FREERIDE Magazine 4/22What's inside the new issue

Laurin Lehner

 · 12.10.2022

FREERIDE Magazine 4/22: What's inside the new issuePhoto: Laurin Lehner
FREERIDE Magazine 4/22 - Topics in this issue: Red Bull District Ride / Test: 170-millimetre bikes / Pedals / Andreu Lacondeguy / Test: Downhill bikes / Bodycheck: Brage Vestavik / Concept comparison: Minimal-Assist vs. Full-Assist / Emil Johansson / Parts in danger / Pro bike: Elias Schwärzler / Red Bull Hardline / available from 12 October.

FREERIDE 4/2022 - available from 12 October. Print and digital. With the Abo you read FREERIDE particularly favourable and convenient. You can FREERIDE 4/22 can also be ordered directly to your home or the digital edition in the DK Kiosk app for iOS or Android read. Here are the top topics of the FREERIDE magazine issue:

REPORT & TRAVEL & PRODUCTS

Minimal assist vs. full assist: which e-concept is the future?

For a long time, the motto for e-mountainbikes was: the more bang, the better. Then came minimal-assist bikes. They deliver less power, but want to spoil their riders with the handling of an organic bike. Which concept is more fun for freeriders?

A lot of engine versus little engine.Photo: Ale di LulloA lot of engine versus little engine.

SupertrailsPhoto: Kirsten-J. SörriesSupertrails

News in FREERIDE 4/22

Red Bull Rampage, Bodycheck with Brage Vestavik, Kate Edwards, Innovation: Steering force stabiliser, Supertrails Kathrin Baumann, Interview: Rob Warner, Individual test: Ribisu Rocket DH RS.

Products in blue, white, red.Photo: HerstellerProducts in blue, white, red.

Fetish

Fresh products in the colours of the tricolour. In honour of the triple victory at the DH World Championships.

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District Ride 2022.Photo: Lars ScharlDistrict Ride 2022.

Report: Red Bull District Ride

History, The experience report by Erik Fedko and winner Emil Johansson in an interview.

TEST & TECHNOLOGY

Downhillers in comparison

Specialised, Trek and KavenzTwo big players from the USA and a German underdog in a battle. Can the newcomer stand up to the American competition? To find out, we travelled around the bike parks.

Three big bikes in the test.Photo: Lars ScharlThree big bikes in the test.

Test:

New 2023 developments are few and far between - but we still have three exciting 170-millimetre wheels and were surprised: rarely have bikes in the same suspension travel class been so different. In the test: Santa Cruz Nomad 6, Sciu Aspen, Intense Tracer.

170-millimetre bikes in the test.Photo: Ale di Lullo170-millimetre bikes in the test.

TYPES

All-round talent: Thomas Genon.Photo: Sterling LorenceAll-round talent: Thomas Genon.

Interview with Thomas Genon

Thomas Genon (29) can do everything, does everything - from dirt jump to downhill, joyride to rampage. This year, the FMB champion (2015) is competing in the super competition in Utah for the sixth time.

Andreu Lacondeguy.Photo: Ale di LulloAndreu Lacondeguy.

Interview with Andreu Lacondeguy

Andreu Lacondeguy (33) is a freeride icon. We spoke to the Catalan gravity star about Utah, his favourite tricks, sweet fizzy drinks and why the mountain is calling louder than ever.

Elias Schwärzler and his Scott Gambler.Photo: Anton BreyElias Schwärzler and his Scott Gambler.

Probike: Elias Schwärzler

Elias Schwärzler (26) recently broke the speed record with his Scott Gambler (272 km/h), pulled by a motorbike. But his favourite place to ride is the bike park. Here he reveals what is important to him and why he prefers to let others do the work.

Says what: Tahnee Seagrave

Give me 5: Kate Edwards

FREERIDE 4/2022 - available from 12 October. Print and digital. With the Abo you read FREERIDE particularly favourable and convenient. You can FREERIDE 4/22 can also be ordered directly to your home or the digital edition in the DK Kiosk app for iOS or Android read.

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Born in South Baden, Laurin Lehner is, by his own admission, a lousy racer. Maybe that's why he is fascinated by creative, playful biking. What counts for him is not how fast you get from A to B, but what happens in between. Lehner writes reports, interviews scene celebrities and tests products and bikes - preferably those with a lot of suspension travel.

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