The fact that so-called end consumers near the border also shop across the Rhine is nothing new. That's why the news that the bike clothing company has opened a flagship store in Freiburg im Breisgau is perhaps not entirely out of place here.

Trek and Bontrager have invested a lot of development work in a new helmet technology: The compressible cell material is designed to provide much better protection in the event of an impact than previous helmet concepts.

With the new "G2" stopper, Sram wants to shake up the brake market: The new model is intended to cover the golden mean between cross-country and downhill - making it an all-rounder. The stopper also gets genes from the well-known Guide and Code brakes.