Reviews

The Bike At the beginning of 2023, I decided to buy a new e-bike. My old Canyon Neuron:ON was to remain at my parents home as a second bike. My requirements for the bike were relatively simple. A trail bike with an upright, relaxed riding position, modern geometry and enough potential to be able to take on the occasional rough trail. In terms of equipment, it should therefore have decent components, without claiming to be a performance bike or for posing at the ice cream parlor 😄...

This is a small review of my recently acquired ski, the Rossignol React R8 HP Basalt. When we were in Fiberbrunn for a week in early January, I was annoyed after a few days that I only had my relatively wide, not very maneuverable and heavy all-mountain skis with me. And of course, as always, there was no fresh snow in sight for the Atomic Vantage 90 to play to its strengths....

Contrary to my planning to buy a full-size roof box, I have now decided for the Thule SnowPack in size M for this year’s skiing season. In this short review I would like to show this in combination with the Thule Wingbar roof racks. Since we regularly go skiing with multiple people, I decided to get a carrier that can carry up to four pairs of skis. Features Aerodynamic Fits a range of skis and snowboards Sleek Should carry up to four pairs of skis Technical Details Load capacity skis (pairs) Up to 4 pair Load capacity snowboards Up to 2 boards Dimensions 24....

Just as I have written a review on the Thule EasyFold XT2 this spring, I would like to write a compact check-up, suitable for the start of the winter season, about the Thule Wingbar Edge 9582 (B) black edition that I purchased for little below three hundred Euros. Even though the aesthetics of such setups are usually not the focus, i still usually make sure it fits the car. Therefore, the Wingbar was the only suitable roof rack for me because it almost looks like a series design part....

Wouldn’t it be cool to see your Apple Watch heartrate on your Garmin device? To facilitate navigation and finding new routes for our e-bike tours, I bought a Garmin Edge 830 in the middle of last year. The main reason was the coupling of the device with the well-known app Komoot. This app gives us the opportunity to search and find user-created tours and then drive them off using the Edge 830....

I’ve always loved wearing leather (cafe racer) jackets… Simple ones, combined with a pair of jeans, t-shirt, and well-made boots. Like most, I started many years ago with the inexpensive versions from the department store, then worked my way up to the classic fashion brands like Boss or Tigha up to the higher priced jackets from Belstaff. Don’t get me wrong, I still love and wear all the previously mentioned. But the more you investigate the subject, the more often you come across buzzwords like Schott, Aero and other (to me) completely unknown brands in various forums....

Next to our little Parson Russel terrier Toni, buying e-bikes was the best investment we made last year. Since we purchased them in February, right before the great corona run on the bike-retailers, we could use the full spring until fall for tours at home as well as the lovely and diverse Rhine and Moselle area. However, since we had a journey of about forty kilometres to the last destinations, it was energy- and time-consuming to get two e-bikes in my 2016 Mercedes A-Class hatchback every time....

Da ich in der letzten Zeit, zumindest entgegen der letzten 20 Jahre, angefangen habe, mich ein wenig für meine Versicherungen zu interessieren, bin ich kurzerhand auf die Suche nach Versicherungs-Apps gegangen. Ziel war, sämtliche Versicherungen zu digitalisieren und somit nachvollziehbar zu machen. Keine Frage, wer sich mit dem Thema persönlich auseinandergesetzt hat und ein wenig Ordnung in der Ablage beherrscht, braucht solche Helferlein sicher nicht. Für denjenigen, der jeden Monat hunderte von Euro an diverse Versicherungen überweist, ohne deren Gegenwert oder Optimierungs-Potential zu kennen, sollte weiterlesen....