There are situations in life that you don't want to face with a computer in your hand. Have you ever thought about how you could relieve yourself with a laptop on your lap? Before we get to the practical test, let's end this journey of thought here. In terms of speed of distribution, interactive functions and unimaginable possibilities, computers, tablets and smartphones are clearly superior to printed magazines. There's no doubt about that. But not everything in life can be argued with technical advantages. If you want to read BIKE paperless in digital form, you have the following options:
- iPad and iPhone users can use the free BIKE app to read each issue individually for 4.99 euros
- Users of Android devices will find the Google Play app each single issue for 4.99 euros
- If you don't want to miss a single issue of BIKE, you can subscribe to 64.90 euros to take out an annual digital subscription
- If you're not yet sure whether mountain biking is really your thing, you don't have to make a long-term commitment and can take out a digital trial subscription for three issues for 12.00 euros.
The printed BIKE magazine still has its charm
Anyone who spends eight hours a day staring at a screen in the office is happy to end the evening on the couch with a printed magazine in their hand. If you're sitting on the toilet, you'd rather browse than click. And if you're lying in bed at night, God knows you don't want to take a laptop with you to browse through the world of your hobby. Even if the print magazine has already been declared dead several times in the course of digitalisation, we still think it's a good thing: The printed version of BIKE still has its place! Over the last 31 years, the BIKE editorial team has brought 354 magazines to the newsstands and we have no intention of stopping. Every type of media has its advantages, which is why we don't want to patronise our customers.
Mountain biking means freedom - reading BIKE magazine means having the freedom to choose
The coronavirus crisis is currently forcing individual members of the editorial team to work from home, but BIKE issue 5/20 is about to go to press. As in every issue, we have worked on the most exciting and burning issues relating to mountain biking with journalistic care and absolute dedication. The printing presses are waiting to be fed with data sets. We are ready to sweeten the lives of our subscribers and newsstand buyers - despite drastic cuts throughout Europe - with exclusive content on their favourite hobby. In view of the fact that some magazine sales outlets will be closed over the next few weeks, we show you here how you can also read BIKE online or in the app. Because biking means freedom. If you want to read BIKE articles, you have the freedom to decide for yourself whether you want to do so with the Digital edition or do it completely analogue with a paper notebook. By the way:
We send individual paper issues of BIKE to every corner of Germany free of charge. The high-quality content - for which BIKE is renowned - remains the same no matter which way you choose to read it.
How to enjoy the digital products from BIKE
In addition to our website, where we report free of charge on the most controversial topics in the bike industry, you can get further free MTB content via Facebook, Instagram, Telegram or our Youtube channel. Our extensive test reports with laboratory and practical evaluations as well as the most interesting topics
all about mountain biking are published monthly in our magazines. If you want to absorb this BIKE content digitally, you have the following options:
1. you can read or download each issue of the magazine individually in the web reader for 4.99 euros
2. iPad and iPhone users can use the free BIKE app to read each issue individually for 4.99 euros
3. users of Android devices will find in the Google Play app each single issue for 4.99 euros
4. if you don't want to miss a single issue of BIKE, you can subscribe to 64.90 euros to take out an annual digital subscription
5. if you're not yet sure whether mountain biking is really your thing, you don't have to make a long-term commitment and can take out a digital trial subscription for three issues for 12.00 euros.
Because paper and printing costs are eliminated in the digital edition of BIKE, we can offer it for one euro less than our printed magazine with the same content. Subscribers to the print magazine also have the option of purchasing an additional Get access to all digital editions of BIKE.
