The "Dreamer" was actually meant to keep the employees on a tight leash. But Czerner doesn't work under Martullo's wing, and the leash thing is anathema to him anyway. He would rather be planning his next bike adventure. Or dreaming about past ones. And there are plenty of them - the best ones have now made it into this wonderfully edited book.

Czerner talks about his trips to Morocco, through the Dolomites or to Mount Olympus in Greece. He has been to Oman, China, Kilimanjaro in Kenya, traveled through Tanzania, climbed volcanoes in Chile and the Azores and battled his way through the Pakistani Himalayas. Always with him: his mountain bike. And his photographer, none other than Martin Bissig, whose pictures always make it into the printed edition of Ride.

The result of these two is a great book about great adventures with great pictures. A book for dreamers who are drawn to the wide world in the cold winter days. A book that belongs on the shelf of every well-stocked mountain biker.

"Mountainbike Träume" by Gerhard Czerner is available in specialist bookshops and now for a limited time in the Ride online store:

• ride.ch/shop/mtb-traeume