If you have a breakdown on the trail, you need reliable "friends" to get you back on the road as quickly as possible. While repairs in the workshop are fun, they are simply annoying off-road. Many tools for the road are too heavy, too unwieldy or simply overdesigned and impractical. Here are a few tools that work better than most.

It's a real feeling of freedom: bikepacking doesn't require any major installations on the bike to set off on a short or long tour. Accessories specialist Syncros now has the right bags to transform your bike into a packhorse in no time at all.

Building on the success of the Silverton wheel series, Syncros is expanding its mountain bike wheel series with the brand new Revelstoke carbon wheels, which have been specially developed for trail and enduro riders. The wheelset weighs just 1500 grams.

Just in time for the World Cup showdown in Lenzerheide, there was a new Scott Contessa Spark and new equipment for Kate Courtney from Scott-Sram. New colors, new gear - new everything, and it seemed to work. Courtney rode the beautiful bike to seventh place.

Nothing is more troublesome than not having a repair kit or mini tool to hand in an emergency. To avoid getting into such situations, Syncros has developed the "Integrated Storage" product range. The iS line offers a safe, elegant and integrated way to carry all your essentials with you, whether you're out on the trail or on the road.

Just in time for the cold and wet seasons, Syncros is launching a range of cleaning and lubricating products for bike care. From drive train cleaner to disc brake cleaner, brush and sponge kits and from chain oil to frame polish products, Sycros offers everything, and the products are also environmentally friendly and CFC-free.

The new Scott Spark offers a major update to the Fraser cockpits, having moved to a semi-integrated cable system. New headset integration and a system of covers keep everything nice and tidy. Syncros have updated Sweep and Rise in line with current ergonomic best practice, and the bars offer a variety of mounts no matter what accessories you want to use.

The Scott-Sram team is expanding its partnership with Syncros and making the brand the official wheel sponsor for the 2021 season and beyond.

If you hear a deceptive cracking sound when tightening screws and it's not your wrist, then the screw head and thread are probably going their separate ways. To prevent this from happening, Syncros explains the correct way to use their new torque wrench in the latest "How to" video.

With the "Vernon 2.0 Dual Mode", Syncros presents a floor pump that is equally suitable for high and low tire pressure. Thanks to two air chambers, it delivers up to a maximum of 2.8 bar in mountain bike mode, but with a high pump volume. After switching to road bike mode, the Vernon only pumps on one air chamber, but then delivers up to eleven bar.

It's an old but still true cycling wisdom: first comes the frame, then the wheels when it comes to riding fun and performance. When it comes to wheels, Scott's component brand Syncros has now come up with a pioneering concept: a system wheel that is dominated by carbon, stiffness and light weight.