BIKE 1/2022 - available from 7 December. 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:
Test and technology
Test trail bikes: 6 all-rounders for around 3000 euros
Trail bikes offer the almost perfect balance of uphill and downhill qualities. This opens up an almost limitless area of use. Which of the six models in our test has the widest horizon?
Eco-check: How sustainable can MTB accessories be?
Recycled materials, renewable raw materials, local production - almost every accessory is advertised as sustainable these days. We clarify how good the concepts behind them really are with the help of an environmental expert.
Focus on biking in winter
Anyone who flees to the island in winter is not only doing something wrong from an ecological point of view. The white season also has its charm for bikers. We reveal how to cycle through the cold without shivering.
Interview: The fascination of the bike in the freezing cold
Bavarian Florian Reiterberger has found his passion in mountain bike racing in the Arctic Circle. The fascination of the freezing cold, his best Tips for biking in winter and the importance of a plastic bag - he explains all this in the interview.
And where warm thoughts are no longer enough, only cosy clothes can help. In our buying guide we have Gloves, jackets, trousers and accessories subjected to a cold check.
Travel and tours
Sustainable travelling: Paths to a greener future
Artificially created MTB paradises that are nevertheless nature-friendly. Is that possible? The Czech trail paradise Pod Smrkem and the Swiss bike arena Laax want to make the impossible possible.
Wallride travel report: Alpine expedition by MTB
Daring expeditions designed to maximise climate friendliness have made climbing star Stefan Glowacz famous. With the MTB project Wallride, he wanted to take the topic of sustainability to the extreme together with his mate Philipp Hans - and quickly reached his limits.
News
Magazine
- Gentle mountain biking - we show you how it's done
- Green will: How bikers can act more sustainably
- Made in Germany: What's in it for the eco-balance?
Service
Making bikes durable: The best tips against wear and tear
What drives for a long time is really good. And is easy on the environment and your wallet. We show you the main opponents in the fight against wear and tear and the most important tips to help you enjoy your mountain bike for as long as possible.
Entertainment
RIDE GREEN: the final - prototype of the maximum sustainable MTB
With our RIDE-GREEN campaign we wanted to develop a mountain bike with maximum sustainability. Just in time for the series finale, the ready-to-ride Prototype from Canyon from the 3D printer. The exclusive frame bike PROJECT:ride green already gives an idea of what the bikes of the future could look like.
Eternal love: 100,000 kilometres on a mountain bike
More cycling, less rubbish and saving the world? Ludwig Ritzer, known as Luggi, can only smile mildly. The 65-year-old has just broken the 100,000 kilometre barrier with his 1992 Klein Attitude. However, this had little to do with eco-rebellion.
Contents: BIKE 1/2022 at a glance
All test bikes in the magazine
Fullys
- Canyon Neuron CF8
- Cube Stereo 120 HPC TM29
- Focus Throne 6.9
- Giant Trance 29 1
- Müsing Petrol 4C 3.2
- Radon Skeen Trail 10.0
Hardtails
- Cannondale Scalpel HT Hi-Mod 1
- Eker Stark
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