The Ruhr region is an Eldorado for cyclists! Whether touring bike, mountain bike, racing bike or velomobile ... everyone gets their money's worth here! Since the structural change, there are countless industrial and cultural monuments that should be seen, and at the same time many new cycle paths have been created to [...]
At the beginning of 2019, I started my merino wool self-experiment (link). In my search for the optimal clothing for cyclists, I had often come across merino wool before ... but had massive doubts about the highly praised properties of merino wool and its products: Properties of merino wool Very good insulation [...]
199€ (RRP) is a lot of wood for a tail light! Is it worth the money? We will see! Why does one buy such a thing? Cycling is my great passion; not professionally ... but whenever I have time besides family and job, it has to roll! Especially on weekends, I'm [...]
If, like me, you ride your bike all year round and do cycling sports, you have certainly already dealt with the question of what you should ideally wear "underneath" ... especially in the cold season. Because if you dress warmly to protect yourself from wind and cold, then it quickly becomes too [...]
In my search for a successor to my now 6-year-old Garmin Edge 800, I ended up with the Edge 520 plus, which has been on sale since April 2018. Compared to its predecessor, the Edge 520 (without plus), the new one has significantly more memory (16 GB) so that now, for the [...]
Things to know 25 so-called anchor points form the core of the Route of Industrial Culture and bear witness to the industrial cultural diversity in the Ruhr region. At the same time, since the structural change, many slagheaps in the Ruhr area have been developed into so-called landmarks by erecting works of [...]
Lupine? Thumbs Up! Let me say straight away that I do not work for Lupine and have no other relationship with the company. And yet, based on my own many years of experience, I find Lupine products extremely good and am therefore also prepared to pay the corresponding prices. The bottom line [...]
For weeks now, I have been using the small Bluetooth speaker Go 2 from JBL in my velomobile and am very satisfied with it. But as the saying goes: "The better is the enemy of the good" and that's why I'm still looking for other speakers for on the road and that's [...]
Almost 4 months have passed since I ordered my DF from InterCityBike in Dronten ... then finally came the message from Ymte that I could pick up my velomobile. So I made an appointment, took a day off work and off I went. What concerned me most until then was the question [...]
Quelle: Velomtek.com With the VX2, the Canadian company Velomtek has brought a new velomobile onto the market. Because of its high dead weight and comparatively poor aerodynamics, it is certainly not intended as a sports vehicle. With its emission-free drive, the small turning circle of less than 3m and a [...]
