Seven pairs of gravel shoes in a practical check
Test and technology
Test system comparison: What works best on a long tour?
Conquering the mountains - that's the original idea behind mountain biking. It's equal parts uphill and downhill. Five bikes from five different categories had to prove themselves on a classic Alpine tour. Which type of bike performs best on a tour?
Drivetrain wear test: MTB drivetrains from Sram and Shimano on the torture test bench
Chain, sprockets and chainrings are Wear partswhich are subjected to extreme demands when biking. Replacing them can be really expensive with twelve-speed gearboxes. So we wanted to know: How stable are the drives? The answers are provided by our lab test with the seven most popular 1x12 groupsets from Shimano and Sram.
Wind jackets: 16 models with minimal pack size for racers and trail bikers
Wind jackets keep us from cooling down while biking. However, most of them have little in common with the plastic shells of yesteryear. Minimalist and packable, or fully equipped with a hood - we tested 16 models for bikers.
Trends: Focus on new products 2022
Never before have bikers and dealers alike longingly There has never been a more eagerly awaited new collection than this autumn. The market is empty and new bikes and parts are urgently needed. We show the big Trends for the coming season and have already 2022 models tested.
New paths: 2022 bikes in the first test
The needs of bikers change and so do the products on offer. Not every successor model is aimed at the same target group as its predecessor. We have selected five exciting new developments from Bixs, Giant, Santa Cruz, Scott and YT to the Single test requested.
Already ridden: Brand new parts in the first test
Titanium pedals from the 3D printer, new Tyres for trail bikers or high-quality Accessories for the next generation of bikers fancy one? We have already tested these and many other new products extensively on the trails.
Travel and tours
Trail fun in the Black Forest: multi-day tour from Baiersbronn to Sasbachwalden
Biking in Baden-Württemberg? There's the two-metre rule! Isn't that like travelling to the tundra to surf? Our Multi-day tour from Baiersbronn in Württemberg to Sasbachwalden in Baden offers, contrary to all clichés Trail fun at its best.
Supertrail Tutti Frutti: mega descent between the Sella massif and Marmolada
Enduro racer Ines Thoma experiences many exciting descents all over the world in the course of a season. But this Dolomites Trail between Sella massif and Marmolada is particularly memorable for her.
News
Magazine
- Danger of falling: Are the current World Cup courses too tough for the athletes?
- Against all reason: the most expensive bikes in the world
- My world: all-rounder Mathieu van der Poel
Entertainment
BIKE-Transalp: We report on the toughest race across the Alps
For more than twenty years, the BIKE-Transalp as the toughest stage race in the Alps. After last year's forced break due to the pandemic, the race has now restarted. In the chase from Nauders to Riva del Garda everything was the same as always - but quite different.
Contents: BIKE 9/2021 at a glance
All test bikes in the magazine
Fullys
- Bixs Sign X
- Cannondale Jekyll 1
- Focus Jam 6.0 LTD
- Ibis Ripley AF
- Instinctiv M97
- Nukeproof Giga 275 Elite
- Santa Cruz Bronson CC XO1 AXS
- Scott Spark Tuned
- YT Capra 29 Core 4
Hardtails
- Canyon Grand Canyon 9
- Radon Jealous 9.0
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