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Curfews, travel bans, social distancing rules: The coronavirus is keeping people tied to their homes. There is one good thing about this, because suddenly the area on our doorstep is back in focus more than ever. Our focus topic "Get out and go!" shows why you don't have to travel far to have fun on your bike. Now in BIKE 6/2020 - currently printed or as a digital version for iOS and Android available. Among other things, we analysed the versatility of the 2020 touring backpacks.
I'll pack it then: touring rucksacks put to the test
My world has been going round in circles for almost four weeks now. Every free minute is filled with the same old round: out of the front door, into the forest. Over the Carossa Uphill to the Föhranger Climb. Then HoChiMinh, Space Mountain and Hundeverein Oldschool follow. I can now recite the Strava segments of my home circuit by heart like a first-grader recites the alphabet. The coronavirus crisis has not only forced me to quarantine in my own home and garden, but also to adopt completely new routines. I can now calculate the total height I have ridden to within five metres from the number of climbs I have completed - in advance. I need variety, urgently.
Testing the large multi-day rucksacks could be my way out of the daily grind. But a stage tour in the Alps is out of the question for the time being. If only because of the current situation, but of course also because of the early season. So I decide to break the routine in a different way and rediscover my homeland instead. I wonder what awaits me if I don't turn left after Space Mountain as usual - following the logical course of my home circuit - but continue along the forest track heading east? I will find out. In any case, the test rucksacks with a nominal capacity of 25 to 34 litres should all be equipped for extensive discovery tours.
We tested these MTB backpacks in BIKE 6/2020
- Cube OX 25+ | 130 Euro
- Deuter Trans Alpine 30 | 130 Euro
- Ergon BX4 Evo | 200 Euro
- Evoc Explorer Pro 30l | 180 Euro
- Jack Wolfskin Moab Jam 34 | 120 Euro
- Osprey Escapist 32 | 140 Euro
- Shimano Hotaka H26 | 130 Euro
- Vaude Bike Alpin 25+5 | 120 Euro
Themed special "Out and about | Rediscover Germany" - Contents
Photo story Germany
Love of home: the favourite areas of the BIKE editors
Trail-Journal
Right on the doorstep: the best trails in Germany
Navigation in the field
GPS device or smartphone - what guides bikers safely to their destination?
Reunification
Enjoy freedom - on a bike tour along the former inner-German border
Touring rucksacks
For local explorers: eight models with a volume of up to 31 litres put to the test
You can read the full backpack test in BIKE 6/2020 - currently available in print or as a digital version for iOS and Android.
Stefan Frey
Editor
