What are the hottest road bike trends of 2022/2023? Why is it not just the tire, but the tire and rim combination that matters? And why isn’t the most powerful brake necessarily the best? After testing 7 all-road bikes, we’ve gathered the 5 most important insights and distilled them for you here.
Scenic streets, the finest cuisine and predominantly good weather – the Prosecco Hills of Susegana are the secret winner of our group test. However, it’s not all dolce vita. The poorly maintained asphalt, sections of gravel and mountainous topography demand a lot of man and machine. After countless kilometres of testing, physical and mental exhaustion, we take stock and tell you what counts on modern all-road bikes. Here are the findings of our group test. A lid for every pot – About tires and rims
There’s a lid for every pot – this doesn’t just apply to finding the right partner but also to the rim and tire combination. But why is this combination so important? Quite simply because it has a considerable influence on the bike’s handling through the corners. If you’re running wide tires on skinny rims with a narrow internal rim width, they tend to squirm when cornering. As a rule of thumb, therefore, the tire should form more of a U on the rim than balloon-shaped O when inflated. That way the tire has more lateral support and consequently also handles better through the corners. This doesn’t just apply to all-road bikes […]
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