With "Classified Connects," the drivetrain specialist is launching a monthly podcast focused on cycling. Industry leaders, cycling legends, and athletes discuss their stories, experiences, and topics that go beyond technology and products.

What do you need an app on your smartphone for a gear hub? Exactly, to customize the function of the gearshifts, check the battery level and download updates.

Single drivetrains have dominated the market for several years now. The front derailleur is on the verge of death, especially in the MTB segment, and can only be found on cheap bikes at best. Shifting with a single chainring has many advantages and one major disadvantage: the large jumps between the individual sprockets of the cassette. For this reason, Classified is reviving the double drivetrain.

A gear hub is only practical on an everyday bike - or so you might think. Because the Belgian manufacturer Classified has brought the gear hub back to racing and gravel bikes. Now Classified is shifting up a gear with a gear hub for mountain bikes. And this has advantages and disadvantages.