At the 13th International Fullgaz Crosscountry Race, which is part of the Bundesliga race series, the Swiss men were also able to celebrate a triple victory in the mountain bike category. Thomas Litscher won ahead of the two BIXS Performance Race Team athletes Luca Schätti and Timon Rüegg. In the elite women's race, the two Swiss riders Ginia Caluori and Steffi Häberlin were only beaten by Caroline Bohe from the GHOST Factory Racing Team.

The Deisterfreunde association has been operating official bike trails on the Deister hill not far from Hanover since 2012. Now the responsible authority does not want to extend the permit, which expires at the end of 2025 - for reasons that mountain bikers cannot understand. What's going on here?

In Saalfeld in Thuringia, not to be confused with Saalfelden in Austria, German downhill biker Nina Hoffmann is the godmother of a new trail center. Next Sunday, September 22, the fastest German on a bike will be leading a community ride.

Superlatives are standard when Red Bull produces a video. The latest clip with German slopestyler Erik Fedko takes the spectacle to the extreme in terms of both riding and construction.

A leaked draft of the new German Forest Act has led mountain bikers in Germany to fear large-scale bans. The German Mountain Bike Initiative has now given the all-clear: the new draft law, which is also not yet public, retains the article stating that cycling on trails is generally permitted.

The Heumödern Trails in Treuchtlingen in northern Bavaria now have a lift. However, the outdated ski lift is being dismantled. A local minority fought against the project, but without success.

A leaked draft of the new Federal Forest Act has raised the possibility of large-scale mountain bike bans in Germany. Six months of lobbying later, things are looking better, but still not really good, as Heiko Mittelstädt from the DIMB explains in an interview.

The bikes are already turning briskly in spring, but you often have to wait a little longer until the first mountain railroads open. But not this year, because some bike parks are already opening at Easter and promise trail fun without Easter traffic jams on the Gotthard.

The Isar trails are the home turf of Munich's mountain bikers and a bone of contention, especially since coronavirus. The city and district of Munich want to calm the situation with a management concept. The budget indicates that they don't want to do things by halves.

Involving yourself in bike infrastructure and thus also in trail building is now a matter of course for some bike brands. PayDirt, a support fund now backed by 13 brands, has selected a total of 19 projects in 2023 that will now receive financial support. This includes a project in Germany for the first time, that of Trailsurfers Baden-Württemberg.

Will a general ban on mountain bikes soon be possible in Germany, as it is in Austria? At least this is what the recently leaked draft of the new Federal Forest Act would allow. While much is moving in a positive direction locally in Germany, the paper points in an unpleasant direction. The stakeholders of German mountain bikers are challenged.

A Youtuber tests the bike park with the worst rating on Google. The idea is a good one, the trails aren't just bad, but rather rough and rugged. However, it does get pretty dangerous in certain places.