Bike mountaineer Harald Phillip will soon be on the road in Switzerland with his new lecture "Flow" - and if you can't wait until January 2016, you can get his explanations in book form. Together with co-author Simon Sirch, Phillip explores the question of how mountain bikers get into a state of flow and why mountain biking makes them happy.

In addition to scientific explanations, Philipp and Sirch let other mountain bikers have their say: Uta Philipp praises the moment and the intense experience, Maria Frykman rediscovers the experience of flow through her young daughter. The authors also describe their own flow experiences while mountain biking, illustrated with pictures from their tours.